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The final battle against the clock in Portimao was a close call for the intermediate class but Remy Gardner’s speed in the final sector was unrivalled as the Australian claimed pole position in the final couple of minutes of Q2. Luca Marini made his bid for pole as well but eventually had to surrender to Gardner by one tenth of a second, while Fabio Di Giannantonio joins them on the front row of the grid to end his season on a high.

Enea Bastianini was slow to warm up in Q2 and only joined the top ten in the final couple of minutes but he was fast when it counted and the championship leader missed out on the front row by only one thousandth of a second. Rival Sam Lowes gave it his all in one big push early on, before the pain kicked in, and held provisional pole early on but even after the final time attack, his time was still good enough for fifth, putting the two main title contenders next to each other on the grid. Jorge Martin joins the second row of the grid after sneaking out of Q1.

Nicolo Bulega, Augusto Fernandez and Marcos Ramirez make up row three, only three tenths of a second off pole, while Tetsuta Nagashima rounded out the top ten, with Hector Garzo and Q1 leader Marco Bezzecchi keeping him company on the fourth row. Fifth row is an all-Spanish affair with Xavi Vierge, Jorge Navarro and Aron Canet, the rookie’s result impacted by an early and pretty scary crash at turn 8 that required some quick reflexes from the rivals around him.

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 1’42.592    
2 10 Luca Marini Kalex 1’42.710 0.118 0.118
3 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 1’42.721 0.129 0.011
4 33 Enea Bastianini Kalex 1’42.722 0.130 0.001
5 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 1’42.759 0.167 0.037
6 88 Jorge Martin Kalex 1’42.798 0.206 0.039
7 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 1’42.845 0.253 0.047
8 37 Augusto Fernandez Kalex 1’42.871 0.279 0.026
9 42 Marcos Ramirez Kalex 1’42.905 0.313 0.034
10 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 1’42.993 0.401 0.088
11 40 Hector Garzo Kalex 1’43.004 0.412 0.011
12 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 1’43.013 0.421 0.009
13 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 1’43.030 0.438 0.017
14 9 Jorge Navarro Speed Up 1’43.036 0.444 0.006
15 44 Aron Canet Speed Up 1’43.039 0.447 0.003
16 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 1’43.062 0.470 0.023
17 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 1’43.077 0.485 0.015
18 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 1’43.172 0.580 0.095
    Q1 Results:        
Q2 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 1’43.032    
Q2 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 1’43.280 0.248 0.248
Q2 88 Jorge Martin Kalex 1’43.336 0.304 0.056
Q2 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 1’43.370 0.338 0.034
19 62 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 1’43.561 0.529 0.191
20 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 1’43.635 0.603 0.074
21 23 Marcel Schrotter Kalex 1’43.734 0.702 0.099
22 77 Dominique Aegerter NTS 1’43.814 0.782 0.080
23 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 1’44.040 1.008 0.226
24 12 Thomas Luthi Kalex 1’44.046 1.014 0.006
25 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 1’44.137 1.105 0.091
26 27 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 1’44.209 1.177 0.072
27 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 1’44.263 1.231 0.054
28 55 Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 1’44.293 1.261 0.030
29 99 Kasma Daniel Kalex 1’45.922 2.890 1.629



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