P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Marco Bezzecchi stormed to his fourth pole position of the season after a late crescendo to the Portimao MotoGP qualifying session.
Marco Bezzecchi secured his fourth pole position of the season in a thrilling finish to the Portimao MotoGP qualifying session, setting an unbeatable lap time of 1:37.556s.
Alex Marquez showed strong pace but crashed with two minutes to go, leaving him in fifth place.
Pedro Acosta impressed by taking second place on the grid, closely followed by Fabio Quartararo in third.
Francesco Bagnaia and Johann Zarco rounded out the top six, with Joan Mir in seventh.
The top ten was completed by Jack Miller, Fabio Di Giannantonio, and Pol Espargaro.
Fermin Aldeguer and Ai Ogura qualified in 11th and 12th, respectively, while Luca Marini just missed out on a Q2 spot in 13th.
Enea Bastianini, Alex Rins, and Nicolo Bulega formed the sixth row of the grid, with Miguel Oliveira starting from 19th after an incident with Franco Morbidelli, who secured 15th position.
Raul Fernandez withdrew from the weekend following a heavy crash in FP1.
