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The 2023 MotoGP season begins this weekend in Portimao with the Portuguese Grand Prix, as Francesco Bagnaia begins his world title defence. This page will be ...

Only Joan Mir, on the Repsol Honda, interrupted the Ducati supremacy as he finished FP1 in second place. [MotoGP](/news/racing/motogp) was conditioned by weather. LCR Honda Castrol Aprilia Racing Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Aprilia RS-GP CryptoData RNF Racing Aprilia Ducati GP23 Ducati Lenovo Team Honda RC213V Repsol Honda Team MotoGP Team

MotoGP™ is back with a bang as the first qualifying session of the 2023 season sees an incredible performance from Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), ...

Make sure not to miss any of the action from the Tissot Sprint at 15:00 local time (GMT). In the closing stages of the session, it was eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez who silenced the paddock with an incredible unexpected lap time, snatching pole from Bagnaia by 0.064s, and sending a message to the paddock that he means business. With the grid decided for the Tissot Sprint and Sunday's race, everything is in place for exciting battles all the way through the field. Shortly after there was an early mistake from Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) who went down at Turn 13, quickly remounting and getting his RS-GP back to the Aprilia garage. The bar was set high early on as Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) went top with a scintillating 1:37.675, setting the benchmark with a new all-time lap record, and taking his Honda to the absolute limit. Despite a strong final attempt from Alex Marquez, he caught Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) in the wrong place at the wrong time, and will start his first weekend as a Ducati rider from the 13th spot on the grid for the first-ever Tissot Sprint as well as Sunday's race. Red sectors came flooding in once again and it was a disaster for the current pole-sitter as he crashed out at Turn 3. Miguel Oliveira made a late charge as well but it wasn't enough and he finished the session in P4. The tensions were high as the riders returned to the circuit knowing they'd need an incredible lap to topple the Aussie. Tensions were high as riders such as Miguel Oliveira (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP™ Team), Joan Mir (Repsol Honda Team), Alex Rins (LCR Honda CASTROL), and Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) chased down the eight-time World Champion. MotoGP™ is back with a bang as the first qualifying session of the 2023 season sees an incredible performance from Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), who will start from pole position for both the Tissot Sprint and Sunday's race at the Grande Prémio TISSOT de Portugal. (@MotoGP)

He heads reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia and his Pramac Ducati counterpart Jorge Martin, while Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo's weekend has been thrown ...

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The eight-time world champion endured a tough winter testing phase with the 2023 Honda, and felt coming into this weekend's first round of the 2023 season ...

I feel strong, let’s pick a good tyre for the race and let’s try to be in the front.” “But four riders were slowing down on the line and I lost my lap. But starting on the first row is a big advantage.” “It’s not the best way, it’s not most polite way to do a lap time. “Today in FP3 I already felt good and smooth to ride. “I don’t understand the situation.

Honda's Marc Marquez sped to a surprise pole position for the season-opening Grand Prix of Portugal in final qualifying on Saturday ahead of world champion ...

in the first session we had the possibility to do a lot. But in the second one there were four riders in it. As well as qualifying for pole Marquez is first in the new sprint race introduced for the first time in MotoGP after the format was a success in Formula One last season.

Pecco Bagnaia out-duelled fellow Ducati rider Jorge Martin to win MotoGP's first sprint race at the 2023 season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix.

Ducati LCR Honda IDEMITSU Ducati Lenovo Team LCR Honda CASTROL Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Aprilia Aprilia Racing Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Honda Repsol Honda Team The recovering Quartararo came close to salvaging a point but was ultimately two tenths off in 10th – with only the top nine scoring. That tussling created a seven-bike lead group, with the leading trio trailed by Oliveira, Marquez and the suddenly caught-up works Aprilias.

Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia won the first ever MotoGP sprint with a last-lap overtake at the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday ...

I took my time in the first part of the race and then in the last (stages) I just tried to push. "I had fun, I enjoyed it a lot. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

World champion Francesco Bagnaia won the sprint race in the first MotoGP of the year at the Portugal GP.

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Marc Marquez will begin Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix on pole, but Francesco Bagnaia already has the winning feeling after sprint success.

As part of a major shake-up to the MotoGP format for 2023, half-distance sprint races take place on the Saturday of every grand prix weekend.

[PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-other-suzuki-signing-that-could-transform-hondas-motogp-form/10424851/) [PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-signs-that-motogps-japanese-powerhouses-are-changing-for-the-better/10441078/) [PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/can-anyone-stop-changed-bagnaia-as-ducati-tightens-its-grip-on-motogp/10447508/) 1 The Mir/Quartararo clash is currently under review. Behind, Quartararo lost ground from 11th on the grid and was 15th coming through Turn 1.

Ducati MotoGP rider Enea Bastianini will skip multiple races after a crash in the 2023 season-opening MotoGP sprint race at Portimao.

“So I’m sorry for this, but sincerely, it’s difficult to say it’s a big fault for me. It’s a pity also for him. He subsequently headed to hospital for what MotoGP described as “pain in the right scapular area” and a fracture was then officially confirmed.

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo says he doesn't like the MotoGP sprint race format as it is “a jungle”, and warns “there will be a big accident soon”.

[PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-motogps-underachiever-is-working-to-reverse-this-in-2023/10412982/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/is-motogps-comeback-king-ready-to-reclaim-his-throne/10413608/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-one-motogp-team-went-from-title-challengers-to-losing-it-all-in-four-years/10416469/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-the-motogp-paddock-has-offered-refuge-to-suzukis-former-team/10419545/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-other-suzuki-signing-that-could-transform-hondas-motogp-form/10424581/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-signs-that-motogps-japanese-powerhouses-are-changing-for-the-better/10440747/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/can-anyone-stop-changed-bagnaia-as-ducati-tightens-its-grip-on-motogp/10447342/) The pace was not too bad, but I think we understood a few things during this race. “It’s not a problem to touch on the last laps. Only Marini and Bastianini [and Mir] crashed, but for sure in the future there will be much more crashes.” “You can be aggressive. “There will be a big accident soon.

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

Marini lost the front end of his VR46 bike. Evolution of his conditions will determine his return to racing. Following today’s injury, Enea will be forced to sit out tomorrow’s Race and next week [#ArgentinaGP].

Reigning Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) made headlines with an epic last-lap triumph, whilst Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) showed he means ...

He will be aiming to take a Grand Prix win for the first time since Germany last year. He finished P3 last year in Portugal for his fourth MotoGP™ podium at that time. The last time was in Malaysia last year, but he finished third on his most recent podium. He fought for the podium in the Sprint before a last lap mistake. He will be aiming for a second home GP win (along with the 2020 Portuguese GP). This is the second time he has qualified on pole after passing through Q1, along with Thailand in 2018.

As part of a major shake-up to the MotoGP format for 2023, half-distance sprint races take place on the Saturday of every grand prix weekend.

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World champion Francesco Bagnaia said winning MotoGP's first ever sprint race at a bruising Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday was "quite fun".

"It was more intense as it was shorter than a race. "There will be a big accident soon. Enea has been taken to Portimao Hospital for further examination," tweeted his team. We are not in a car, we are not in cars that in the end you can touch and it's not a problem," he told autosport.com. It's a jungle. "It was quite fun," said 26-year-old Bagnaia.

World champion Francesco Bagnaia said winning MotoGP's first ever sprint race at a bruising Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday was "quite fun" but 2021 title ...

"It was more intense as it was shorter than a race. Physically it's going to be tough, in (a full race distance) 25 laps you have a little bit more time." "It was quite fun," said 26-year-old Bagnaia.

The reigning champion took first honours of 2023 in an epic last lap battle with Martin and Marquez taking an important top 3.

Oliveira shot his Aprilia up the inside of Jack Miller, snatching 3rd away from the Aussie for a brief second but pushing them both wide and opening the door for Marc Marquez to take two in one, putting himself in 3rd. After sitting pretty in 3rd spot for a few laps and watching the action unfold, Bagnaia decided it was crunch time with 3 laps to go. It wasn't long before Miller had a look at his former teammate Bagnaia, slotting up the inside at Turn 5, and putting his Red Bull KTM in 2nd place with seven laps of the Tissot Sprint to go. One lap later and Miller fancied his chances at victory, firing his KTM up the inside of Jorge Martin to take the lead. After an incredible opening to the MotoGP™ season, we have a chance to catch our breaths before it all starts again on Sunday. Whilst the battle raged on at the front, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) had found himself stuck in battles he didn't want to be fighting. Meanwhile, Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Miguel Oliveira (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP™ Team) were carving their way through the pack pushing Marquez back to P5. The jaw-dropping first race of 2023 had fans glued to their screens as an epic last-lap battle saw Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) go down in the history books as the first winner of a Tissot Sprint, after getting the better of Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) in an epic last lap battle. It was a fantastic start from 'The Beast' Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team), who flew from 6th on the grid into 2nd place as the grid barrelled into Turn 1. Bastianini went down after getting caught out the outside of Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) as he lost the front mid-corner. Despite running at a pace faster than the leaders, Quartararo couldn't manage any higher than 10th place. The riders and teams were about to venture into new territory with a whole host of questions yet to be answered.

FIM MotoGP World Championship Sprint race results and point standings from Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, Portugal.

“Pecco did an incredible race, and I am happy that he took this win in the first Sprint Race of the season. Starting with the sixth fastest time, Enea had managed to stay in the fight for the top positions after the start, but on the second lap, he was involved in Luca Marini’s (VR46 Racing Team) crash, suffering a fracture of his right shoulder blade. Jack started well from the second row and fought for the podium until the end of the race: It was a good start of the season and a very good Sprint. On Sunday, he will occupy the same grid position and have another chance to keep pushing and progressing, as the first race will take place at 14.00 CET. Defending well for the opening laps, the #93 was able to maintain his position in the leading group and waited as the riders ahead battled. On the other hand, in the race I leaned too hard in the corners and crashed. The first Saturday of the 2023 season was a hectic one with qualifying followed by the 12-lap Sprint in which the Australian led and finally finished 4th at the Grande Premio TISSOT de Portugal. I was really happy with the setup of the bike, so I was looking forward to the race. It was difficult with the wind because it was the first time we had the wind going in the opposite direction, compared to the test and yesterday. I went wide during the last lap as I was braking a bit too much in the wrong place, so I just went off track and couldn’t make the corner with the wind inside of the bike. Starting there, he managed to stay inside the top five for quite a while, and even went up to P4 on the fifth lap of the race. I made a mistake on the last lap and Pecco overtook me but he was super fast in the last two laps.

As part of MotoGP's radical format shake-up for 2023, qualifying now takes place on Saturday morning and sets the grid for both the main grand prix on ...

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Honda's Marc Marquez will start the season-opener from pole position after taking a shock pole in qualifying on Saturday. He will be joined on the front row ...

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The Grande Premio Tissot de Portugal stages some very special events as the longstanding partnership is expanded once more.

To honour the partnership between Tissot and MotoGP™, the T-Race MotoGP™ watch celebrates the excitement of racing once again. It will be a great season for the sport and we're delighted to have Tissot along for the ride!" There is no progress without staying on course, and the path to success rewards only those who face adversity with resilience. Tissot and MotoGP™ are celebrating a new chapter of collaboration in 2023, and what better stage than the Grande Premio Tissot de Portugal on which to make an announcement? Like the riders, Tissot is driven by its passion and devotion to the sport, and we look forward to this exciting new season.” That partnership is now set to continue as we begin a new era, with more MotoGP™ than ever and the Tissot Sprint debuting across the calendar.

Some riders' unease over the MotoGP sprint format has prompted claims of powerlessness - and brought back the topic of a rider union.

“I feel like at the moment we don’t have the power to change,” Marquez said. “It doesn’t need to be a rider, not now,” he said. “It needs to be someone else. “We don’t have the power,” opined the elder Espargaro’s friend Fabio Quartararo. It acts as a trade union for F1 drivers, with representatives elected who can then lobby the powers that be on important issues. “My favourite movie is Gladiator,” the Aprilia rider quipped, “but do you think they [Roman gladiators] liked to be there?

Marc Marquez says “you gain nothing” by “complaining” constantly about his 2023 Honda MotoGP bike and must accept that the package he has is what he has to work ...

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Warm up honours went to Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), as he flew to the top of the timesheets on Sunday morning ahead of the Grande Prémio TISSOT ...

Tissot Sprint winner Francesco Baganaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) started his day with 7th spot as his attention turns to doing the double in Portimao. Despite early technical issues, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) prevented it from being a Marquez one-two putting his Yamaha M1 in 2nd place. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 0.510 Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 0.492 Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.485 With the first Grand Prix of 2023 beckoning, the riders hit the circuit to fine-tune the final adjustments ahead of Sunday's Race.

Alex Marquez believes the events of the 2023 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix weekend so far have highlighted the need for a “riders' commission”. Lewis Duncan.

[PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-motogps-underachiever-is-working-to-reverse-its-fortunes-in-2023/10413251/) [PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-signs-that-motogps-japanese-powerhouses-are-changing-for-the-better/10441078/) [PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/can-anyone-stop-changed-bagnaia-as-ducati-tightens-its-grip-on-motogp/10447508/) [PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/alex-marquez-critics-lcr-honda/5441371/) But we need to have a riders’ commission like all sports have.” Pressed on what would change this, he replied: “To have a riders’ commission.

The 2023 MotoGP season begins this weekend in Portimao with the Portuguese Grand Prix, as Francesco Bagnaia begins his world title defence. This page will be ...

Only Joan Mir, on the Repsol Honda, interrupted the Ducati supremacy as he finished FP1 in second place. CryptoData RNF Racing Aprilia DNF Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V LCR Honda Castrol Aprilia RS-GP Aprilia Racing Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Ducati GP23 Ducati Lenovo Team MotoGP Team

World champion Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday's season-opening Portuguese MotoGP after a costly mistake by pole-sitter Marc Marquez.

MotoGP heads to Argentina next weekend for the second race of a season that features two new venues on the calendar in India and Kazakhstan and the new sprint format on every race weekend. Oliveira had led fleetingly, following a quick start from the second row on the grid, before Bagnaia forged to the front, seconds before Marquez made his intervention. Marquez received a hostile reception from some of the fans on his return to the pits where he quickly made his way to Oliveira's garage to offer his apologies.

Pecco Bagnaia kept Maverick Vinales at arm's length to win MotoGP's 2023 Portuguese Grand Prix, as Marc Marquez caused a big shunt.

0 8 25 Laps Led Laps The collision left a one-second gap between Bagnaia and Maverick Vinales, promoted from fifth to second. He was taken to the circuit medical centre for a check-up where he was diagnosed with “a contusion on his right upper leg”, as per RNF. Two laps later, he and the riders around him were not so lucky. Despite a slower getaway off the line than his fellow front row starters, poleman Marquez very briefly featured in the lead early on. But it turned out to be Marquez who was the more seriously hurt, as he is suspected to have

World champion Francesco Bagnaia completed the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix double as he beat Maverick Vinales in the main race on Sunday, while Marc Marquez ...

[Aleix Espargaro](https://www.autosport.com/driver/aleix-espargaro/829595/). [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-motogp-riders-are-preparing-for-the-physical-stress-of-sprint-races/10409563/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-motogps-underachiever-is-working-to-reverse-this-in-2023/10412982/) Gresini’s [Fabio Di Giannantonio](https://www.autosport.com/driver/fabio-di-giannantonio/863361/) and RNF’s Raul Fernandez also failed to finish. [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/is-motogps-comeback-king-ready-to-reclaim-his-throne/10413608/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-one-motogp-team-went-from-title-challengers-to-losing-it-all-in-four-years/10416469/) [Fabio Quartararo](https://www.autosport.com/driver/fabio-quartararo/841449/) endured another difficult start to his race and dropped to 15th on the opening lap from 10th on the grid. [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-the-motogp-paddock-has-offered-refuge-to-suzukis-former-team/10419545/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-other-suzuki-signing-that-could-transform-hondas-motogp-form/10424581/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-signs-that-motogps-japanese-powerhouses-are-changing-for-the-better/10440747/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/can-anyone-stop-changed-bagnaia-as-ducati-tightens-its-grip-on-motogp/10447342/) Scans in the medical centre revealed he had suffered no broken bones.

Marc Marquez has escaped from his crash with Miguel Oliveira in MotoGP's Portuguese Grand Prix without major punishment, receiving just a double long lap ...

[PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-other-suzuki-signing-that-could-transform-hondas-motogp-form/10424581/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/the-signs-that-motogps-japanese-powerhouses-are-changing-for-the-better/10440747/) [PlusPlusMotoGP ](/motogp/news/can-anyone-stop-changed-bagnaia-as-ducati-tightens-its-grip-on-motogp/10447342/) “After the impact, he moved my handlebars so I was riding in a difficult way. But it’s a pity because I had the pace to fight for, I don’t know if it was the victory, but we were quite close without that impact. From the crash I’m still very bruised on my right side.”

MotoGP™ have imposed a Double Long Lap Penalty for the Spaniard, as he receives medical treatment for a sustained right-hand injury.

Whilst Miguel Oliveira had suffered from a contusion in his right leg. The Repsol Honda rider will receive an examination for the possibility of a fracture to the first metacarpal bone in his right hand. The incident ended with Martin losing several positions, whilst Marquez and Oliveira both crashed out of the race.

Aleix Espargaro believes MotoGP rival Marc Marquez deserves a ban for “one race minimum” for crashing into Jorge Martin and Miguel Oliveira at Portimao.

“He braked, he locked up – and when he released the brake, the bike went. I had to race with [inflammation] and everything for one year. “But I don’t care, I don’t make the rules. I had a lot of pain for one year. “For me they have to ban one race minimum. Martin also picked up a broken toe in the impact, though he continued down the order until later crashing out by himself.

Francesco Bagnaia kept his nerve despite Maverick Vinales stalking him and won his second race in a row, in Portugal.

Maverick Vinales took a close second for the Aprilia factory team, with Marco Bezzecchi claiming his second MotoGP podium on his Mooney VR46 Racing Team Desmosedici. Oliveira was diagnosed with a contusion to his leg. Marquez suffered a suspected broken metacarpal bone, was given a double long lap penalty at the next round, and was jeered by Portuguese fans with extended middle fingers and boos as he got a scooter ride back to the pits.

Marc Marquez says there is 'nothing to gain' by complaining constantly about his 2023 Honda MotoGP bike and he must accept that the package he has is what he ...

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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V) started this afternoon's season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position, with great hopes of fighting ...

On the other hand, today’s race was the longest run he’s done on the RC213V, so he learned plenty which will help him improve his speed at upcoming races. Tenth place is far from Rins’ real ambition aboard his RC213V, but this was a solid start to his 2023 season, gathering plenty of data and information with the LCR Honda team, which will help him make further steps in Argentina and beyond. This was the first MotoGP ride with Honda for the 27-year-old Spaniard who made his premier-class debut in the 2017 Qatar Grand Prix.

Marc Marquez says he “completely agrees” with the penalty he has been given for crashing into Miguel Oliveira in Sunday's MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix. Lewis ...

[PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/how-motogps-underachiever-is-working-to-reverse-its-fortunes-in-2023/10413251/) [PrimePrimeMotoGP ](/motogp/news/is-motogps-comeback-king-ready-to-reclaim-his-throne/10414157/) But if the rules said heavier, I will accept because it was my mistake.” I have been penalised for that with a double long lap penalty in Argentina, and I completely agree. I was very worried for him because the contact was a big one. The first part I braked, and I had a massive lock on the front tyre.