2022 Portimao Moto2 Grand Prix, Portugal - Free Practice (3) Results
| Moto2 Portugal - Free Practice (3) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 0.810s |
| 2 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | Lightech Speed Up | (Boscoscuro) | 2m 0.990s |
| 3 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 1.027s |
| 4 | Keminth Kubo | THA | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team | (Kalex) | 2m 1.251s |
| 5 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 1.293s |
| 6 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 2m 1.353s |
| 7 | Aron Canet | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (Kalex) | 2m 1.469s |
| 8 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 1.518s |
| 9 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 2m 1.708s |
| 10 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 2m 1.834s |
| 11 | Barry Baltus | BEL | RW Racing GP | (Kalex) | 2m 1.854s |
| 12 | Alessandro Zaccone | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto2 | (Kalex) | 2m 1.875s |
| 13 | Filip Salac | CZE | Gresini Racing Moto2 | (Kalex) | 2m 2.009s |
| 14 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 2.030s |
| 15 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 2m 2.042s |
| 16 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 2m 2.052s |
| 17 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) | 2m 2.159s |
| 18 | Zonta Van Den Goorbergh | NED | RW Racing GP | (Kalex) | 2m 2.178s |
| 19 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 2.747s |
| 20 | Gabriel Rodrigo | ARG | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 2m 3.048s |
| 21 | Cameron Beaubier | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 3.051s |
| 22 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team | (Kalex) | 2m 3.058s |
| 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | ITA | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 3.382s |
| 24 | Romano Fenati | ITA | Lightech Speed Up | (Boscoscuro) | 2m 3.448s |
| 25 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) | 2m 3.981s |
| 26 | Jorge Navarro | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (Kalex) | 2m 4.126s |
| 27 | Simone Corsi | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) | 2m 4.531s |
| 28 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 2m 4.677s |
| 29 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 2m 7.060s |
| 30 | Marcel Schrotter | GER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) | No Time |
Celestino Vietti emerged fastest during an interrupted Moto2 FP3 at Portimao, as Marcel Schrotter stayed quickest&🌳nbsp;overall courtesy of his Friday time.
Red flags were waved due to worsening weather and there were serious doubts of an﷽y improvements once the downpou🌠r had passed.
However, lap times began tumbling after the restart, setting🧜 up a frantic final ten minutes when most of the top 14 places for direct access to Qualifying 2 were decided.
Schrotter was the only rider not to set a lap time i𝔉n FP3.
| Combined Practice times - Top 14 | |
| Position | Rider |
| 1 | Schrotter |
| 2 | Vietti |
| 3 | Aldeguer |
| 4 | Lowes |
| 5 | Dixon |
| 6 | Kubo |
| 7 | Dalla Porta |
| 8 | Arenas |
| 9 | Beaubier |
| 10 | Roberts |
| 11 | Fernandez |
| 12 | Canet |
| 13 | Chantra |
| 14 | Ogura |
Portimao MotoGP schedule (UK time)
Friday April 22
9am-9.45am - Moto3 Free Practice 1
9.55am-10.40am - MotoGP Free Practice 1
10.55am-11.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 1
1.15pm-1.55pm - Moto3 Free Practice 2
2.10pm-2.55pm - MotoGP Free Practice 2
3.10pm-3.50pm - Moto2 Free Practice 2
Saturday April 23
9am-9.40am - Moto3 Free Practice 3
9.55am-10.40am- MotoGP Free Practice 3
10.55am-11.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 3
12.35pm-.12.50pm - Moto3 Qualifying 1
1pm-1.15pm - Moto3 Qualifying 3
1.30pm-2pm - MotoGP Free Practice 4
2.10pm-2.25pm - MotoGP Qualifying 1
3.10pm-3.25pm - Moto2 Qualifying 1
3.35pm-3.50pm - Moto2 Qualifying 2
Sunday April 24
9.20am-9.30am - Moto3 warm-up
9.40am-10am - MotoGP warm-up
10.10am-10.20am - Moto2 warm-up
11.20am - Moto3 race
1pm - MotoGP race
2.30pm - Moto2 race
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