2025 Portuguese MotoGP: Sprint LIVE UPDATES

Welcome back to live coverage of today's MotoGP action from Portimao where the penultimate Sprint of the year will be coming up in just under 30 minutes at 15:00.

Starting grid for the Portuguese MotoGP Sprint after one withdrawal.

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Marco Bezzecchi takes pole position in Portimao. Pedro Acosta and Fabio Quartararo on the front row with him.

Bagnaia, Marquez, and Zarco make up row two; then Mir, Miller, and Di Giannantonio on the third row.

Espargaro completes the top-10, then Aldeguer and Ogura complete the Q2 order in 11th and 12th, respectively.

Marquez, by the way, seems fine after his turn three crash, and is riding back to the paddock on a scooter.

Another 1:37 from Bezzecchi on his third lap but not an improvement.

Bagnaia didn't improve on his first two laps of run two, but goes fourth with his third attempt.

Bezzecchi was improving again but just misses out on an improvement. Acosta does improve, but only enough for second, 0.150s behind Bezzecchi who is going for a third lap.

Marquez has crashed at turn three. He's fourth at the moment.

Zarco briefly onto the front row but now Marquez is into the 37s. That got him on the front row briefly, but Quartararo is now P2.

Really strong lap from Bezzecchi to open his second run - 1:37.556 for provisional pole.

Miller to fourth behind him, and Acosta goes second and into the 37s but almost 0.3s behind Bezzecchi.

Acosta the first rider out for his second run but there rest aren't too far behind.

Improvements on the second lap, as you'd expect, from several riders.

Marquez now pole on a 38.098 from Bezzecchi and Acosta - top-three covered by 0.092s.

Bagnaia fourth and 0.4s behind, then Quartararo and Aldeguer.

Mir, Espargaro and Di Giannantonio provisionally on row three; then Zarco, Ogura, Miller on the provisional fourth row.

Still 8 minutes remaining and the second runs to come.

1:38.518 opens proceedings from Quartararo, that puts him just ahead of Bezzecchi by a tenth after the first laps.

With Q1 complete, we have our full 12-rider Q2 line-up:

• Alex Marquez
• Francesco Bagnaia
• Marco Bezzecchi
• Pedro Acosta
• Joan Mir
• Johann Zarco
• Fabio Di Giannantonio
• Fermin Aldeguer
• Pol Espargaro
• Ai Ogura
• Fabio Quartararo
• Jack Miller

All five manufacturers represented.

Q2 coming up in five minutes.

Have to feel like Bulega deserved more than 18th there, but that's the margins in these MotoGP qualifyings, especially Q1.

Q1 is over in Portimao and it's Quartararo and Miller who move through to Q2.

Out are:

• Marini
• Binder
• Morbidelli
• Bastianini
• Rins
• Bulega
• Oliveira
• Savadori
• Chantra

Another 39.0 on his final lap for Marini but that's not enough to beat Miller.

Big improvement on his second lap from Marini, 1:39.003, but Quartararo beats that and into the 1:38s; Miller behind goes second.

Bulega was on a provisional pole lap after two sectors but ran off at turn 11. He should be able to continue, but that's a lap gone.

Improvement from Marini on the first lap of his second run, goes top with two minutes to go.

Riders heading out now for their second runs.

First runs over in Q1 and it's Quartararo from Bastianini. Bulega third, only 0.062s behind Bastianini.

Then Rins is fourth, but 0.6s off the top, ahead then of Morbidelli and Miller.