MotoGP Portimao, Portugal - Free Practice (4) Results

Free Practice (4) results from the Portimao MotoGP at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, round 5 of the 2022 world championship.

Peter McLaren

23 Apr 2022

Miguel Oliveira, Portuguese MotoGP, 23 April

MotoGP Portimao, Portugal - Free Practice (4) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	1'50.750s	13/14	318k
2	Jack Miller	AUS	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+0.804s	9/11	329k
3	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*	+0.841s	11/11	326k
4	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.977s	11/11	318k
5	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.057s	12/13	320k
6	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+1.123s	10/11	324k
7	Joan Mir	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+1.164s	7/10	322k
8	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.181s	11/12	325k
9	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+1.283s	8/10	324k
10	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+1.315s	12/14	334k
11	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+1.332s	13/13	327k
12	Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.489s	7/7	320k
13	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.565s	12/13	328k
14	Alex Marquez	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.614s	3/7	324k
15	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.724s	13/13	325k
16	Remy Gardner	AUS	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+2.116s	10/15	320k
17	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+2.255s	9/13	328k
18	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+2.311s	11/11	328k
19	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)	+2.572s	9/10	328k
20	Raul Fernandez	SPA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+2.772s	11/12	318k
21	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)	+3.017s	7/8	319k
22	Luca Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	+3.171s	4/14	320k
23	Darryn Binder	RSA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*	+3.999s	12/14	317k
24	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)*	+4.207s	7/9	326k
25	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+4.693s	3/7	325k

* Rookie

Official Portimao MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 38.725s (2015)
Fastest race lap:
Alex Rins SPA Suzuki 1m 39.450s (2021)

Fastest practice time:
Miguel Oliveira POR KTM 1m 50.552s (wet)

Home hero Miguel Oliveira stays fastest during a damp final practice for the 2022 Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao, followed by Jack Miller, rookie Marco Bezzecchi and factory Yamaha team-mates Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo.

After three soaking wet sessions, sunshine and blue skies finally arrived at lunchtime on Saturday, allowing the track to slowly dry. Wet tyres were again used throughout FP4, some riders moving from the soft to medium rear, but might the first slick laps of the weekend be possible in Qualifying?

Marc Marquez, who suffered a highside this morning, joined brother Alex in choosing to sit out the opening half of the FP4 session.

Qualifying 1, for those outside the top ten after third free practice, including Maverick Vinales, Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Rins, will now get underway.

After four overseas events, the European leg of the 2022 MotoGP season begins at Portimao this weekend with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini leading the world championship standings by five points over Suzuki’s Alex Rins, after victories in two of the opening rounds.

Aleix Espargaro is 11 points from the top for Aprilia, with Rins’ team-mate Joan Mir, Yamaha’s reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo and KTM’s Brad Binder completing the early top six.

2020 champion Mir, Ducati’s reigning title runner-up Francesco Bagnaia and Repsol Honda’s six-time premier-class champion Marc Marquez (who has missed two races due to diplopia) are among those still seeking a first podium of the season.

The previous Portimao MotoGP rounds, all held since November 2020, have been won by home star Miguel Oliveira (KTM), Quartararo and Bagnaia respectively.

Portimao MotoGP schedule (UK time)

Friday April 22

9am-9.45am - Moto3 Free Practice 1

9.55am-10.40am - MotoGP Free Practice 1

10.55am-11.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 1

1.15pm-1.55pm - Moto3 Free Practice 2

2.10pm-2.55pm - MotoGP Free Practice 2

3.10pm-3.50pm - Moto2 Free Practice 2

Saturday April 23

9am-9.40am - Moto3 Free Practice 3

9.55am-10.40am- MotoGP Free Practice 3

10.55am-11.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 3

12.35pm-.12.50pm - Moto3 Qualifying 1

1pm-1.15pm - Moto3 Qualifying 3

1.30pm-2pm - MotoGP Free Practice 4

2.10pm-2.25pm - MotoGP Qualifying 1

3.10pm-3.25pm - Moto2 Qualifying 1

3.35pm-3.50pm - Moto2 Qualifying 2

Sunday April 24

9.20am-9.30am - Moto3 warm-up

9.40am-10am - MotoGP warm-up

10.10am-10.20am - Moto2 warm-up

11.20am - Moto3 race

1pm - MotoGP race

2.30pm - Moto2 race

COTA: MotoGP World Championship standings
Pos		Rider	Nat	Team	Points	Diff.
1	^2	Enea Bastianini	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)	61
2	^2	Alex Rins	0	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	56	(-5)
3	˅2	Aleix Espargaro	0	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	50	(-11)
4	^2	Joan Mir	0	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	46	(-15)
5	=	Fabio Quartararo	0	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	44	(-17)
6	˅4	Brad Binder	0	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	42	(-19)
7	^4	Jack Miller	0	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	31	(-30)
8	=	Johann Zarco	0	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	31	(-30)
9	˅2	Miguel Oliveira	0	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	28	(-33)
10	˅1	Jorge Martin	0	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	28	(-33)
11	˅2	Pol Espargaro	0	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	23	(-38)
12	^2	Francesco Bagnaia	0	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	23	(-38)
13	^2	Marc Marquez	0	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	21	(-40)
14	˅1	Maverick Viñales	0	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	19	(-42)
15	˅3	Franco Morbidelli	0	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	14	(-47)
16	=	Takaaki Nakagami	0	LCR Honda (RC213V)	12	(-49)
17	=	Luca Marini	0	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	10	(-51)
18	=	Marco Bezzecchi	0	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*	7	(-54)
19	˅4	Darryn Binder	0	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*	6	(-55)
20	^2	Alex Marquez	0	LCR Honda (RC213V)	4	(-57)
21	=	Andrea Dovizioso	0	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)	3	(-58)
22	=	Remy Gardner	0	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	1	(-60)