MotoGP™: Monster Energy Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo takes title lead.

It was much closer in the fight for the final podium places with Mir defending hard as Zarco applied more and more pressure. The Frenchman took advantage of a tiny error by the Spaniard out of the final corner to power past him down the start-finish straight and take second. However, he ran wide at the opening corner allowing Mir to swoop back through. A lap later Zarco got the job done, again capitalising on a small wheelie by Mir out of the final corner to dive through on the brakes into Turn 1.

Six laps remained, with Jack Miller now challenging Mir for third, when the moment of the race took place between the usual sparring partners. The Australian pulled alongside the Suzuki man down the start-finish straight and they side-by-side on the brakes into the opening corner when the front-end of Miller’s Ducati let go. Down went Miller and he took an innocent and unsuspecting Mir with him. The pair, thankfully, are both OK despite the frightening collision.

That elevated Aleix Espargaro to third as he eyed only the third MotoGP™ podium for Aprilia. The Argentine Grand Prix winner closed onto the rear wheel of Zarco on the final lap but couldn’t find a way through. Zarco took second, the thirteenth of his premier class career, and Espargaro had to settle for third.

Fourth across the line was arguably the man of the day: Alex Rins. A quite incredible performance from the factory Suzuki man saw him come through 23rd and, in doing so, lifted himself to equal points with Quartararo in the Championship chase. Another strong comeback rider came courtesy of the home hero Miguel Oliveira. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing man clinched a top five to bounce back from two crashes on home soil in 2021.

There were crashes for Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing), Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing), Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Idemitsu Honda), Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), bringing to an end a run of 18 straight point-scoring finishes, and, most notably, the former World Championship leader Enea Bastianini.

MotoGP™ Portuguese GP Top 10:
1. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
2. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 5.409
3. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 6.068
4. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 9.633
5. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 13.573
6. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 16.163
7. Alex Marquez (LCR Castrol Honda) + 16.183
8. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 16.511
9. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) + 16.769
10. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 18.063.

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MotoGP™ RAC Classification 2022

Autódromo Internacional do Algarve

, April 24th 2022

18º C

Cloudy

Track condition: Dry

Humidity: 70%

Ground: 26º

1	25	20 FabioQuartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™	Yamaha	165.3	41’39.6110
2	20	5 JohannZarco Pramac Racing	Ducati	164.9	+5.409
3	16	41 AleixEspargaro Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	164.9	+6.068
4	13	42 AlexRins Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	164.7	+9.633
5	11	88 MiguelOliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	164.4	+13.573
6	10	93 MarcMarquez Repsol Honda Team	Honda	164.2	+16.163
7	9	73 AlexMarquez LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	164.2	+16.183
8	8	63 FrancescoBagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	164.2	+16.511
9	7	44 PolEspargaro Repsol Honda Team	Honda	164.2	+16.769
10	6	12 MaverickViñales Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	164.1	+18.063
11	5	4 AndreaDovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team	Yamaha	163.4	+29.029
12	4	10 LucaMarini Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	163.4	+29.249
13	3	21 FrancoMorbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™	Yamaha	163.1	+33.354
14	2	87 RemyGardner Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	162.7	+40.205
15	1	72 MarcoBezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	162.3	+46.052
16		30 TakaakiNakagami LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	162.1	+49.569
17		40 DarrynBinder WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team	Yamaha	162	+50.303

Non-classified riders

		36 JoanMir Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	164.9	18 Laps
		33 BradBinder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	163.9	17 Laps
		32 LorenzoSavadori Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	161.2	24 Laps
		43 JackMiller Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	164.8	18 Laps
		49 FabioDi Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP™	Ducati	162.2	21 Laps
		89 JorgeMartin Pramac Racing	Ducati	162.5	4 Laps
		23 EneaBastianini Gresini Racing MotoGP™	Ducati	163.4	9 Laps

Autódromo Internacional do Algarve

, April 22nd 2022

13º C

Raining

Track condition: Wet

Humidity: 93%

Ground: 12º

Championship Standings MotoGP™ 2022

MotoGP™ Championship 2022

1	20 Fabio Quartararo		Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™	Yamaha	69
2	42 Alex Rins		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	69
3	41 Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	66
4	23 Enea Bastianini		Gresini Racing MotoGP™	Ducati	61
5	5 Johann Zarco		Pramac Racing	Ducati	51
6	36 Joan Mir		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	46
7	33 Brad Binder		Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	42
8	88 Miguel Oliveira		Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	39
9	43 Jack Miller		Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	31
10	63 Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	31
11	93 Marc Marquez		Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31
12	44 Pol Espargaro		Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30
13	89 Jorge Martin		Pramac Racing	Ducati	28
14	12 Maverick Viñales		Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	25
15	21 Franco Morbidelli		Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™	Yamaha	17
16	10 Luca Marini		Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	14
17	73 Alex Marquez		LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	13
18	30 Takaaki Nakagami		LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	12
19	72 Marco Bezzecchi		Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	8
20	4 Andrea Dovizioso		WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team	Yamaha	8
21	40 Darryn Binder		WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team	Yamaha	6
22	87 Remy Gardner		Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	3
23	25 Raul Fernandez		Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0
24	49 Fabio Di Giannantonio		Gresini Racing MotoGP™	Ducati	0
25	32 Lorenzo Savadori		Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0
26	6 Stefan Bradl		Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0