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Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin’s private chat revealed: “Jack Miller? He’s crazy!”
This is what sprint race podium finishers Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin chatted about moments after the race at the Portuguese MotoGP on Saturday, in the back of a car…

How to watch Portuguese MotoGP 2023 today: Live stream for free
Francesco Bagnaia returns as MotoGP champion but will have a host of enemies trying to take his crown including Marc Marquez, Fabio Quartararo. This is how to watch the Portuguese MotoGP on March 24-26, including ways to get a free live stream. We’ve also listed the Portuguese MotoGP start times below.

Portuguese MotoGP starting grid: How today's race will begin
Here's the starting grid for today's Portuguese MotoGP.

Joan Mir hit with long lap penalty at Portuguese MotoGP
Joan Mir will be stung by a long lap penalty which must be served at the Portuguese MotoGP.

Portimao MotoGP: Jack Miller: ‘Heaps of fun, full contact sport, heart rate 190’
Jack Miller backed up his shock P1 in Friday practice by leading Saturday’s inaugural MotoGP Sprint on his KTM race debut.

Portimao MotoGP: Marco Bezzecchi: ‘They cry like a baby, then hit me!’
Marco Bezzecchi’s MotoGP Sprint race debut came to an early end when, after being bumped on lap one, he crashed out on lap two.

Portimao MotoGP: ‘Impossible to overtake, now a jungle’ - Francesco Bagnaia not drawn into making complaints
Francesco Bagnaia believes complaints made by other riders about the Sprint MotoGP race being too aggressive shouldn’t be made and that you ‘have to be prepared’.

Injured Pol Espargaro set for the sidelines but “he’ll come back to a normal life”
Pol Espargaro escaped serious injury and will return to live a “normal life”, Herve Poncharal has said.

Portimao MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo: There will be a big accident, 2 x 25 laps better
Fabio Quartararo’s first experience of a MotoGP Sprint race ended outside of the points in tenth place.

Portimao MotoGP: Marc Marquez laughs off double Grand Prix claim by Aleix Espargaro, ‘trying to survive’
Marc Marquez says replacing the Sprint MotoGP race with a second full-length Grand Prix is ‘impossible', after Aleix Espargaro said it would be a safer option.

Enea Bastianini suffers broken shoulder blade after crash in sprint race at Portuguese MotoGP
Enea Bastianini has a fracture to his right scapula (shoulder blade) after his crash in the first-ever sprint race at the Portuguese MotoGP.

Portimao MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia gets title defence off to perfect start with first Sprint win
Francesco Bagnaia has won the opening MotoGP race of the year after a costly mistake from Jorge Martin on the final lap.

Portimao Moto3: Record pace sees Sasaki ease to pole position
The first pole of the season went to Ayumu Sasaki in qualifying for the Moto3 Portuguese Grand Prix in Portimao.

2023 Portuguese MotoGP, Portimao - Full Qualifying Results
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao, round 1 of 21 in the 2023 world championship.

Portimao MotoGP: Marc Marquez secures first MotoGP pole of 2023 after stunning new lap record
Marc Marquez saved his best till last after closing out the opening qualifying of the new MotoGP season with pole position.

Verdict on Sprint races at Portuguese MotoGP? "Some points, not enough! Maybe you risk?"
The first Sprint race of the 2023 season is on Saturday afternoon at the Portuguese MotoGP - these are the fears, concerns and beliefs from riders about the significant new change to the schedule.

Casey Stoner says that Francesco Bagnaia deserves the credit for MotoGP championship “rather than Ducati"
Casey Stoner says that “the way Ducati handles things isn’t always the best”, and gave full credit for last season’s MotoGP championship victory to Francesco Bagnaia.

MotoGP Sprint races in 2023: The rules, schedule, how points will be awarded
A major change to the MotoGP 2023 calendar weekend format will see the introduction of Sprint races at every round of the 2023 world championship.

Pol Espargaro ‘conscious, neurologically fine’ but has back and lung injuries after Portimao crash
Pol Espargaro has fractured his jaw, fractured his dorsal vertebrae, and suffered a pulmonary contusion (a lung injury) after crashing in Friday practice at the Portuguese MotoGP.

Portimao MotoGP: Jack Miller ‘as surprised as you!’ with P1. ‘The jump? I saw a video of Toprak’
Jack Miller slashed a second from his best KTM lap of Portimao to be a shock fastest on day one of the 2023 MotoGP season-opener.

Portimao MotoGP: Jack Miller stuns Ducati and Aprilia to finish fastest in FP2 at Portimao
Jack Miller has taken a surprise top spot for KTM during FP2 at the Portimao MotoGP, while Marc Marquez headlined a long list of riders that suffered crashes.

Portimao MotoGP: Johann Zarco: ‘Everyone says I need to win, but I have nothing to lose’
Still without a MotoGP victory, Johann Zarco wants to change that in 2023 but stressed that the pressure is off.

Portimao MotoGP: Alex Marquez fastest on Ducati debut as Mir shines for Repsol Honda in FP1
Alex Marquez claims top spot in the first MotoGP practice of the 2023 season, as Joan Mir and Luca Marini round out the top three.

Portimao MotoGP: ‘We couldn’t figure new items out’ - Fabio Quartararo goes back to basics with Yamaha
Aside from improved top speed which he claims is ‘still not enough’, Fabio Quartararo says that new items tested by Yamaha weren’t a step forward which is why he’s returned to a ‘basic set-up’ from the 2022 MotoGP campaign.