Portimao, 18 April 2021
Pole to victory was the story of the Frenchman’s weekend in Portugal;
Bagnaia and Mir claim podiums in a race of attrition.
As weekends go, they don’t get much better than that for Fabio
Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP). The Frenchman converted
pole position to victory at the Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal as
the MotoGP™ race sees some big names crash out, but that wasn’t the
case for second place Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) and
third place Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar). The returning Marc Marquez
(Repsol Honda Team) battles through the pain to finish P7 in Portimao.
The initial getaway from polesitter Quartararo was about as good as
it gets, but in the second phase of the start, third place Johann
Zarco (Pramac Racing) and second place Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar)
got the better of the Yamaha man and it was the Suzuki of Rins who
grabbed the holeshot, but Zarco was the early race leader.
