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 begi𒁏ns with thܫe morning practice session at Portimao.

Following his Qatar win Francesco Bagnaia arrives in Pౠortugal for the second round as the early ch🃏ampionship leader.

In 2023 the Italian took both the sprint and full race wins from a♚ front row star♛t.

F🎶riday saw Marc Marquez, already fourth overall after a strong Ducati debut, top the first session of the day before Enea Bastian💧ini lead from Jack Miller and Marquez in the afternoon to end the day fastest.

15:23
Maverick Vinales wins

Vinales has taken his first sprint win for Aprilia ahead o🐓f Marc Marquez, Martin, Bagnaia𓆏, Miller, Bastianini, Acosta, Espargaro, Quartararo and R. Fernandez.

15:22
Last lap

Marquez swoops through on Martin for second but this one is heading the♏ way of V☂inales.

15:20
2 laps to go

Vinales still leads fro♍m Martin and Marquez. Bagnaia is out of contention. 

15:17
Lap 9 of 12

Huge mistake from Bagnaia as he runs off at turn one and loses three places.&nb💃sꦫp;

15:13
Lap 7 of 12

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

15:11
Lap 6 of 12

Marquez is down to third as he makes a big mistake at turn five. It's Vinales who is now chasing𓂃 Bagnaia. 

15:10
Lap 5 of 12

We have another r𓂃ider down and it's expected title conten෴der Brad Binder.

15:09
Lap 4 of 12

Johann Zarco and Alex Rins have suffered crashes.

15:07

B𓆉agnaia leads ahead of Miller to🍸 start lap three as Marquez fends off Vinales.

15:06
Lap 3 of 12

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

15:04

Marc Marquez is up t𒅌o fourth as he comes through on Enea Bastianini. Great s♎tart from the Gresini rider.

15:04
Lap 1 of 12

Jack Miller leads from Francesco Bagnaia and Mavꦏerick﷽ Vinales.

15:02

It's liওghts out in the MotoGP sprint at Portimao!&nbs🐷p;

15:00

The formation lap is underway!

14:34

Enea Bastia🅺nini starts from pole ahead of Maverick Vinales 🐼and Jorge Martin.

14:34

Good afternoon and welcome back to the Portuguese MotoGP. Coming up at 15:00 UK time is tಌhe sprint race.

11:32

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

11:31

Marc Marquez is only seventh as Bagnaia improve🦩d but can't moved up from third.&🦩nbsp;

11:28

Enea Bastianini moves into provisional pole ♛ahead of Jorge Martin.

11:24

Miller is currently second fastest with Vinales𝐆 in third. Marc Marquez is back in his garage and 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 fast crash on 🌟the approach to the final corner.