Pole de Zarco in Portimão's gibberish

Portimao.- The deluge that fell in the Algarve throughout the previous night and that also lasted until well into noon, made tire management a fundamental element.

The key was to stay on track without the tire temperature dropping, waiting to give one last kidney shot at the end. In that scenario, Zarco’s unpredictability allowed the Pramac rider to take the seventh pole of his life in MotoGP.

The Frenchman will coincide on the front row with Joan Mir, who will start second, his best starting position in the heavy bike category, and with Aleix Espargaró, who will start third.

In the second row will be Jack Miller (fourth), the current world champion, Fabio Quartararo (fifth) and Marco Bezzecchi, who will start sixth and continues to show the talent he has in his MotoGP debut.

Alex Márquez will start seventh after earning his way to the second screen of qualifying (Q2) coming from the first, and along with him will Luca Marini (eighth) and Marc Márquez (ninth). The rider from Cervera (Lleida) was affected by a yellow flag caused by the fall of Pol Espargaró (tenth), in the last sector, which led the stewards to invalidate the lap that would have given the #93 the provisional pole.

Of the riders who will be forced to come back, the penultimate position on the grid stands out, which Alex Rins will have to occupy, and the last one for Pecco Bagnaia. In the case of the latter due to a crash in Q1 in which he hit his left collarbone hard.

After getting up, the Ducati rider was transferred to the Clinic where the World Cup medical services subjected him to an examination that will determine his participation in this Sunday’s race. The first explorations indicate that Bagnaia does not suffer fractures, although he will be transferred to a local hospital.

Results of the MotoGP Q1 of the Portuguese Grand Prix

Cla	#	Pilot		Motorcycle	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h	Top speed
1	73	Alex Marquez		Sling	8	1,46,316			158,606	0
2	10	Luca Marini		Ducati	6	1’47.199	0.883	0.883	157,299	0
3	89	Jorge Martin		Ducati	8	1’47,936	1,620	0.737	156,225	0
4	12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	5	1’49.332	3.016	1.396	154.231	0
5	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	6	1’49.639	3,323	0.307	153.799	0
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	7	1’49,695	3.379	0.056	153.720	0
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	7	1’49.889	3.573	0.194	153.449	0
8	23	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	6	1’50.618	4.302	0.729	152.438	0
9	21	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	7	1’50.702	4.386	0.084	152.322	0
10	87	Remy Gardner		KTM	4	1’50.953	4.637	0.251	151.977	0
11	32	Lorenzo Savadori		Aprilia	6	1’51,308	4,992	0.355	151,493	0
12	40	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	8	1’51.639	5.323	0.331	151.043	0
13	42	Alex Rins		Suzuki	7	1’52.300	5.984	0.661	150.154	0
14	25	Raul Fernandez		KTM	6	1,53,603	7,287	1,303	148,432	0
15	63	Pecco Bagnaia		Ducati	2

Results of the MotoGP Q2 of the Portuguese Grand Prix

Cla	#	Pilot		Motorcycle	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h	Top speed
1	5	Johann Zarco		Ducati	9	1’42.003			165.312	0
2	36	Joan Mir		Suzuki	9	1’42.198	0.195	0.195	164.997	0
3	41	Aleix Espargaró		April	9	1’42,235	0.232	0.037	164,937	0
4	43	Jack Miller		Ducati	8	1’42.503	0.500	0.268	164.506	0
5	20	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	8	1’42.716	0.713	0.213	164.165	0
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	9	1’42.716	0.713	0.000	164.165	0
7	73	Alex Marquez		Sling	9	1,42,903	0.900	0.187	163,866	0
8	10	Luca Marini		Ducati	9	1’43.179	1.176	0.276	163,428	0
9	93	Marc Márquez		Sling	8	1,43,575	1,572	0.396	162,803	0
10	44	Pol Espargaro		Sling	7	1,43,832	1,829	0.257	162,400	0
eleven	88	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	8	1’44.066	2,063	0.234	162,035	0
12	33	Brad Binder		KTM	8	1’44.710	2.707	0.644	161.039	0