MotoGP: Quartararo tops Friday times in Algarve

It was a very impressive opening day of action at the Grande Prémio Brembo do Algarve for 2021 World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP).

After claiming P1 in opening practice, the flying Frenchman topped Practice 2 with a 1:39.390 to beat Francesco Bagnaia by 0.132s, with Jack Miller making it two Ducati Lenovo Team machines in the top three.

Conditions were perfect in both FP1 and FP2 at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve on Friday.

Friday Practice Results

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Quartararo Fabio	20	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’39.390
2	Bagnaia Francesco	63	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	0.132
3	Miller Jack	43	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	0.221
4	Mir Joan	36	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	0.290
5	Espargaro Pol	44	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0.402
6	Zarco Johann	5	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	0.499
7	Marquez Alex	73	SPA	LCR Honda	Honda	0.652
8	Espargaro Aleix	41	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	0.679
9	Nakagami Takaaki	30	JPN	LCR Honda	Honda	0.732
10	Rins Alex	42	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	0.786
11	Martin Jorge	89	SPA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	0.789
12	Morbidelli Franco	21	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	0.835
13	Petrucci Danilo	9	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0.841
14	Vinales Maverick	12	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	0.894
15	Marini Luca	10	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	0.933
16	Bastianini Enea	23	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	1.077
17	Binder Brad	33	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.108
18	Bradl Stefan	6	GER	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1.310
19	Oliveira Miguel	88	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.545
20	Lecuona Iker	27	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.707
21	Rossi Valentino	46	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1.784
22	Dovizioso Andrea	4	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1.824