2023 Portimao MotoGP Test results - Day 1 lap times (Saturday)

Lap times from Saturday’s opening day of the final 2023 MotoGP pre-season test, at Portimao.
Francesco Bagnaia waves at the crowd, Portuguese MotoGP test, 11 March
Francesco Bagnaia waves at the crowd, Portuguese MotoGP test, 11 March

Reigning world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia has finished the opening day of the Portimao test on top of the timesheets by 0.234s over fellow Ducati rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini.

Beaten to the top time by Marini (GP22) at Sepang, factory sꦏtar Bagnaia (GP23) battled with the VR46 rider for supremacy throughout th💜e day before settling the contest by being the only rider in the 1m 38s.

Home hero 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira (RNF Aprilia), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) also joined the P1 battle in the final hours, before 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Raul Fernandez turned heads by edging out team-mate ܫOliveira for fifth.

The Malaysian test had ended with a Ducati-Aprilia top nine, a feat almost repeated at the start of Portimao, when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo's Yamaha was the quickest of the Japanese machines in eighth (+0.843s), behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins was the top Honda in eleventh with former Suzuki team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Joan Mir 14th for Repsol. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez was just 19th and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Takaaki Nakagami 23rd.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli also had a tough opening day in 17th and 21st while late laps by KTM team-mates 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller pulled the pair up to 15th and 16th place. 

Fallers included 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco (twice), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio di Giannantonio (twice), Marc Marquez, Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vin⭕ales, Nakagami and Mi♏r.

di Giannant🅰onio has gone to hospital for further checks﷽ after his crash at turn 7.

The technical novelties on show included 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:some fork-mounted wings for Aprilia.

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2023 Official Portimao MotoGP Test - Day 1 (FINAL)
  RiderNatTeamTimeLapSpeed
1^3Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP23)1m 38.771s77/78334.3
2˅1Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.234s58/65340.6
3˅1Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP23)+0.254s71/88334.3
4˅1Alex MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP22)+0.565s56/65337.5
5^9Raul FernandezSPARNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)+0.689s62/64335.4
6˅1Miguel OliveiraPORRNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)+0.695s59/75337.5
7˅1Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.837s62/76337.5
8^4Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.843s88/90333.3
9˅2Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP22)+0.870s32/50334.3
10˅2Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP23)+0.872s38/63335.4
11˅2Alex RinsSPALCR Honda (RC213V)+0.875s66/77332.3
12˅2Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP23)+0.877s59/60338.5
13˅2Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0.945s44/57335.4
14^1Joan MirSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+1.005s74/74329.2
15^5Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.152s58/69335.4
16^5Jack MillerAUSRed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.216s57/58331.2
17˅4Enea BastianiniITADucati Lenovo (GP23)+1.238s27/52336.4
18˅2Stefan BradlGERHonda Test Rider (RC213V)+1.391s58/72331.2
19˅2Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+1.399s35/78336.4
20˅2Michele PirroITADucati Test Rider (GP23)+1.565s45/70333.3
21˅2Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.643s75/95330.2
22=Pol EspargaroSPATech3 GASGAS (RC16)+1.736s58/64333.3
23^1Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)+1.871s68/74328.2
24˅1Augusto FernandezSPATech3 GASGAS (RC16)*+2.000s63/72330.2

Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than previous hour.
= Rider is same position as previous hour.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than previous hour.

Official Portimao MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 38.725s (2021)
Fastest race lap:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 39.435s (2022)

The 2023 MotoGP grid has its last chance for pre-season preparations with a two-day official test at Portimao this weekend, the same circuit where the season-opener will take place on March 2༒4-25.

VR46 Ducati’s Luca Marini has set the fastest lap time at both previous winter outings, at Valencia in November and then a three-day t♚est at Sepang𝔉 in February.

While Marini is using a year-old Ducatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚi, Portimao will be the last chance for factory teams to pick the aerodynamic and, most importantly, engine💛 with which they will start the 2023 racing season.

Once chosen, the engine design ꧂cannot be changed until the end of🌟 the world championship, while aero can be updated just once.

Testing takes place at Portimao fr🌟om 9:30-17:30 on Satu𒁏rday and Sunday, followed by practice starts.

What happened at the Sepang test?

Ducati and Aprilia riders filled the top nine positions on the Sepang timesheets, with Marc Marquez and Honda best of the rest ꦉin tenth.

While Ducati and Aprilia appeared to have made light modifications to their proven packages, Marquez whittled down four diff𝓰erent Hondas to one preferred machine, but warned it was not good enough to win the title and more was needed for Portimao.

After a scare at Valencia, Yamaha riders Fabio ꦦQuartararo and Franco Morbidelli were pleased with their more p𝓡owerful 2023 engine, selecting the final version for the racing season.

But while pleased with their pace, the bike ‘didn’t work’ in qualifying spec, with low fuel and new tyres, leaving them 17th and 20th on the combined times🐭. Solving the qualifying issue, as well as a fin🐟al decision on aero and chassis parts, will be among Yamaha’s priorities in Portimao.

The GASGAS/KTMs struggled the most on paper with Pol Espargaro best of the RC1ﷺ6s in 13th place followed by Brad Binder in 14th, Jack Miller in 18th and rookie Augusto Fernandez in 22nd. But with plenty of parts available and more to come, will the Austrian factory put the pieces together at Portimao?

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