TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Francesco Bagnaia menjadi yang tercepat dalam latihan bebas kedua (FP2) MotoGP Portugal di Sirkuit Algarve International, Portimao, Portugal, Jumat, 16 April 2021. Pembalap Ducati asal Italia itu mengungguli Fabio Quartararo (Monster Yamaha) dan Joan Mir (Suzuki Ecstar).
Francesco Bagnaia, yang pada FP1 menempati posisi keenam, mencatatkan waktu 1 menit 39,866 detik. Ia unggul 0,34 detik dari Quartararo.
Marc Marquez, yang baru kembali dari cedera yang membuatnya absen selama sembilan bulan, hanya menempati posisi keenam. Ia melorot dari posisi ketiga pada FP1.
Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha) juga melorot ke urutan ke-15. Padahal pada FP1 pembalap veteran Italia itu menempati posisi ke-11.
Maverick Vinales (Petronas Yamaha), yang merajai FP1, hanya menempati posisi ketujuh pada latihan kedua ini.
Hasil Latihan Bebas Pertama MotoGP Portugal:
| No | Pembalap | Tim | Waktu |
| 1 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Yamaha | 1'42.127s |
| 2 | Alex Rins | Suzuki Ecstar | +0.151s |
| 3 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda | +0.251s |
| 4 | Pol Espargaro | Repsol Honda | +0.255s |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Ducati | +0.316s |
| 6 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Team | +0.337s |
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Yamaha | +0.401s |
| 8 | Jack Miller | Ducati Team | +0.409s |
| 9 | Alex Marquez | LCR Honda | +0.654s |
| 10 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM Tech3 | +0.830s |
| 11 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha | +0.886s |
| 12 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda | +0.909s |
| 13 | Joan Mir | Suzuki Ecstar | +0.933s |
| 14 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha | +1.116s |
| 15 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Gresini | +1.412s |
| 16 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Ducati | +1.575s |
| 17 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM | +1.873s |
| 18 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 | +2.475s |
| 19 | Iker Lecuona | KTM Tech3 | +2.840s |
| 20 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Ducati | +3.198s |
| 21 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Gresini | +3.208s |
| 22 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM | +5.647s |
Hasil Latihan Bebas 2 (FP2) MotoGP Portugal:
| No | Pembalap | Tim | Waktu |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Team | 1'39.866s |
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Yamaha | +0.340s |
| 3 | Joan Mir | Suzuki Ecstar | +0.419s |
| 4 | Alex Rins | Suzuki Ecstar | +0.462s |
| 5 | Jack Miller | Ducati Team | +0.470s |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda | +0.473s |
| 7 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Yamaha | +0.560s |
| 8 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Ducati | +0.624s |
| 9 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM | +0.726s |
| 10 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda | +0.745s |
| 11 | Alex Marquez | LCR Honda | +0.866s |
| 12 | Pol Espargaro | Repsol Honda | +0.877s |
| 13 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 | +0.895s |
| 14 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Gresini | +1.041s |
| 15 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha | +1.259s |
| 16 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Gresini | +1.274s |
| 17 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM | +1.317s |
| 18 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM Tech3 | +1.321s |
| 19 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha | +1.350s |
| 20 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Ducati | +1.970s |
| 21 | Iker Lecuona | KTM Tech3 | +2.595s |
| 22 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Ducati | +3.055s |
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