Quickest on Saturday, reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia is again on the high of the Portimao timesheets from 12.30pm on the ultimate day of MotoGP pre-season testing.
The Italian leads fellow GP23 rider Jorge Martin (Pramac) by 0.280s, adopted by native star Miguel Oliveira (RNF Aprilia) and morning chief Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati). With Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia manufacturing facility) and Raul Fernandez (RNF) fifth and sixth, there may be a good Ducati/Aprilia break up within the high half dozen.
Joan Mir is a notable eighth for Honda, simply forward of Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. In the meantime, Marc Marquez is in fifteenth place, simply behind the highest KTM of former teammate Pol Espargaro. Maverick Vinales is downgraded in comparison with the opposite RS-GPs, seventeenth.
Bagnaia was the primary driver on the observe at present. The Ducati star stated his take a look at work was already 90 per cent full after day one and plans to spend the ultimate day repeating the brand new race weekend format of a brief free observe after which qualifying on Saturday morning, adopted by the brand new Dash race within the afternoon. Bagnaia may strive a full race simulation at present.
Whereas Ducati and Aprilia riders as soon as once more topped the highest ten on Day One, Marc Marquez (Honda) and Quartararo (Yamaha) nonetheless have points to work out with their 2023 machines. However time is operating out to evaluate extra information components or radical concepts they usually should begin engaged on a setup for the GP weekend in some unspecified time in the future at present.
Likewise, the KTM/GASGAS riders, whereas showing to have settled on their 2023 chassis and engine setup (with aero nonetheless to be confirmed), must discover a higher setup in any case being outdoors the highest 14 the primary day. Lead rider Brad Binder defined that cornering is best this 12 months, however that comes on the expense of rear grip.
“I’ve an issue: we want grip on the again,” he stated. “We simply lack a little bit of pure grip from the rear tyre. Already taking off within the nook, it needs to come back again. And then you definately put the throttle on however it’s already slipping. You retain slipping on a regular basis. It does not make not that hookup and journey. That is what we’re lacking. That is clear to us. We’re fixing that and it’ll make an enormous distinction.
An “indignant” Fabio di Giannantonio won’t take a look at on the second day after his concussion on Saturday. In the meantime, Aleix Espargaro struggled with a power arm pump on day one, which he admitted may very well be right down to all of the downforce from the additional fork, swingarm and fenders of rear seat fitted to the Aprilia.
The assessments happen from 9:30 a.m. to five:30 p.m., adopted by the beginning of coaching. The season-opening MotoGP spherical will happen on the identical circuit from March 24-26.
| Portimao 2023 Official MotoGP Take a look at – Day 2 (12:30 p.m.) | |||||||
| Rider | Nat | Crew | Time | Knees | Velocity | ||
| 1 | ^6 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 1m 38.154s | 21/31 | 340.6 |
| 2 | ^2 | jorge martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.280s | 30/41 | 339.6 |
| 3 | ^3 | Miguel Oliveira | ORP | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.430s | 35/36 | 343.9 |
| 4 | ˅3 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.563s | 24/30 | 340.6 |
| 5 | ˅3 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.696s | 11/16 | 340.6 |
| 6 | ˅3 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.700s | 20/31 | 338.5 |
| 7 | ˅2 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.739s | 10/20 | 339.6 |
| 8 | ^6 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda Repsol (RC213V) | +0.850s | 28/29 | 334.3 |
| 9 | ^2 | Fabio Quartararo | ENG | Yamaha Monster (YZR-M1) | +0.895s | 37/38 | 339.6 |
| ten | = | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.909s | 38/40 | 339.6 |
| 11 | ˅3 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.910s | 22/24 | 340.6 |
| 12 | ˅3 | John Zarco | ENG | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | +1.083s | 14/25 | 337.5 |
| 13 | ^2 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.304s | 33/34 | 337.5 |
| 14 | ˅2 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +1.372s | 18/31 | 338.5 |
| 15 | ˅2 | Mark Marquez | SPA | Honda Repsol (RC213V) | +1.398s | 13/30 | 341.7 |
| 16 | ^3 | Maverick Vinales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +1.588s | 18/23 | 343.9 |
| 17 | 1 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAZ (RC16)* | +1.753s | 14/21 | 336.4 |
| 18 | = | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Yamaha Monster (YZR-M1) | +1.759s | 26/27 | 334.3 |
| 19 | ˅2 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.847s | 10/21 | 335.4 |
| 20 | ^2 | Jack Miller | AU | Crimson Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.925s | 28/29 | 336.4 |
| 21 | 1 | Brad Binder | RSA | Crimson Bull KTM (RC16) | +2.060s | 10/14 | 337.5 |
| 22 | 1 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati take a look at rider (GP23) | +2.462s | 16/27 | 335.4 |
Key:
^X The runner is X positions greater than the earlier hour.
= The runner is in the identical place because the earlier hour.
X The runner is X positions decrease than the earlier hour.
Day 1 quickest time:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 38.771s
Official MotoGP Portimao Data:
Greatest lap:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 38.725s (2021)
Quickest lap within the race:
Fabio Quartararo ENG Yamaha 1m 39.435s (2022)
Day 1
Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia completed the opening day of the Portimao take a look at on the high of the timesheets with 0.234 seconds forward of fellow Ducati rider Luca Marini.
Crushed to quickest time by Marini (GP22) at Sepang, manufacturing facility star Bagnaia (GP23) battled with the VR46 rider for supremacy all through the day earlier than settling the battle as the one rider within the 1m 38s.
Hometown hero Miguel Oliveira (RNF Aprilia), Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) additionally joined the P1 battle within the ultimate hours, earlier than Raul Fernandez turned heads as he edged teammate Oliveira for fifth place.
The Malaysian occasion ended with a Ducati-Aprilia high 9, a feat nearly repeated in the beginning in Portimao, when Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha was the quickest of the Japanese machines in eighth (+0.843s), behind Marco Bezzecchi.
Alex Rins was the very best Honda in eleventh with former Suzuki teammate Joan Mir 14th for Repsol. Marc Marquez was solely nineteenth and Takaaki Nakagami twenty third.
Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli additionally had a tricky opening day in seventeenth and twenty first whereas late laps from KTM teammates Brad Binder and Jack Miller took the pair right down to fifteenth and sixteenth.
Fallers included Johann Zarco (twice), Fabio di Giannantonio (twice), Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales, Marc Marquez, Nakagami and Mir.
di Giannantonio went to the hospital for additional checks after his crash at Flip 7.
The technical novelties offered included some fork-mounted fenders for Aprilia.
| Portimao 2023 Official MotoGP Take a look at – Day 1 (FINAL) | |||||||
| Rider | Nat | Crew | Time | Knees | Velocity | ||
| 1 | ^3 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 1m 38.771s | 77/78 | 334.3 |
| 2 | 1 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.234s | 58/65 | 340.6 |
| 3 | 1 | Maverick Vinales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.254s | 71/88 | 334.3 |
| 4 | 1 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.565s | 56/65 | 337.5 |
| 5 | ^9 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.689s | 62/64 | 335.4 |
| 6 | 1 | Miguel Oliveira | ORP | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.695s | 59/75 | 337.5 |
| 7 | 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.837s | 62/76 | 337.5 |
| 8 | ^4 | Fabio Quartararo | ENG | Yamaha Monster (YZR-M1) | +0.843s | 88/90 | 333.3 |
| 9 | ˅2 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.870s | 32/50 | 334.3 |
| ten | ˅2 | jorge martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.872s | 38/63 | 335.4 |
| 11 | ˅2 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.875s | 66/77 | 332.3 |
| 12 | ˅2 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.877s | 59/60 | 338.5 |
| 13 | ˅2 | John Zarco | ENG | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | +0.945s | 44/57 | 335.4 |
| 14 | ^1 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda Repsol (RC213V) | +1.005s | 74/74 | 329.2 |
| 15 | ^5 | Brad Binder | RSA | Crimson Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.152s | 58/69 | 335.4 |
| 16 | ^5 | Jack Miller | AU | Crimson Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.216s | 57/58 | 331.2 |
| 17 | ˅4 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +1.238s | 27/52 | 336.4 |
| 18 | ˅2 | Stefan Bradl | ALL | Honda take a look at rider (RC213V) | +1.391s | 58/72 | 331.2 |
| 19 | ˅2 | Mark Marquez | SPA | Honda Repsol (RC213V) | +1.399s | 35/78 | 336.4 |
| 20 | ˅2 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati take a look at rider (GP23) | +1.565s | 45/70 | 333.3 |
| 21 | ˅2 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Yamaha Monster (YZR-M1) | +1.643s | 75/95 | 330.2 |
| 22 | = | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +1.736s | 58/64 | 333.3 |
| 23 | ^1 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.871s | 68/74 | 328.2 |
| 24 | 1 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAZ (RC16)* | +2.000s | 63/72 | 330.2 |
Key:
^X The runner is X positions greater than the earlier hour.
= The runner is in the identical place because the earlier hour.
X The runner is X positions decrease than the earlier hour.
The 2023 MotoGP grid will get its final likelihood for pre-season preparations with an official two-day take a look at at Portimao this weekend, the identical circuit the place the season opener takes place on March 24-25.
Luca Marini (VR46 Ducati) set the quickest lap instances on the earlier two winter outings, at Valencia in November after which on a three-day take a look at at Sepang in February.
Whereas Marini makes use of a year-old Ducati, Portimao would be the final likelihood for the manufacturing facility groups to decide on the aerodynamics and, above all, the engine with which they’ll begin the 2023 racing season.
As soon as chosen, the engine design can’t be modified till the top of the World Championship, whereas the aero can solely be up to date as soon as.
What occurred on the Sepang take a look at?
Ducati and Aprilia riders occupied the highest 9 spots on the Sepang timesheets, with Marc Marquez and Honda main the remainder in tenth.
Whereas Ducati and Aprilia appeared to have made slight modifications to their confirmed packages, Marquez whittled down 4 completely different Hondas to a single favourite machine, however warned it wasn’t ok to win the title and extra was wanted. for Portimao.
After a scare in Valencia, Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli had been proud of their extra highly effective 2023 engine, choosing the ultimate model for the racing season.
However though proud of their tempo, the bike “did not work” in qualifying, with poor gasoline consumption and recent tyres, leaving them seventeenth and twentieth on the mixed instances. Resolving the qualifying subject, in addition to a ultimate determination on aerodynamic and chassis components, will probably be amongst Yamaha’s priorities at Portimao.
The GASGAS/KTM struggled probably the most on paper with Pol Espargaro better of the RC16s in thirteenth place adopted by Brad Binder in 14th, Jack Miller in 18th and rookie Augusto Fernandez in twenty second. However with many components out there and extra to come back, will the Austrian manufacturing facility assemble the components in Portimao?
