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Reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo put his early-season speed issues behind him as he cruised to victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. The ...

Johann Zarco checks the label on the bubbly after finishing second in the Portuguese MotoGP to celebrating compatriot Fabio Quartararo. /AFP Johann Zarco checks the label on the bubbly after finishing second in the Portuguese MotoGP to celebrating compatriot Fabio Quartararo. /AFP Reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo put his early-season speed issues behind him as he cruised to victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday.

Suzuki Ecstar's Alex Rins put on a comeback performance to rival Marc Marquez at Portimao on Sunday.

“I was thinking in the podium but sincerely when I tried to overtake Aleix he was a little bit more strong than me and from there, the last ten laps I start to struggle a little bit on the right corners with the front tyre. Thanks to this, I was able to take this kind of points. “I struggled a little bit, more in the end of the race with the front tyre.

MotoGP: "I'm working on braking. It's no small thing. If you multiply it by fifteen corners, for each lap, it becomes an important margin.

Like I also said last year, there’s ten years between us, and seeing a French rider win, even if it's not me, taking a step back and looking at it in perspective, is a very good sign for France. At the bottom of the grid, it's just the two of us, faced with a bunch of Spanish and Italian riders. I didn't think I could get a good result here in these conditions, but here I am, so I think that we’ll continue to see this level of competitiveness in the next races. As for me, last year we achieved a good result here in Portimão. A victory that we were able to replicate this year, but I also believe that, race after race, cross-referencing the data between the various Ducatis, being eighth on the track, we’ll begin to see more Ducatis on the podium." It wasn’t an easy podium, and he was indirectly helped by Miller’s risky pass, which caused one of the great favorites of the day, Spanish rider Joan Mir, to exit the game. "On the one hand, it’s true that we’ll probably start to see who’ll be the most consistent riders in terms of results in the European races, but, on the other hand, I think this is a very unique championship, very competitive, in which everyone has the chance to do well, and even the bikes are all at a very high technical level this year. I made one last attempt on the last lap, but I’m still satisfied with these twenty points."

Live and free on YouTube, you can get the thoughts of the podium finishers in Portimao following a fascinating Tissot Grand Prix of Portugal.

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In this sense, the tests after the Jerez GP will be very useful." "I think the choice of tire will be the same for everyone, medium on the rear and front. The warm-up will be the key for everyone." "I'm glad I won’t be missing that little something that influenced the first races anymore. The important thing will be to fix the electronics. When entering corners, the rear slips, while instead you have to make it slip on purpose in acceleration so that it heats up."

Warm-up results from the Portimao MotoGP at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, round 5 of the 2022 world championship.

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Johann Zarco wasn't able to convert any of his six MotoGP pole into a race win. Will it be seventh time lucky at Portimao?

“I was really focused to ride the bike as well as possible and I could see the laptime coming good, always staying with the top three, top five. I feel like I’ve got much progress to make and it’s harder to find this margin in the dry because we have to push much more. “The feeling is improving, clearly,” he said of his performances, “and I like the rain conditions because I’m quite competitive.

Francesco Bagnaia has been declared fit for tonight's Portuguese Grand Prix, the Ducati Lenovo Team has advised. “[Bagnaia] has been declared FIT to race!

Warm Up, which starts at 18:40 AEST, could well play a crucial part in the outcome of the race which will follow for the entire field. The 2021 MotoGP championship runner-up will, however, start from the very back of the 25-bike grid given the crash meant he failed to set a time in qualifying. “He had a good night sleep and despite he still feels a bit of pain, he is ready to join riders on track for the warm-up and the race.”

Tech3 KTM rookie Raul Fernandez has been declared unfit for today's MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix after picking up a hand injury in a qualifying crash.

The goal is to be at Jerez." While he has no broken bones, he has been ruled out of the race due to the excessive pain in his right hand. Fernandez was one of several riders to crash during the wet-to-dry Q1 at Portimao, with the Tech3 rider hitting his hand heavily in the spill and needed checks in the medical centre.

After a big highside on Saturday, the Italian has been given the green light to ride on Sunday but the Tech3 rookie has been declared unfit.

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Aussie Jack Miller will be keen to build on his start to the season with the Ducati rider sitting 7th ahead of the Portugal MotoGP this week.

You'll get access to a lot of non-sport content as well, but you don't get the user interface or viewing features of Kayo. He should feel good about his chances here, but Enea Bastianini will again be the man to beat. Another option for those eager to keep up with everything MotoGP-related is Foxtel Now, the pay TV giant's live streaming platform. If you want to experience every moment of the 2022 MotoGP season, Kayo Sports is a good choice. Like Kayo, Foxtel iQ is broadcasting every round of the MotoGP Championship live, including the practice and qualifying sessions. You can then watch MotoGP live on TV or stream races to your mobile device/laptop with the Foxtel GO app.

Aleix Espargaro was third quickest in Portimao on Saturday, while reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo will begin the fifth race of the year in fifth place.

Zarco’s pole was the seventh of his career, but the twice-former Moto2 champion has never won a race in the elite category. Marquez qualified in ninth just ahead of Pol Espargaro, having walked away from another crash in practice as he lost control in a corner and flew over the handlebars. PORTIMAO: Frenchman Johann Zarco will start Sunday’s Portuguese MotoGP in pole position on his Ducati Pramac after topping a crash-laden qualifying ahead of Spanish rider Joan Mir. Aleix Espargaro was third quickest in Portimao on Saturday, while reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo will begin the fifth race of the year in fifth place.

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Miller started the race in fourth and Mir second. “That was Miller’s mistake and unfortunately Mir was the innocent victim.” But Miller lost the front of his bike and went into a skid, collecting Mir on the way through and ending both of their races.

The Yamaha man ended up a half a tenth clear of Jack Miller, with Marc Marquez three tenths adrift in third.

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The Yamaha rider finished more than five seconds ahead of fellow Frenchman Johann Zarco of Ducati-Pramac.

Pramac Ducati's Zarco and Aprilia rider Espargaro joined Quartararo on the podium after Jack Miller took down Joan Mir while attempting to pass the 2020 world champion in the battle for the podium with seven laps remaining. That's the most important thing for me - to never give up." I made an amazing start in the race.

Reigning MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo dominated a dramatic Portuguese Grand Prix to take the lead in the championship after Enea Bastianini ...

Miller would get a run on Mir into the first corner as they started lap 19 of 25, but would lose the front of his Ducati under braking and wipe out the Suzuki rider. Immediately Quartararo opened up a lead of close to a second and would continue to extend that as Mir dropped back into the clutches of Zarco. Quartararo ate into Mir’s lead on the second lap and was soon within striking distance, with the Yamaha rider making his move into Turn 1 on the fourth tour having nailed his run out of the sweeping downhill final corner and taken profit of the Suzuki’s tow.

Tech3 KTM rookie Raul Fernandez has been declared unfit for today's MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix after picking up a hand injury in a qualifying crash.

He will start Sunday’s race from the back of the grid having failed to complete a lap in qualifying. While he has no broken bones, he has been ruled out of the race due to the excessive pain in his right hand. Fernandez was one of several riders to crash during the wet-to-dry Q1 at Portimao, with the Tech3 rider hitting his hand heavily in the spill and needed checks in the medical centre.

Defending MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo became the fourth different race winner in 2022 by utterly dominating the Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao.

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Tech3 KTM's Raul Fernandez has been ruled out of tonight's Portuguese Grand Prix after a crash in qualifying. The MotoGP rookie was one of four riders to ...

The latter also crashed while running on slicks in Q1, although he had started on such rubber and then changed to wets, whereas Fernandez made a mid-session switch in the other direction. He subsequently went to the medical centre for checks, and while there had been no official word on his fitness beyond that, Fernandez gave no indication that he would miss the fifth race of the season. The MotoGP rookie was one of four riders to take a tumble while running on slick Michelin tyres in a wet/dry first qualifying session at Portimao.

Reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo put his early-season speed issues behind him as he cruised to victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday.

Rins, who started 23rd on the grid, got off to a great start and made a series of overtaking moves to finish just off the podium. Spaniard Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia finished third and climbed to third in the standings three points off the leaders. Quartararo's first victory since the British Grand Prix last August, lifted him to joint first in the standings, tied on 69 points with Spaniard Alex Rins who started on the eighth row of the grid on his Suzuki.