RiderTua.com, Portimão, 2024 Portugal MotoGP Race Results — Prima Pramac rider, Jorge Martin, managed to win the 2024 Portugal MotoGP race at the Algarve Circuit on Sunday (24/3/2024) with a total time of 41:18.138. The 26 year old rider born in Madrid, Spain was followed by Enea Bastianini (Lenovo Team) in 2nd place with a time difference of +0.882 seconds, and GasGas Tech3 rider, Pedro Acosta, in 3rd place with a time difference of +5.362 seconds than the winner. racing today.
Meanwhile, the 4th and 5th positions are respectively occupied by Red Bull Racing rider Brad Binder and Red Bull Racing rider Jack Miller with a gap of +11.129 seconds and +16.437 seconds. Finishing the race in P-6 was the rider from the Pertamina VR46 team, Marco Bezzecchi with a distance of +19.403 seconds. In 7th place, the rider from France, Fabio Quartararo from the Monster Energy team, crossed the finish line +20,130 seconds slower. Then in P-8, there is a rider born in Granollers, Spain 34 years ago, Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing). In ninth place, Miguel Oliveira (TrackHouse Racing) was +23.929 seconds slower. And closing the 10th position was a rider from Italy, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina VR46) where he was ‘left behind’ +28.195 seconds….
The Course of the Race
- Lap 1: Martin surged into first place, with Vinales and Bastianini following close behind. Bagnaia and Marc overtook each other to take 4th position. Morbidelli fell, then rejoined.
- Lap 2: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta followed Miller from position 7. Alex Marquez fell at turn 5.
- Lap 3: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Binder overtakes Acosta, moves up to 7th position. Martin records the fastest lap. With Bagnaia trying to overtake Bastianini, Marquez was still trying to catch up from behind.
- Lap 4: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Raul crashed at turn 8.
- Lap 5: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Miller ran wide at Turn 1, was overtaken by Binder and Acosta, and dropped to 8th place.
- Lap 6: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Bastianini recorded the fastest lap. Acosta is still trying to overtake Binder.
- Lap 7: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta finally overtook Binder, and moved up to 6th position. Quartararo and Rins in 9th and 10th positions are now right behind the KTM duo.
- Lap 8: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta recorded the fastest lap. Acosta overtook Marquez at turn 1, moving up to 5th position.
- Lap 9: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta is now trying to catch and overtake Bagnaia.
- Lap 10: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini.
- Lap 11: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Rins, who was previously in 10th position, has now dropped to 12th after being overtaken by Oliveira and Bezzecchi.
- Lap 12: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta managed to overtake Bagnaia at Turn 1, but failed after almost falling.
- Lap 13: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini.
- Lap 14: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Bagnaia recorded the fastest lap. Quartararo tries to maintain 9th position from Oliveira.
- Lap 15: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini.
- Lap 16: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Martin recorded the fastest lap. Acosta was still trying to overtake Bagnaia, but ran wide at Turn 1, even though he was still quite far away from Marc.
- Lap 17: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Vinales is now the one who recorded the fastest lap. Meanwhile Martin is still trying to stay away from Vinales.
- Lap 18: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Alex Marquez, who had continued racing, finally chose to return to the pits.
- Lap 19: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta continued to try to catch Bagnaia, while Marc was still following him from behind.
- Lap 20: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Bastianini recorded the fastest lap.
- Lap 21: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Acosta overtook Bagnaia at turn 3, moving up to 4th position. Now Bagnaia is being followed by Marquez from behind.
- Lap 22: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Bastianini again recorded the fastest lap.
- Lap 23: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Bagnaia and Marquez fell at Turn 5 after touching, but both of them still tried to continue the race.
- Lap 24: Martin, Vinales, Bastianini. Bagnaia returns to the pits.
- Lap 25: Martin, Bastianini, Acosta. Vinales fell at turn 1.
Following are the complete results of the Portugal MotoGP Race:
2024 Portugal MotoGP Race Results
Pos | Nat | Rider | Team | Last Lap | Time/Gap |
1 | ESP | Jorge Martin | Prima Pramac | 1:39.314 | 41:18.138 |
2 | ITA | Enea Bastianini | Lenovo Team | 1:39.113 | +0.882 |
3 | ESP | Pedro Acosta | GasGas Tech3 | 1:39.644 | +5.362 |
4 | ZAF | Brad Binder | Red Bull Racing | 1:40.433 | +11.129 |
5 | AUS | Jack Miller | Red Bull Racing | 1:40.406 | +16.437 |
6 | ITA | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina VR46 | 1:39.905 | +19.403 |
7 | FRA | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy | 1:39.857 | +20.130 |
8 | ESP | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing | 1:40.550 | +21.549 |
9 | PRT | Miguel Oliveira | TrackHouse Racing | 1:40.495 | +23.929 |
10 | ITA | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Pertamina VR46 | 1:40.368 | +28.195 |
11 | ESP | Augusto Fernandez | GasGas Tech3 | 1:40.300 | +28.244 |
12 | ESP | Joan Mir | Repsol Team | 1:40.259 | +29.271 |
13 | ESP | Alex Rins | Monster Energy | 1:40.304 | +31.334 |
14 | JPN | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR IDEMITSU | 1:42.011 | +34.932 |
15 | FRA | Johann Zarco | LCR Honda Castrol | 1:40.699 | +38.267 |
16 | ESP | Marc Marquez | Gresini Racing | 1:40.067 | +40.174 |
17 | ITA | Luca Marini | Repsol Team | 1:40.448 | +40.775 |
18 | ITA | Franco Morbidelli | Prima Pramac | 1:43.113 | +52.362 |
NC | ESP | Maverick Vinales | Aprilia Racing | 1:39.224 | DNF |
NC | ITA | Francesco Bagnaia | Lenovo Team | 2:56.815 | DNF |
NC | ESP | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing | 1:59.188 | DNF |
NC | ESP | Raul Fernandez | TrackHouse Racing | 1:39.331 | DNF |