2022 MotoGP Portuguese GP: Full qualifying result and starting grid

Pole for the 2022 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix went to Pramac's Johann Zarco after a dramatic qualifying that started on wet tyres and ended on slicks.

The drama started in Q1 when Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia crashed heavily while on slicks when the track was still too wet and needed to be taken to the medical centre for checks.

He has been cleared on any fractures for now, but will go to hospital nearby for further examination.

If he is cleared fit to race, he will start from last - a total contrast from November's Algarve GP at Portimao when he was on pole and won the race.

Championship leader Enea Bastianini also crashed and will start 18th, while Suzuki's Alex Rins - second in the championship - will start 23rd after staying out on wets at the end of Q1 when the best laps were on slicks.

In Q2, Zarco snatched pole at the death with a 1m42.003s to beat Suzuki's Joan Mir and Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro.

A late crash for Pol Espargaro at the last corner led to Honda team-mate Marc Marquez having a lap good enough for pole stripped from him as it was set under yellow flags. Marquez was shuffled down to ninth ahead of Espargaro as a result.

Ducati's Jack Miller will start fourth ahead of reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha, with VR46 Ducati rookie Marco Bezzecchi sixth.

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing

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Seventh place went to Q1 pacesetter Alex Marquez, who also crashed at the end of Q2, with Luca Marini eighth on the other VR46 Ducati.

The top 12 was completed by home hero Miguel Oliveira and his KTM team-mate Brad Binder.

2022 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix - Full qualifying results

Cla	Rider	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Johann Zarco	9	1'42.003
2	Joan Mir	9	1'42.198	0.195
3	Aleix Espargaro	9	1'42.235	0.232
4	Jack Miller	8	1'42.503	0.500
5	Fabio Quartararo	8	1'42.716	0.713
6	Marco Bezzecchi	9	1'42.716	0.713
7	Alex Marquez	9	1'42.903	0.900
8	Luca Marini	9	1'43.179	1.176
9	Marc Marquez	8	1'43.575	1.572
10	Pol Espargaro	7	1'43.832	1.829
11	Miguel Oliveira	8	1'44.066	2.063
12	Brad Binder	8	1'44.710	2.707
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Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Alex Marquez	Honda	8	1'46.316
2	Luca Marini	Ducati	6	1'47.199	0.883
3	Jorge Martin	Ducati	8	1'47.936	1.620
4	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	5	1'49.332	3.016
5	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	6	1'49.639	3.323
6	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	7	1'49.695	3.379
7	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	7	1'49.889	3.573
8	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	6	1'50.618	4.302
9	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	7	1'50.702	4.386
10	Remy Gardner	KTM	4	1'50.953	4.637
11	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	6	1'51.308	4.992
12	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	8	1'51.639	5.323
13	Alex Rins	Suzuki	7	1'52.300	5.984
14	Raúl Fernández	KTM	6	1'53.603	7.287
15	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	2
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