A Gresini Ducati remained prime of the timesheets throughout a moist ultimate apply for the 2025 Portimao MotoGP.
Nonetheless, rookie Fermin Aldeguer turned the tables on team-mate Alex Marquez to move the session by simply 0.003s.
Moist tyres have been used till Jack Miller turned the primary on slicks on the halfway stage of the half-hour.
The others quickly adopted, with lap instances enhancing proper to the chequered flag beneath the intense sunshine
Nonetheless, Aldeguer’s 1m 41.654s quickest lap remained a number of seconds off Marquez’s Friday finest.
WorldSBK title runner-up Nicolo Bulega, seventeenth however solely one-second from the highest throughout a formidable Friday debut, improved to thirteenth on Marc Marquez’s manufacturing facility Ducati this morning.
The slow-drying floor units up a nerve-wracking qualifying, beginning subsequent with Q1, that includes these exterior the highest ten on Friday – together with Luca Marini, Franco Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo, Miller and residential hero Miguel Oliveira.
2025 Portuguese MotoGP, Portimao – Saturday Free Apply Outcomes | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Group | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | 1’41.654s | 6/7 | 336k |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.003s | 6/6 | 339k |
| 3 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.023s | 10/10 | 338k |
| 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.309s | 11/12 | 335k |
| 5 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.358s | 7/8 | 338k |
| 6 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Pink Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.419s | 11/11 | 334k |
| 7 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.471s | 9/9 | 339k |
| 8 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +0.853s | 6/6 | 329k |
| 9 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Pink Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.862s | 10/10 | 336k |
| 10 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.952s | 8/8 | 331k |
| 11 | Brad Binder | RSA | Pink Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.028s | 13/14 | 333k |
| 12 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +1.179s | 11/11 | 336k |
| 13 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +1.179s | 8/8 | 336k |
| 14 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +1.685s | 7/7 | 330k |
| 15 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.756s | 11/13 | 333k |
| 16 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.777s | 8/10 | 333k |
| 17 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Manufacturing unit (RS-GP25) | +2.445s | 7/8 | 332k |
| 18 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +2.524s | 6/7 | 338k |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Pink Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.605s | 9/9 | 334k |
| 20 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +2.936s | 6/6 | 330k |
| 21 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +3.977s | 9/11 | 329k |
| 22 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +4.801s | 10/11 | 331k |
* Rookie
Official Portimao MotoGP Information:
Finest lap: Enea Bastianini, Ducati, 1m 38.685s (2024)
Quickest race lap: Marc Marquez, Honda, 1m 37.226s (2023)
Double WorldSBK title runner-up Nicolo Bulega is making his MotoGP debut, rather than injured world champion Marc Marquez on the manufacturing facility Ducati staff, for the remaining Portimao and Valencia rounds.
Maverick Vinales and Jorge Martin – winners of the 2024 Portimao Dash and Grand Prix respectively – additionally stay on the sidelines as a consequence of damage. They’re once more changed by KTM take a look at rider Pol Espargaro and Aprilia take a look at rider Lorenzo Savadori.
Whereas Marc and Alex Marquez are confirmed as first and second on this planet championship standings, Marco Bezzecchi begins the penultimate spherical with a slim five-point benefit over Francesco Bagnaia for third.
Honda will transfer up from D to C within the concessions rating, alongside Aprilia and KTM, if it scores 19 extra constructors’ factors by the tip of the season.
