Marquez has lost no time nine months after his fall at the Spanish Grand Prix that excluded him for the entire 2020 season and the first two races of that year.
File image by Fabio Quartararo. AP
Portimao: Frenchman Fabio Quartararo on a Yamaha qualified for the Portuguese MotoGP in Portimao on Saturday and returned with six-time world champion Marc Marquez on the second row on Sunday.
Marquez has nine Months after his fall at the Spanish Grand Prix, which excluded him for the entire 2020 season and the first two races of that year, no time was lost.
Quartararo, who won the Doha MotoGP last time, secured himself with a new one Record lap time of 1 minute and 38.862 seconds, the 11th pole of his career at the expense of Alex Rins (Suzuki) and early championship leader Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac). .
Honda star Marquez shares the second row with Ducati’s Australian rider Jack Miller and Italian Franco Morbidelli for the Yamaha SRT team.
Italian Francesco Bagnaia had set the fastest time, but he had wiped his lap off the timesheet for a yellow flag warning following the fall of Miguel Oliveira.
The third row is occupied by the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro, Luca Marini, half-brother of Valentino Rossi, and defending champion Joan Mir.
Mir is running this weekend due to a late change in his chief mechanic who is absent under a contract with COVID-19.
Honda-LCR’s Japanese driver Takaaki Nakagami (Honda-LCR) has after his Crash on Friday in practice skipped qualifying and will find out on Sunday morning whether he is raceable.
The practice on Saturday was affected by a bad accident in which Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) went off the track was taken directly to the hospital for further medical examinations.
The Spaniard was conscious but with bruises on his head, right hand and right ankle and missed the rest of the weekend.
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Marquez broke his right arm in the first Grand Prix last season, an injury that required three surgeries, the last one in December.
The Spaniard did a little less well in the second session but still set the sixth fastest overall to round off an exciting return, 271 days after his crash at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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