Fabio Quartararo never tires of commanding. The recently proclaimed new MotoGP champion has started the Algarve GP at the top of the timesheets. The Yamaha rider led in the morning and in the afternoon, with a final balance of +0.132 over Bagnaia, with whom he is still litigating in the final two GGPP for the other two titles, that of Constructors and that of Equipment.
The manufacturers’ general, which is the one in which the best rider from each factory per race, is led by Ducati with 12 points of advantage over Yamaha, which in turn has the satisfaction of being at the top of the team classification, in the scored by the two riders in each box, with the Monster Energy Yamaha taking 13 points from the Ducati Lenovo at the moment. AND Quartararo has shown on Friday in Portimao that it is true that he wants to celebrate the triple crown with his family, because he has not cut gas in the least and he is ready to win another victory on this track this Sunday, because he already won when the World Cup came here in April.
After the first two, Miller has qualified, at 0.221, ahead of a Mir who started with this fourth place later than usual on Fridays. The fifth has been Pol, who comes to this race again with Bradl as a boxing partner, because Honda has turned to him to replace Marc Márquez, he goes down in this race due to suffering a slight brain concussion last Saturday while training with the field bike.
The first ten places with provisional direct access to Q2 close, Zarco, Álex Márquez, Aleix, Nakagami and Rins, that in the morning he unveiled a spectacular onboard camera on his left shoulder that offered images very similar to those in his real field of vision. Further back and with duties in FP3 to try to save the Q1 repechage, Martín 11º, Maverick 14º and Lecuona 20º. Rossi closed the first day 21st, ahead of a Dovizioso that has not just taken off with the Yamaha.