MotoGP practice3 cut short after nasty Martin crash

Fabio Quartararo (shown above) leads the MotoGP field into qualifying at the Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal, the Frenchman setting a 1:39.044 on Saturday morning to beat former teammate Franco Morbidelli by 0.051s.

Friday pacesetter Francesco Bagnaia is also within a tenth of the top time, the Italian is 0.073s back in P3 as a dramatic FP3 unfolded in Portimao.

Jorge Martin suffered a frightening crash at Turn 7 in the closing stages and headed to the hospital for further medical checks, the Spaniard is conscious but has a head contusion and right hand, right ankle contusion. He will not be allowed to compete any further this weekend.

🚩 RED FLAG 🚩

The session has been stopped due to a crash for @88jorgemartin at Turn 7💢

The Doha polesitter is being helped by the marshals#PortugueseGP 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/leWU1zMX2e

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 17, 2021

Practice 3 Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Behind
1	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	18	1m39.044s	0.000s
2	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	19	1m39.095s	0.051s
3	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	18	1m39.117s	0.073s
4	Johann Zarco	Ducati	18	1m39.228s	0.184s
5	Alex Rins	Suzuki	20	1m39.328s	0.284s
6	Jack Miller	Ducati	17	1m39.345s	0.301s
7	Luca Marini	Ducati	18	1m39.600s	0.556s
8	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	15	1m39.690s	0.646s
9	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	19	1m39.697s	0.653s
10	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	22	1m39.742s	0.698s
11	Alex Marquez	Honda	20	1m39.796s	0.752s
12	Joan Mir	Suzuki	19	1m39.818s	0.774s
13	Pol Espargaro	Honda	19	1m39.828s	0.784s
14	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	22	1m39.912s	0.868s
15	Marc Marquez	Honda	21	1m39.945s	0.901s
16	Brad Binder	KTM	17	1m40.196s	1.152s
17	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	19	1m40.302s	1.258s
18	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	17	1m40.343s	1.299s
19	Jorge Martin	Ducati	12	1m41.046s	2.002s
20	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	17	1m41.190s	2.146s
21	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	9	1m41.566s	2.522s
22	Iker Lecuona	KTM	19	1m41.568s	2.524s