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2022 MotoGP Portuguese GP: Full Friday practice results

The fifth round of the 2022 MotoGP season kicked off at a wet Algarve International Circuit for the Portuguese Grand Prix, with Honda dominating the day.

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

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A damp FP1 session was topped by six-time world champion Marc Marquez, who led Suzuki’s Joan Mir by almost four tenths of a second.

Lap times improved across the opening 45-minute session as riders grew more confident in the damp conditions, with Marquez leading the way on a 1m50.666s.

Honda stablemate Takaaki Nakagami was caught out by the conditions and suffered a fast crash at the Turn 9 left-hander – though walked away unharmed.

Ducati’s Jack Miller and VR46 rider Luca Marini also got caught out by the conditions and suffered falls.

With heavier rain affecting FP2, Marquez’s lap from FP1 would keep him on top of the combined standings.

But it was his team-mate Pol Espargaro who topped the individual timesheet for FP2 by a considerable six tenths of a second.

There was another big Turn 9 crash, this time for VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi, while Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia tumbled off his bike at Turn 3.

The latter was seen picking up a handful of gravel afterwards, which he will take to this evening’s rider safety commission to discuss the size of the stones and the issue they cause with safety.

2022 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix: Full Friday practice results

Free Practice 1

Cla Rider Bike Time Gap
1 Spain Marc Marquez Honda 1'50.666  
2 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki 1'51.031 0.365
3 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1'51.136 0.470
4 France Johann Zarco Ducati 1'51.170 0.504
5 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 1'51.223 0.557
6 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1'51.309 0.643
7 Spain Jorge Martin Ducati 1'51.343 0.677
8 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1'51.387 0.721
9 Australia Jack Miller Ducati 1'51.437 0.771
10 Spain Alex Marquez Honda 1'51.648 0.982
11 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1'51.659 0.993
12 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1'51.709 1.043
13 Australia Remy Gardner KTM 1'51.820 1.154
14 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1'51.847 1.181
15 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1'51.881 1.215
16 Spain Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'51.958 1.292
17 Spain Pol Espargaro Honda 1'52.001 1.335
18 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1'52.061 1.395
19 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1'52.072 1.406
20 Spain Alex Rins Suzuki 1'52.079 1.413
21 Spain Raúl Fernández KTM 1'52.258 1.592
22 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 1'52.286 1.620
23 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1'52.881 2.215
24 South Africa Darryn Binder Yamaha 1'54.029 3.363
25 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1'54.260 3.594

Free Practice 2

Cla Rider Bike Time Gap
1 Spain Pol Espargaro Honda 1'50.707  
2 Spain Marc Marquez Honda 1'51.318 0.611
3 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 1'51.756 1.049
4 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1'51.789 1.082
5 Spain Jorge Martin Ducati 1'51.794 1.087
6 Spain Alex Marquez Honda 1'51.874 1.167
7 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1'51.911 1.204
8 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1'51.925 1.218
9 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1'52.046 1.339
10 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 1'52.100 1.393
11 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki 1'52.306 1.599
12 France Johann Zarco Ducati 1'52.320 1.613
13 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1'52.534 1.827
14 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1'52.582 1.875
15 Australia Remy Gardner KTM 1'52.965 2.258
16 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1'53.003 2.296
17 Australia Jack Miller Ducati 1'53.103 2.396
18 Spain Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'53.302 2.595
19 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1'53.527 2.820
20 Spain Alex Rins Suzuki 1'54.327 3.620
21 South Africa Darryn Binder Yamaha 1'54.385 3.678
22 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1'54.876 4.169
23 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1'55.571 4.864
24 Spain Raúl Fernández KTM    
25 Italy Luca Marini Ducati    

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