Motorcycle rider Filip Salač in action
Team Snipers, ČTK
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In Portimão, despite accelerating in the third practice, Salač did not manage to improve his 16th place from Friday, 72 thousandths of a second separated him from the 14th position and he had to complete the first part of the qualification again. Unlike the first two races in Qatar, however, this time he was among the four advanced in the third best time. He closed the standings in the qualifying final after a fall in the last round made it impossible for him to improve his position.
“When entering the fast lap I overtook Fernández in the first turn, he returned it to me in the second and we had contact there. I almost fell and raised my brake lever. When I reached for the brake in the third turn, the lever was not where I was I used to brake as much as I could, but in the end I fell and took Rodrigo with me, “Salač described a critical moment in a press release and apologized to the Argentine opponent from a distance.
Salač started second in Portugal, after the next training he was sixteenth
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“I’m starting from sixteenth place, it’s quite difficult to overtake here in Portugal, because it’s very slippery when I get off the track. I hope to get a taste,” added Salač, whose qualifying maximum so far this year was 20th place. Last time, however, after a penalty for five opponents, he was in 15th place at the start, but did not finish the hopefully started race.
The six-time MotoGP World Champion Marc Márquez from Spain, when returning to racing after a fracture of the right arm, took sixth place in the royal class qualification and will start from the second row. The French winner of the previous race, Fabio Quartararo, set the pole position in the absolute record of the 1: 38,862 circuit. The Italian Francesco Bagnaia was even faster, but his time was cut by the race because he drove him at a time when yellow flags were hoisted after the fall of one of his opponents.
The Grand Prix ended prematurely for Jorge Martín, who had a difficult fall in the third practice. The Spanish former Moto3 world champion and newcomer to the strongest cubature suffered head injuries and fractures on his arms and legs and was taken to a hospital in Faro.
| Qualification for the Portuguese Grand Prix, World Road Motorcycle Championship in Portimao: |
| Moto3: |
| 1. Migno 1: 47,423 |
| 2. Foggia (oba It./Honda) -0.149 |
| 3. Alcoba (Sp. / Honda) -0.279 |
| … |
| 18. Salač (CZ / Honda) -2,673 |
| MotoGP: |
| 1. Quartararo (Fr./Yamaha) 1: 38,862 |
| 2. Rins (Šp./Suzuki) -0,089 |
| 3. Zarco (Fr./Ducati) -0,129 |
| Moto2: |
| 1. Lowes (Brit./Kalex) 1:42,901 |
| 2. Gardner (Austr./Kalex) -0,023 |
| 3. Virgo (Šp. / Kalex) -0.174 |
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