2022 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2022 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio Tissot de Portugal) was the fifth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 24 April 2022.

  2022 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 20 races in the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 April 2022
Official name	Grande Prémio Tissot de Portugal
Location	Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.592 km (2.853 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Johann Zarco Ducati Time 1:42.003 Fastest lap Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:39.435 on lap 10 Podium First Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Second Johann Zarco Ducati Third Aleix Espargaró Aprilia
Moto2
Pole position Rider Arón Canet Kalex Time 1:44.151 Fastest lap Rider Joe Roberts Kalex Time 1:43.410 on lap 3 Podium First Joe Roberts Kalex Second Celestino Vietti Kalex Third Jorge Navarro Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Deniz Öncü KTM Time 2:03.955 Fastest lap Rider Jaume Masià KTM Time 1:48.201 on lap 9 Podium First Sergio García Gas Gas Second Jaume Masià KTM Third Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna

Background

Riders' entries

In the MotoGP class, the presence of Lorenzo Savadori as a wildcard with Aprilia Racing should be noted in the entry list of the race. In the Moto2 class, Keminth Kubo returns to ride the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex after missing the Grand Prix of the Americas after having issues with his visa. In the Moto3 class, in addition to the presence of Gerard Riu as a substitute for David Muñoz, David Salvador continues to replace John McPhee, absent due to injury, while Alberto Surra misses the Grand Prix due to a micro fracture of the scaphoid of his right hand during the previous stage and is replaced by Syarifuddin Azman. David Alonso also rides as a wild card, on the Aspar Team's Gas Gas.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

The victory at the Grand Prix of the Americas allows Enea Bastianini to take the lead in the riders' standings with 61 points, 5 more than Álex Rins, 11 more than Aleix Espargaró, 15 more than Joan Mir and 17 more than Fabio Quartararo. In the constructors' classification, Ducati confirms its leadership with 89 points, followed by KTM (59 points), Suzuki (57 points) which overtakes Aprilia (51 points), Yamaha (44 points) and Honda, which closes the list with 34 points. The team standings see Team Suzuki Ecstar firmly in the lead with 102 points, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and Aprilia Racing 32 and 33 points behind respectively. Gresini Racing MotoGP is fourth with 61 points and Pramac Racing is fifth at 59 points.

Moto2 Championship standings before the race

Celestino Vietti, despite retiring in the previous race, remains at the top of the riders' standings with 70 points, followed by Ai Ogura (56 points), Tony Arbolino (winner in Austin) with 54 points, Arón Canet at 49 points and Somkiat Chantra at 45 points. The constructors' classification sees Kalex with full points with 100 points, Boscoscuro with 11 points and MV Agusta with 5 points. The top five positions of the team standings are occupied by Idemitsu Honda Team Asia (101 points), Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (89 points), Flexbox HP40 (72 points), Mooney VR46 Racing Team (70 points) and GasGas Aspar Team (54 points).

Moto3 Championship standings before the race

Dennis Foggia returns to lead the riders' standings with 74 points, plus 16 from Sergio García. Andrea Migno is third on 41 points, followed by Izan Guevara and Deniz Öncü, both on 37 points. The constructors' classification sees Honda in the lead 90 points, plus 16 on Gas Gas, plus 28 on KTM, plus 50 on Husqvarna and CF Moto. In the team classification, Leopard Racing overtakes Gas Gas Aspar Team (97 points vs 95 points) in the lead. CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP is third at 58 points, with Red Bull KTM Ajo and Red Bull KTM Tech3 at 8 and 14 points behind respectively.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[1]	Q2[2]
1	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:42.003	1	1
2	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:42.198	2
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:42.235	3
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:42.503	4	2
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:42.716	5
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:42.716	6
7	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:46.316	1:42.903	7	3
8	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:47.199	1:43.179	8
9	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:43.575	9
10	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:43.832	10	4
11	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:44.066	11
12	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:44.710	12
13	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:47.936	N/A	13	5
14	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:49.332	N/A	14
15	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:49.639	N/A	15
16	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:49.695	N/A	16	6
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:49.889	N/A	17
18	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:50.618	N/A	18
19	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:50.702	N/A	19	7
20	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	1:50.953	N/A	20
21	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:51.307	N/A	21
22	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1:51.639	N/A	22	8
23	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:52.300	N/A	23
24	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1:53.603	N/A	Did not start
NC	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	No time	N/A	24	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[3]	Q2[4]
1	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.151	1	1
2	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.479	2
3	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.501	3
4	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	1:45.566	1:44.560	4	2
5	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.788	5
6	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.827	6
7	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.898	7	3
8	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.911	8
9	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.915	9
10	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.999	10	4
11	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	1:46.076	1:45.016	11
12	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:45.018	12
13	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:45.076	13	5
14	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	1:45.533	1:45.251	14
15	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	Qualified in Q2	1:45.304	15
16	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	1:46.086	1:45.354	16	6
17	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:46.859	17
18	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:01.251	18
19	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	1:46.086	N/A	19	7
20	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	1:46.160	N/A	20
21	18	Manuel González	Kalex	1:46.600	N/A	21
22	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	1:46.712	N/A	22	8
23	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	1:46.787	N/A	23
24	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	1:46.787	N/A	24
25	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	1:47.213	N/A	25	9
26	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	1:47.274	N/A	26
27	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	1:47.676	N/A	27
28	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	1:47.762	N/A	28	10
29	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	1:48.021	N/A	29
30	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	1:48.305	N/A	30
OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto3

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[5]	Q2[6]
1	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	2:07.198	2:03.955	1	1
2	64	Mario Aji	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:03.972	2
3	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:04.447	3
4	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	Qualified in Q2	2:04.501	4	2
5	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:04.563	5
6	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	2:05.005	6
7	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:05.137	7	3
8	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:05.202	8
9	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	2:05.311	9
10	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	Qualified in Q2	2:05.395	10	4
11	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:05.608	11
12	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	2:07.713	2:05.772	12
13	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:05.967	13	5
14	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:06.270	14
15	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:06.532	15
16	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:07.020	16	6
17	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	2:08.076	2:07.238	17
18	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	2:08.366	2:08.626	18
19	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	2:08.477	N/A	19	7
20	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	2:08.977	N/A	20
21	38	David Salvador	Husqvarna	2:09.228	N/A	21
22	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	2:09.502	N/A	22	8
23	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	2:09.654	N/A	23
24	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	2:10.039	N/A	24
25	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	2:10.365	N/A	25	9
26	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	2:10.514	N/A	26
27	87	Gerard Riu	KTM	2:11.241	N/A	27
28	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	2:12.481	N/A	28	10
29	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	2:13.508	N/A	29
NC	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	No time	N/A	30
OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	41:39.611	5	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+5.409	1	20
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	25	+6.068	3	16
4	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+9.633	23	13
5	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+13.573	11	11
6	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+16.163	9	10
7	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	25	+16.183	7	9
8	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	25	+16.511	24	8
9	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+16.769	10	7
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	25	+18.063	14	6
11	4	Andrea Dovizioso	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	25	+29.029	16	5
12	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	25	+29.249	8	4
13	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+33.354	19	3
14	87	Remy Gardner	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+40.205	20	2
15	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	25	+46.052	6	1
16	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	25	+49.569	17
17	40	Darryn Binder	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	25	+50.303	22
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	Accident	21
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	21	Mechanical	15
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	18	Collision	2
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	18	Collision	4
Ret	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	17	Accident	12
Ret	23	Enea Bastianini	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	9	Accident	18
Ret	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	4	Accident	13
DNS	25	Raúl Fernández	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM		Did not start
Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:39.435 (lap 10)
Sources: [7][8][9]

• Raúl Fernández suffered a hand injury in a crash during qualifying and was declared unfit to compete.

Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged after 8 full laps due to a multi-rider incident involving a total of eleven riders amid bad weather conditions. The race was later restarted over 7 laps with the starting grid determined by the classification of the first part. As a result of the incident, all crashed riders (including Marcos Ramírez, who crashed before the red flag came out) were not eligible to join the restart.

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	7	13:55.726	9	25
2	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	7	+2.818	13	20
3	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	7	+2.991	11	16
4	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	7	+3.104	12	13
5	18	Manuel González	Kalex	7	+3.199	16	11
6	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	7	+3.821	26	10
7[a]	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	7	+3.784	15	9
8	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	7	+4.648	16	8
9	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	7	+8.103	23	7
10	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	7	+8.880	25	6
11	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	7	+9.511	24	5
12	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	7	+22.541	18	4
13	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	7	+24.669	29	3
14	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	7	+1:53.045	19	2
15	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	6	+1 lap	28	1
Ret	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	3	Accident	30
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	0	Accident	3
Ret	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	0	Did not restart	1
Ret	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	0	Did not restart	2
Ret	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	0	Did not restart	4
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	0	Did not restart	5
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	0	Did not restart	6
Ret	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	0	Did not restart	7
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	0	Did not restart	8
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	0	Did not restart	10
Ret	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	0	Did not restart	16
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	0	Did not restart	17
Ret	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	0	Did not restart	20
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	0	Did not restart	27
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	0	Did not restart	14
Fastest lap: Joe Roberts (Kalex) – 1:43.410 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE PART 1 REPORT OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE PART 2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	21	38:17.725	6	25
2	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	21	+0.069	15	20
3	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	21	+0.110	10	16
4	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	21	+0.210	1	13
5	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	21	+0.373	9	11
6	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	21	+4.094	4	10
7	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	21	+4.729	11	9
8	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	21	+7.170	12	8
9	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	21	+7.241	22	7
10[b]	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	21	+7.165	14	6
11	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	21	+7.276	7	5
12	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	21	+7.334	5	4
13	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	21	+7.442	8	3
14	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	21	+18.989	3	2
15	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	21	+22.437	17	1
16	64	Mario Aji	Honda	21	+22.627	2
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	21	+25.411	24
18	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	21	+26.195	26
19	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	21	+26.213	25
20	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	21	+26.580	19
21	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	21	+27.217	16
22	38	David Salvador	Husqvarna	21	+30.402	21
23	87	Gerard Riu	KTM	21	+42.926	27
24	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	21	+42.989	20
25	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	21	+50.532	30
26	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	21	+50.902	18
27	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	21	+51.199	29
28	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	21	+54.005	28
Ret	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	17	Accident	13
Ret	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	7	Accident	23
WD	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM		Withdrew
Fastest lap: Jaume Masià (KTM) – 1:48.201 (lap 9)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[10][11][12]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 4 1 Fabio Quartararo 69 2 Álex Rins 69 3 Aleix Espargaró 66 3 4 Enea Bastianini 61 3 5 Johann Zarco 51

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 106 2 KTM 70 3 Suzuki 70 1 4 Yamaha 69 1 5 Aprilia 67

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 115 1 2 Aprilia Racing 91 3 3 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 86 2 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 81 5 Pramac Racing 79

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Celestino Vietti 90 2 Ai Ogura 56 3 Tony Arbolino 54 5 4 Joe Roberts 49 1 5 Arón Canet 49

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 125 2 Boscoscuro 20 3 MV Agusta 5

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 101 2 2 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 90 1 3 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 89 1 4 Flexbox HP40 88 2 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 60

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 1 Sergio García 83 1 2 Dennis Foggia 82 3 3 Jaume Masià 54 1 4 Andrea Migno 50 5 Deniz Öncü 50

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 Gas Gas 99 1 2 Honda 99 3 KTM 82 4 Husqvarna 56 5 CFMoto 50

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Valresa GasGas Aspar Team 131 1 2 Leopard Racing 109 1 3 Red Bull KTM Ajo 70 1 4 CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP 68 5 Red Bull KTM Tech3 57

Notes

1. One-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
2. Two-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.