Thank you all.
Thank you all for joining us in this intense race with an exciting finish, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you. See you all again!
Top 9 of the Grand Prix of Portugal
These were the top nine finishers in the Portuguese Grand Prix
Bagnaia's celebration
The Italian celebrated his victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix in the style of Cristiano Ronaldo.
BAGNAIA TAKES FIRST GRAND PRIX OF 2023
Second victory for the Italian this weekend, who already won the sprint on Saturday.
🏁 Lap 25/25
We entered the last lap of the Grand Prix of Portugal and Bagnaia has the victory in his hands;
Lucas Marini
Second DNF of the Italian driver this weekend
🏁 Lap 23/25
Three laps to go and Bagnaia has just over a second advantage;
🏁 Lap 22/25
Marini crashes and the Italian is out of the race;
This was the moment of Jorge Martín's fall.
🏁 Lap 21/25
Binder overtakes Alex Márquez and the South African is fourth;
❌ Fall of Jorge Martín
The Spanish driver goes to the ground in turn 10;
🏁 Lap 20/25
Quartararo overtakes Marini and moves up to ninth place;
🏁 Lap 19/25
Seven laps to go, the two KTMs are closing in on Álex Márquez
🏁 Lap 18/25
Viñales again reduced the gap with the Italian and is now seven days behind;
Bezzecchi is third, but has Alex Márquez, Binder and Miller behind him.
🏁 Lap 16/25
The reigning world champion escapes from Viñales already 1.2 seconds ahead;
Marc Márquez has apologized to Miguel Oliveira's box and to the fans in Portugal.
🏁 Lap 13/25
Right now the difference between Bagnaia and Viñales is 7 days.
🏁 Lap 12/25
We have reached the halfway point of the Grand Prix of Portugal and Bagnaia can not escape, he is on the wheel Viñales, who started from sixth position;
This is how Alex Márquez overtook
🏁 Lap 10/25
Fast lap of Aleix Esparrago who overcomes the river, the Spaniard is in ninth place ahead of Fabio Quartararo;
🏥 Miguel Oliveira
Portuguese rider heads to the medical center after the crash with Marc Márquez as reported by MotoGP
🏁 Lap 7/25
Alex Márquez overtakes Jack Miller and moves into fourth place;
This was the moment when Marc Márquez takes Oliveira by surprise.
🏁 Lap 6/25
Viñales approaches Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi has overtaken Miller to take third place;
This is the moment when Pecco Bagnaia took the lead
🏁 Lap 2/25
Crash of Marc Márquez who has taken ahead of Oliveira and has touched with Jorge Martín
🏁 Lap 2/25
Pecco Bagnaia takes first place and the reigning world champion is already leading the race.
The start of the Portuguese Grand Prix was as follows
🏁 Lap 1/25
Race situation:
1st Oliveira
2nd Bagnaia
3rd Martin
4th Marc Márquez
THE RACE BEGINS
Oliveira is placed first at the start, about to fall Marc Márquez
All set
The warm-up lap starts at the start of the first race of 2023
The anthem plays
With less than eight minutes to go, the Portuguese anthem plays in Algerve.
Pecco Bagnaia looking for his second win in this Portuguese Grand Prix
The Italian and reigning MotoGP World Champion has just won the first sprint race in history and is one of the main favorites for the Portuguese Grand Prix;
Remember the starting grid
These are the first 12 to start in the Portuguese Grand Prix
Marc Márquez's gesture
The six-time Spanish MotoGP world champion, who will start from pole position, stopped with a child to sign a car before the start of the race.
Bastianini's withdrawal
The Italian rider fell during the sprint of the MotoGP race. Bastianini suffered a fracture in the right shoulder and, therefore, has been deemed unfit to ride in today's race.
1 hour
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What time is the MotoGP race at the Portuguese Grand Prix?
This is the starting time for the race in several countries:
Argentina: 8:00 AM
Bolivia: 8:00 AM
Brazil: 9:00 AM
Chile: 8:00 AM
Colombia: 7:00 AM
Ecuador: 7:00 AM
USA (ET): 8:00 AM
Spain: 15:00 PM
Mexico: 7:00 AM
Paraguay: 8:00 AM
Peru: 8:00 AM
Uruguay: 8:00 AM
Venezuela: 8:00 AM
England: 13: 00 AM
Australia : 22:00 AM
India: 17:30 AM
Bagnaia wins first ever sprint race in MotoGP history
The Italian rider and reigning world champion has won the first sprint race in MotoGP history. Bagnaia commented that he was happy: "I'm happy to win the first sprint race in history, but it's a strange feeling because the long race is tomorrow. Today the goal was the top 3, so we achieved it. In any case, it was a fun race, we all had the soft tire that allows us to push, I expected a fight with Jorge and Marc, but not with Miller, but I'm happy for him. On his plan for tomorrow he said that "today I was pushing hard from the beginning, but the wind was blowing in the opposite direction compared to the test and yesterday. Tomorrow will be different because we will have to manage tires and normal race situations. The good thing is that I have already checked the performance of all the riders and I think that the riders in front will be the same".
How th first points of the season were distributed
With the sprint race, the first points were awarded. These were the riders who have released their locker:
1. Francesco Bagnaia - 12 points
2. Jorge Martín - 9 points
3. Marc Márquez - 7 points
4. Jack Miller - 6 points
5. Maverick Viñales - 5 points
6. Aleix Espargaró - 4 points
7. Miguel Oliveira - 3 points
8. Johann Zarco - 2 points
9. Álex Márquez - 1 point
Starting grid for the Portuguese Grand Prix
1. Marc Márquez
2. Francesco Bagnaia (+0.064)
3. Jorge Martín (+0.164)
4. Miguel Oliveira
5. Jack miller
6. Enea Bastianini
7. Maverick Viñales
8. Marco Bezzecchi
9. Luca Marini
10. Johann Zarco
11. Fabio Quartararo
12. Aleix Espargaró
13. Álex Márquez
14. Joan Mir
15. Brad Mir
16. Álex Rins
17. Franco Morbidelli
18. Takaaki Nakagami
19. Augusto Fernández
20. Raúl Fernández
21. Fabio Di Giannantonio
Teams and riders for the 2023 MotoGP season
Repsol Honda Team: Marc Márquez and Joan Mir
Ducati Team: Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini
Monster Energy Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli
Red Bull KTM Factory: Brad Binder and Jack Miller
Aprilia Racing: Aleix Espargaró y and Maverick Viñales
Pramac Racing: Jorge Martín and Johann Zarco
LCR Honda: Alex Rins and Takaaki Nakagami
GasGas Factory Racing (Tech3): Pol Espargaró and Augusto Fernández
RNF MotoGP Team: Raúl Fernández and Miguel Oliveira
VR46 Racing Team: Marco Bezzecchi and Luca Marini
Gresini Racing MotoGP: Álex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio
Who have been the latest winners of the Portuguese Grand Prix?
The rider who has won most times in the Portuguese Grand Prix with four victories in the premier class for the Italian Valentino Rossi, three Jorge Lorenzo. While the team that has triumphed the most has been Yamaha with six, one more than Honda. Since 2020 the Portuguese Grand Prix is disputed in Algarve before it has done so in Estoril.
These have been the last winners:
2002: Valentino Rossi
2003: Valentino Rossi
2004: Valentino Rossi
2005: Alex Barros
2006: Toni Elias
2007: Valentino Rossi
2008: Jorge Lorenzo
2009: Jorge Lorenzo
2010: Jorge Lorenzo
2011: Dani Pedrosa
2012: Casey Stoner
2020: Miguel Oliveira
2021: Fabio Quartararo
2022: Fabio Quartararo
The Circuit
The race will be held at the circuit of the Algarve International Race Track, which is located in the Algarve region of Portugal. It was inaugurated in 2008, a length of 4653 meters, 15 curves and a capacity for 100,000 spectators.
The 2023 MotoGP season begins
This weekend has started the MotoGP World Championship in this 2023 where it will have 21 Grand Prix and it does so in the last weekend in Portugal. The Italian Bagnaia defends the crown after winning last year's World Championship which was decided in the last race;
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