Márquez leads in a flooded premiere in Portimao

Portimao.- After reappearing two weeks ago in Austin, where on Sunday he made a resounding comeback that catapulted him from last place to sixth place when he crossed the finish line, the Honda rider set the tone at the premiere in Portimao .

Márquez was three tenths ahead of Joan Mir, who with a final scuffle took the lead a few seconds from the end, and four tenths ahead of Marco Bezzecchi, who continues to burn stages with a very firm pace in his first year in the category of heavy motorcycles.

Johann Zarco finished fourth, already more than five tenths behind the first and ahead of Miguel Oliveira, the local idol, who finished fifth. Maverick Viñales once again highlighted the good harmony he seems to have found with his Aprilia after the Mandalika test, and was sixth fastest.

Immediately after the rider from Roses (Girona) Jorge Martín (seventh) was placed, while Pecco Bagnaia finished eighth, with a margin of half a tenth with respect to Jack Miller, his teammate in the official Ducati team, who was, together with Takkaki Nakagami and Luca Marini, who tested the hardness of the gravel of the Portuguese track.

Alex Márquez, for his part, closed a top ten from which he was left out, among others, Enea Bastianini (14th), the leader of the general points table, as well as Fabio Quartararo (18th), the current world champion.

MotoGP FP1 results at the 2022 Portuguese Grand Prix

Cla	#	Pilot		Motorcycle	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h	Top speed
1	93	Marc Márquez		Sling	17	1,50,666			152,372	0
2	36	Joan Mir		Suzuki	17	1’51.031	0.365	0.365	151.871	0
3	72	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	16	1’51.136	0.470	0.105	151.727	0
4	5	Johann Zarco		Ducati	19	1’51.170	0.504	0.034	151,681	0
5	88	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	twenty	1,51,223	0.557	0.053	151,608	0
6	12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	18	1’51.309	0.643	0.086	151.491	0
7	89	Jorge Martin		Ducati	19	1’51,343	0.677	0.034	151,445	0
8	63	Pecco Bagnaia		Ducati	19	1’51.387	0.721	0.044	151,385	0
9	43	Jack Miller		Ducati	13	1’51.437	0.771	0.050	151.317	0
10	73	Alex Marquez		Sling	twenty	1,51,648	0.982	0.211	151,031	0
11	33	Brad Binder		KTM	18	1’51.659	0.993	0.011	151.016	0
12	10	Luca Marini		Ducati	18	1’51.709	1,043	0.050	150.949	0
13	87	Remy Gardner		KTM	18	1’51.820	1.154	0.111	150.799	0
14	23	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	16	1’51.847	1.181	0.027	150.763	0
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	14	1’51.881	1,215	0.034	150,717	0
16	41	Aleix Espargaró		April	17	1’51,958	1,292	0.077	150,613	0
17	44	Pol Espargaro		Sling	twenty	1,52,001	1,335	0.043	150,555	0
18	20	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	18	1’52.061	1.395	0.060	150,475	0
19	21	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	19	1’52.072	1.406	0.011	150,460	0
20	42	Alex Rins		Suzuki	20	1’52.079	1.413	0.007	150.451	0
twenty-one	25	Raul Fernandez		KTM	18	1,52,258	1,592	0.179	150,211	0
22	4	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	17	1’52,286	1,620	0.028	150.173	0
23	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	17	1’52.881	2.215	0.595	149,382	0
24	40	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	18	1’54.029	3.363	1.148	147,878	0
25	32	Lorenzo Savadori		Aprilia	15	1’54,260	3,594	0.231	147,579	0