10:56
Quartararo into the 39s, 1:39.588 puts him now 0.150s clear of Bastianini who improved as well on his second lap.
Bulega still third, only 0.2s behind Quartararo.
Alex Marquez, 2025 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Portuguese MotoGP: Qualifying LIVE UPDATES
Live coverage of the qualifying session at the 2025 Portuguese MotoGP, the penultimate round of the season.
Qualifying at the 2025 Portuguese MotoGP is due to start at 10:50 local time with Q1. Q2 will start at 11:15.
Alex Marquez enters Saturday as the clear favourite for pole position after topping both sessions on Friday, but the likes of Marco Bezzecchi, Francesco Bagnaia, Pedro Acosta (all of whom are in contention for third in the championship), and even the Hondas of Joan Mir and Johann Zarco showed good speed on Friday afternoon.
Luca Marini, Franco Morbidelli, and Fabio Quartararo are among the favourites to move through from a Q1 session that will also include Nicolo Bulega, replacing Marc Marquez this weekend, who will take part in a MotoGP qualifying for the first time in his career.
Following qualifying, the penultimate MotoGP Sprint of 2025 will be coming up later this afternoon at 15:00 local time.
08 Nov 2025
10:54
Quartararo sets the opening benchmark at a 1:40.031. Yamaha 1-2 at the moment with Miller second on a 40.340.
Bulega strong at the moment in third, then it's Bastianini, Marini, and Binder.
10:51
Q1 start
Pit lane is open in Portimao and we are underway for Q1.
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10:46
Q1 riders
The riders set to contest Q1 in Portimao are:
- Luca Marini
- Franco Morbidelli
- Fabio Quartararo
- Brad Binder
- Raul Fernandez
- Jack Miller
- Nicolo Bulega
- Alex Rins
- Enea Bastianini
- Somkiat Chantra
- Lorenzo Savadori
- Miguel Oliveira
10:45
Portimao MotoGP: Final Practice Results
2025 Portuguese MotoGP, Portimao - Saturday Practice Results
Fermin Aldeguer, 2025 Portimao MotoGP
10:42
Aldeguer fastest in FP2
FP2 is over in Portimao. Times really scrolled at the end and dropped into the 1:41s.
Aldeguer ends fastest from Marquez, Mir, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, and Acosta in the top-six.
Zarco, Raul Fernandez, Espargaro, and Miller complete the top-10.
Q1 coming up in just under 10 minutes.
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10:34
FP2 just entering its final seven minutes now. It's been a wet start this morning, but the track is now drying out.
Jack Miller has been the first rider out on slick tyres, but now everyone apart from Raul Fernandez has been out on dries.
Pedro Acosta currently fastest from Joan Mir by around a second. Acosta was one of the first riders after Miller to go out on slicks.
10:31
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP qualifying session from Portimao. Q1 will be coming up in just under 20 minutes at 10:50 local time.
