Jack Miller fastest in MotoGP warm up session, suffers minor fire
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Jack Miller topped this morning’s MotoGP warm up session ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix despite a minor fire to his factory Ducati bike. Halfway through the session, Miller returned to pit lane with a minor fire similar to Johann Zarco’s Pramac Ducati on friday. @jackmilleraus’ hot seat getting a little too hot!@ducaticorse quickly solve the problem! #PortugueseGP HHrVfwDApS— MotoGP (@MotoGP) April 18, 2021But the issue was quickly resolved, as the Australian headed back out for the final few minutes and went fastest ahead of Fabio Quartararo on his final flying lap. It looked as though Quartararo was set to finish on top for the fourth consecutive session at Portimao, but instead settled for second ahead of Joan Mir.Fourth was Aleix Espargaro for Aprilia, while fifth was Franco Morbidelli – the same position as he starts today’s third race of the year. Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); 2021 Portimao MotoGP, Portugal – Full Warm-up ResultsaccImages.createImage(); Quartararo takes Portimao Pole as Bagnaia loses lap recordIn sixth position was the second Lenovo Ducati of Francesco Bagnaia, who will have work to do from 11th place this afternoon. Seventh was championship leader Zarco. The French rider has a four point lead over the Yamahas of Quartararo and Maverick Vinales, and it was Vinales who finished one spot back in eighth. Rounding out the top ten were the KTM’s of Brad Binder in ninth and Danilo Petrucci in tenth. Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Quartararo fastest in FP3 at Portimao, Martin taken to medical centreaccImages.createImage(); Jack Miller to Zarco: ‘Dude, your bike is on fire’, Marc Marquez ‘made me smile’Marc Marquez was the last rider out on track as he elected to miss most of the session. The eight-time world champion only completed three flying laps. As expected Marquez will face a tough race with 25 consecutive laps – a distance the arm has not been put through in nine months. Therefore the Spaniard chose not to put too much emphasis on the warm up session. It was a tough morning for Takaaki Nakagami as he once again struggled with his injuries suffered from Friday. “4The Japanese rider headed out initially, but after a few laps could not finish the session and was visibly in some discomfort whilst sitting in the pit box.
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