Enea Bastianini, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 22 March
Enea Bastianini, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 22 March

Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao: Sprint race as it happened!

Saturday’s MotoGP action begins with the morning practice session at Portimao.

Saturday’s MotoGP action begins with the morn🌊ing practiceꦐ session at Portimao.

Following his Qatar win Frওancesco Bagnaia arrives in Portugal for the second round as the early championship leader.

In 2023 the Italian took both꧑ the sprint and full race wins from a front row sta꧋rt.

Friday saw Marc Marquez, already fourth overall after a strong Ducati debut, top the first session o𒅌f the day before Enea Bastianini lead from Jack Miller and Marquez in the afternoon to end the day fastest.

15:23
Maverick Vinales wins

Vinales has take🔯n his first sprint win for Aprilia ahead of Marc Marquez, Martin, Bagnaia, Miller, Bastianini, Acosta, Espargaro, Quartararo and R. Fernandez.

15:22
Last lap

Marquez swo🏅ops throꩵugh on Martin for second but this one is heading the way of Vinales.

15:20
2 laps to go

Vinales still leads from Martin and Marquez. Bagnaia is ouℱt of contention.&nb🅘sp;

15:17
Lap 9 of 12

Huge mistake from Bagnaia as he runs off at turn one and loses t🃏hree pl🧸aces. 

15:13
Lap 7 of 12

Bagnaia💙 leads by nine tenths and is proving very difficult to catch. There's been a change for third as Martin has come through on Marquez. 

15:11
Lap 6 of 12

Ma🌱rquez is down t🌞o third as he makes a big mistake at turn five. It's Vinales who is now chasing Bagnaia. 

15:10
Lap 5 of 12

We have another rider down and it's eꦆxpected title contender Brad Binder.

15:09
Lap 4 of 12

Johann Zarco and Alex Rins have suffered crashes.

15:07

🌄Bagnaia leads ahead of Miller to start lap three as Marquez fends off Vinales.

15:06
Lap 3 of 12

Small contact between Marquez and Vinales 🙈as the former moves up to third.

15:04

Marc Marquez is up to fourth as he🦩 comes through on Enea Bastianini. Great start from the Gresini rider.

15:04
Lap 1 of 12

Jack Miller leads from Francesco Bagnaia ꦜꦦand Maverick Vinales.

15:02

💞It's lights out in the MotoGP sprꦏint at Portimao! 

15:00

The formation lap is underway!

14:34

Enea Bastianini star💎൩ts from pole ahead of Maverick Vinales and Jorge Martin.

14:34

Good afternoon and welcome back to the Portugueseꩵ MotoGP. Coming up at 15:00 UK𒊎 time is the sprint race.

11:32

Vinales splits Bastianini and Martin as he goes second fastest. It's pole for Bastianꦑini as team-mate Bagnaia is bumped down to fourth.

11:31

Marc Marquez is only seventh as Bag💝naia improved but can't moved up from 🌄third. 

11:28

Enea Bastianini m🐟oves into provisional pole ahead of Jorge Martin.

11:24

Miller is currently second fastest with Vinales in third. Marc Mar🅠quez is back in his garage an🎶d set to go out again. 

11:21
Bagnaia on top as Binder goes down too

Brad🎀 Binder is also down as Francesco Bagnaia sets the first sub 1m 38s lap this weekend.

11:19
Marc Marquez crashes to open Q2.

Marc Marquez is down! It's a first f⛦ast crash on the approach to the ♕final corner.