Without even starting a flying lap, reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo had a moment heading tow𝔍ards turn seven. The Yamaha rider crossed a wet patch which resulted in the rear momentarily coming around. 

Looking to carry on his form f༺rom the opening session, Alex Marquez got straight down to business as he set a 1:46.569s - eight tenths clear of Pol Espargaro. 

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After sett🐠ing a lap time nine tenths better than hi𝕴s current provisional pole effort, Marquez was bumped down to third as Joan Mir and Jack Miller went quicker. 

Marquez then went 1.3 seconds quicker than Mir on his third flying lap, before brother Marc made it a Maꦜ𝔉rquez 1-2. 

While Mir, Miller and Quartararo all got close to A. Marquez, the LCR Honda rider improved by a further five tenths in what looke𝓡d like an🐟 untouchable time. 

However, Pramac rider Johann Zarco produced a stunning effort out of n🍷owhere to go even better. 

A🐈fter losing provisional pole to Mir, Zarco showed no signs of playing second best, quite the opposite as he went top by five tenths. The same margin that he was beaten by Miller just seconds later. 

A. Marquez made it twoꦺ Honda riders to crash in Q2 after going down on the cooldown l🗹ap.

Yellow flags cost Marc Marquez a potential pole position

Not to be outshone by his brother or any 𒐪other rider for that matter, M. Marquez loo✅ked to have pole position in the bag, however, his top time was set under yellow flags and therefore deleted, as was Quartararo’s time after the Frenchman went P2. 

The yellow flags were deployed due to P. Espargaro crashing at the final corner. With the track now back to green flag conditions, Mir lookedܫ to have secured his first MotoGP pole before Zarco pipped him as the checkered flag dropped. 

Aleix Espargaro, who was absolutely nowh⭕ere all session, managed to claim third with his last lap around.

Garnder and Bagnaia suffer big highsides as early dry tyre gamble backfires in Portimao MotoGP Q1

Despite bright sunshine beginning to dry the Porti😼mao circuit, wet tyres were the option to be on.

However, Takaaki Nakagami and rookie Remy Gardner made a bold move to head out on dry tyres, whi൩ch immediately proved to be the wrong call as Gardner suffered a highside on the entry to turn nine. 

Not to be deterred by that, Ducati rider Fr𓄧ancesco Bagnaia left pit lane also on dry tyres as he attempted to make it through to Q2. 

But like Gardner, Bagnaia suffered a big highside (turn two) as lessons from what happened t𒈔o the Tech 3 KTM rider were clearly not being learned. Slow to his feet, Bagnaia was then seen sitting trackside and getting a medical check-up. 

Looking to make it a successful Q1 for LCR Honda, A. Marquez wa♔s leading the way from Nakagami💦 with just two minutes remaining. 

And although a lull in fast laps seemed to indicate track conditions were past their best, Andrea♍ Dovizioso blasted to the top by over seven tenthsܫ. 

With the final sector now bone-dry, lap times began 🅠improving drastically. Marquez dislodged Dovizioso at the top before Martin knocked the Italian out of the top two. 

A late crash ☂for Enea Bastianini resulted in the championship leader failing to adv𒆙ance, while Luca Marini had no such issues as he delivered a brilliant final effort to make it through with Marquez. 

Anotherꦿ session hugely dominat♛ed by crashes which has been a theme all weekend in Portimao.