Portugal MotoGP FP1 Results: Fastest Marc Marquez, Outperformed Joan Mir And Student Valentino Rossi

Repsol Honda racer, Marc Marquez, fastest in FP1 MotoGP Portugal. (Doc.MotoGP)

JAKARTA – Marc Marquez succeeded in becoming the fastest in the first free practice session (FP1) of the 2022 Portuguese Grand Prix of MotoGP. The Repsol Honda racer was ahead of Joan Mir who filled second place.

Free practice took place at the Portimao Circuit on Friday, April 22, afternoon WIB. Marquez successfully smoked Mir after making a record time of 1 minute 50.066 seconds on his last try.

Behind the two riders followed Marco Bezzecchi of the Mooney VR46 Racing team. Valentino Rossi's student is +0.470 adrift of Marquez.

Meanwhile, the fourth and fifth positions respectively were occupied by Pramac Racing's Johann Zarco and Red Bull KTM's Miguel Oliveira.

The defending champion Fabio Quartararo had to drop down to 18th position.

Mario Aji Had a Hit

Meanwhile in Moto3, Indonesian rider Mario Suryo Aji had a good time in the first free practice. In the early minutes he had filled the third position as the fastest rider.

Unfortunately, he could not maintain that position towards the last minute so he had to settle for dropping to 14th position at the end of the session.

Meanwhile, for the first position in FP1 Moto3 held by Daniel Holgado and followed by Izan Guevara in second place.

Portugal MotoGP FP1 Results:

top 10

Marc Marquez 1 minute 50,666 seconds

Joan Mir +0.365

Marco Bezzecchi +0.470

Johann Zarco +0.504

Miguel Oliveira +0.557

Maverick Vinales +0.643

Jorge Martin +0.677

Francesco Bagnaia +0.721

Jack Miller +0.771

Alex Marquez +0.982