The 2022 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio Tissot de Portugal) was the fifth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 24 April 2022.
Background
Riders' entries In the MotoGP class, the presence of Lorenzo Savadori as a wildcard with Aprilia Racing should be noted in the entry list of the race. In the Moto2 class, Keminth Kubo returns to ride the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex after missing the Grand Prix of the Americas after having issues with his visa. In the Moto3 class, in addition to the presence of Gerard Riu as a substitute for David Muñoz, David Salvador continues to replace John McPhee, absent due to injury, while Alberto Surra misses the Grand Prix due to a micro fracture of the scaphoid of his right hand during the previous stage and is replaced by Syarifuddin Azman. David Alonso also rides as a wild card, on the Aspar Team's Gas Gas.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race The victory at the Grand Prix of the Americas allows Enea Bastianini to take the lead in the riders' standings with 61 points, 5 more than Álex Rins, 11 more than Aleix Espargaró, 15 more than Joan Mir and 17 more than Fabio Quartararo. In the constructors' classification, Ducati confirms its leadership with 89 points, followed by KTM (59 points), Suzuki (57 points) which overtakes Aprilia (51 points), Yamaha (44 points) and Honda, which closes the list with 34 points. The team standings see Team Suzuki Ecstar firmly in the lead with 102 points, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and Aprilia Racing 32 and 33 points behind respectively. Gresini Racing MotoGP is fourth with 61 points and Pramac Racing is fifth at 59 points.
Moto2 Championship standings before the race Celestino Vietti, despite retiring in the previous race, remains at the top of the riders' standings with 70 points, followed by Ai Ogura (56 points), Tony Arbolino (winner in Austin) with 54 points, Arón Canet at 49 points and Somkiat Chantra at 45 points. The constructors' classification sees Kalex with full points with 100 points, Boscoscuro with 11 points and MV Agusta with 5 points. The top five positions of the team standings are occupied by Idemitsu Honda Team Asia (101 points), Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (89 points), Flexbox HP40 (72 points), Mooney VR46 Racing Team (70 points) and GasGas Aspar Team (54 points).
Moto3 Championship standings before the race Dennis Foggia returns to lead the riders' standings with 74 points, plus 16 from Sergio García. Andrea Migno is third on 41 points, followed by Izan Guevara and Deniz Öncü, both on 37 points. The constructors' classification sees Honda in the lead 90 points, plus 16 on Gas Gas, plus 28 on KTM, plus 50 on Husqvarna and CF Moto. In the team classification, Leopard Racing overtakes Gas Gas Aspar Team (97 points vs 95 points) in the lead. CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP is third at 58 points, with Red Bull KTM Ajo and Red Bull KTM Tech3 at 8 and 14 points behind respectively.
Qualifying MotoGP
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q215 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q2 1:42.0031 1236 Joan Mir Suzuki Qualified in Q21:42.1982341 Aleix EspargaróAprilia Qualified in Q21:42.2353443 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:42.5034 2520 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q21:42.7165672 Marco BezzecchiDucati Qualified in Q21:42.7166773 Álex MárquezHonda 1:46.3161:42.9037 3810 Luca MariniDucati1:47.1991:43.1798993 Marc MárquezHonda Qualified in Q21:43.57591044 Pol EspargaróHonda Qualified in Q21:43.83210 41188 Miguel OliveiraKTM Qualified in Q21:44.066111233 Brad BinderKTM Qualified in Q21:44.710121389 Jorge MartínDucati1:47.936N/A1351412 Maverick Viñales Aprilia1:49.332N/A141549 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:49.639N/A15164 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:49.695N/A1661730 Takaaki NakagamiHonda 1:49.889N/A171823 Enea BastianiniDucati1:50.618N/A181921 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:50.702N/A1972087 Remy GardnerKTM1:50.953N/A202132 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:51.307N/A212240 Darryn BinderYamaha1:51.639N/A2282342 Álex RinsSuzuki1:52.300N/A232425 Raúl FernándezKTM1:53.603N/ADid not startNC63 Francesco BagnaiaDucatiNo timeN/A248 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto2
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2140 Arón CanetKalex Qualified in Q2 1:44.1511 126 Cameron BeaubierKalex Qualified in Q21:44.4792396 Jake DixonKalex Qualified in Q21:44.5013414 Tony ArbolinoKalex1:45.5661:44.5604 2537 Augusto FernándezKalex Qualified in Q21:44.7885622 Sam LowesKalex Qualified in Q21:44.8276779 Ai OguraKalex Qualified in Q21:44.8987 3835 Somkiat ChantraKalex Qualified in Q21:44.9118916 Joe RobertsKalex Qualified in Q21:44.91591075 Albert ArenasKalex Qualified in Q21:44.99910 4119 Jorge NavarroKalex1:46.0761:45.016111223 Marcel SchrötterKalex Qualified in Q21:45.018121313 Celestino ViettiKalex Qualified in Q21:45.0761351442 Marcos RamírezMV Agusta 1:45.5331:45.251141554 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:45.304151684 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex1:46.0861:45.3541661719 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex Qualified in Q21:46.859171881 Keminth KuboKalex Qualified in Q22:01.251181912 Filip SalačKalex1:46.086N/A1972051 Pedro AcostaKalex1:46.160N/A202118 Manuel GonzálezKalex1:46.600N/A212264 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:46.712N/A228237 Barry BaltusKalex1:46.787N/A23245 Romano FenatiBoscoscuro1:46.787N/A24252 Gabriel RodrigoKalex1:47.213N/A2592652 Jeremy AlcobaKalex1:47.274N/A262724 Simone CorsiMV Agusta1:47.676N/A272861 Alessandro ZacconeKalex1:47.762N/A2810294 Sean Dylan KellyKalex1:48.021N/A293028 Niccolò AntonelliKalex1:48.305N/A30 OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto3
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2153 Deniz ÖncüKTM 2:07.198 2:03.9551 1264 Mario AjiHonda Qualified in Q22:03.9722320 Lorenzo FellonHonda Qualified in Q22:04.4473499 Carlos TatayCFMoto Qualified in Q22:04.5014 2524 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda Qualified in Q22:04.5635611 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas Qualified in Q22:05.0056754 Riccardo RossiHonda Qualified in Q22:05.1377 3819 Scott OgdenHonda Qualified in Q22:05.2028928 Izan GuevaraGas Gas Qualified in Q22:05.31191071 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna Qualified in Q22:05.39510 41116 Andrea MignoHonda Qualified in Q22:05.60811127 Dennis FoggiaHonda2:07.7132:05.772121396 Daniel HolgadoKTM Qualified in Q22:05.9671351410 Diogo MoreiraKTM Qualified in Q22:06.27014155 Jaume MasiàKTM Qualified in Q22:06.53215166 Ryusei YamanakaKTM Qualified in Q22:07.0201661782 Stefano NepaKTM2:08.0762:07.238171870 Joshua WhatleyHonda2:08.3662:08.626181943 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto2:08.477N/A1972063 Syarifuddin AzmanHonda2:08.977N/A202138 David SalvadorHusqvarna2:09.228N/A212266 Joel KelsoKTM2:09.502N/A2282348 Iván OrtoláKTM2:09.654N/A232427 Kaito TobaKTM2:10.039N/A242523 Elia BartoliniKTM2:10.365N/A2592618 Matteo BertelleKTM2:10.514N/A262787 Gerard RiuKTM2:11.241N/A272822 Ana CarrascoKTM2:12.481N/A28102980 David AlonsoGas Gas2:13.508N/A29NC72 Taiyo FurusatoHondaNo timeN/A30 OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points120 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha25 41:39.61152525 Johann Zarco Pramac RacingDucati25 +5.409120341 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia RacingAprilia25 +6.068316442 Álex Rins Team Suzuki EcstarSuzuki25 +9.6332313588 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM25 +13.5731111693 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda TeamHonda25 +16.163910773 Álex Márquez LCR Honda CastrolHonda25 +16.1837 9863 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati25 +16.511248944 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda TeamHonda25 +16.7691071012 Maverick Viñales Aprilia RacingAprilia25 +18.063146114 Andrea Dovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP TeamYamaha25 +29.0291651210 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati25 +29.249841321 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha25 +33.3541931487 Remy Gardner Tech3 KTM Factory RacingKTM25 +40.2052021572 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati25 +46.052611630 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IdemitsuHonda25 +49.56917 1740 Darryn Binder WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP TeamYamaha25 +50.30322 Ret32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia RacingAprilia24 Accident21Ret49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati21 Mechanical15Ret36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki EcstarSuzuki18 Collision2Ret43 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati18 Collision4Ret33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM17 Accident12 Ret23 Enea Bastianini Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati9 Accident18Ret89 Jorge Martín Pramac RacingDucati4 Accident 13DNS25 Raúl Fernández Tech3 KTM Factory RacingKTM Did not startFastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:39.435 (lap 10) Sources: Raúl Fernández suffered a hand injury in a crash during qualifying and was declared unfit to compete.
Moto2 The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged after 8 full laps due to a multi-rider incident involving a total of eleven riders amid bad weather conditions. The race was later restarted over 7 laps with the starting grid determined by the classification of the first part. As a result of the incident, all crashed riders (including Marcos Ramírez, who crashed before the red flag came out) were not eligible to join the restart. BikerConstructorTime/RetiredPoints116 Joe RobertsKalex7 13:55.726925213 Celestino ViettiKalex7 +2.818132039 Jorge NavarroKalex7 +2.9911116423 Marcel SchrötterKalex7 +3.1041213518 Manuel GonzálezKalex7 +3.1991611652 Jeremy AlcobaKalex7 +3.8212610754 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro7 +3.784159864 Bo BendsneyderKalex7 +4.64816897 Barry BaltusKalex7 +8.103237102 Gabriel RodrigoKalex7 +8.880256 115 Romano FenatiBoscoscuro7 +9.5112451281 Keminth KuboKalex7 +22.541184134 Sean Dylan KellyKalex7 +24.6692931412 Filip SalačKalex7 +1:53.0451921561 Alessandro ZacconeKalex6 +1 lap281Ret28 Niccolò AntonelliKalex3 Accident30Ret96 Jake DixonKalex0 Accident3 Ret40 Arón CanetKalex0 Did not restart1Ret6 Cameron BeaubierKalex0 Did not restart2Ret14 Tony ArbolinoKalex0 Did not restart4 Ret37 Augusto FernándezKalex0 Did not restart5 Ret22 Sam LowesKalex0 Did not restart 6 Ret79 Ai OguraKalex0 Did not restart7 Ret35 Somkiat ChantraKalex0 Did not restart8Ret75 Albert ArenasKalex0 Did not restart10 Ret84 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex0 Did not restart16Ret19 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex0 Did not restart17Ret51 Pedro AcostaKalex0 Did not restart20Ret24 Simone CorsiMV Agusta0 Did not restart27Ret42 Marcos RamírezMV Agusta0 Did not restart14 Fastest lap: Joe Roberts (Kalex) – 1:43.410 (lap 3) OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE PART 1 REPORTOFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE PART 2 REPORT
Moto3 BikerConstructorTime/RetiredPoints111 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas21 38:17.72562525 Jaume MasiàKTM21 +0.0691520371 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna21 +0.1101016453 Deniz ÖncüKTM21 +0.210113528 Izan GuevaraGas Gas21 +0.373911699 Carlos TatayCFMoto21 +4.094410716 Andrea MignoHonda21 +4.72911987 Dennis Foggia Honda21 +7.170128966 Joel KelsoKTM21 +7.2412271010 Diogo MoreiraKTM21 +7.1651461154 Riccardo RossiHonda21 +7.276751224 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda21 +7.334541319 Scott OgdenHonda21 +7.442831420 Lorenzo FellonHonda21 +18.989321582 Stefano NepaKTM21 +22.4371711664 Mario AjiHonda21 +22.6272 1727 Kaito TobaKTM21 +25.411241818 Matteo BertelleKTM21 +26.19526 1923 Elia BartoliniKTM21 +26.213252043 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto21 +26.58019 216 Ryusei YamanakaKTM21 +27.21716 2238 David SalvadorHusqvarna21 +30.402212387 Gerard RiuKTM21 +42.926272463 Syarifuddin AzmanHonda21 +42.989202572 Taiyo FurusatoHonda21 +50.53230 2670 Joshua WhatleyHonda21 +50.902182780 David AlonsoGas Gas21 +51.199292822 Ana CarrascoKTM21 +54.00528Ret96 Daniel HolgadoKTM17 Accident13 Ret48 Iván OrtoláKTM7 Accident23WD31 Adrián FernándezKTM Withdrew Fastest lap: Jaume Masià (KTM) – 1:48.201 (lap 9) OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
Championship standings after the race Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.
MotoGP
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 4 1 Fabio Quartararo 69 2 Álex Rins 69 3 Aleix Espargaró 66 3 4 Enea Bastianini 61 3 5 Johann Zarco 51
Constructors' Championship standings