Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, the current champion and numerous representative of Ducati drivers, Big favorites of the 2023 season MotoGP, which will start this weekend at Portugal’s Portimao circuit.

It looks like the official Repsol Honda team drivers, world champions Marc Márquez and Joan Mir, were apparently testing both at Sepang in Malaysia and at the same Portimao circuit in Portugal two weeks ago. they will have to suffer more than they wantfor the performance of its prototypes on both appointments.

There are currently several seasons where Honda riders have piled up with a results drought that has kept major champions Marc Márquez afloat. close to despair or disappointmentAlthough it cannot be said that his physical potential is at its maximum so far, he cannot perform at the highest level.

The fourth surgery on his right arm and the intense winter preparation period showed once again. a real Marc Marquez It looks like he still has a lot of work to do in winter testing, but that he misses and puts pressure on Honda to have the best material possible.

In any case, in just a few hours, They will start filming in Portimao it will be time to start calibrating the real state of all MotoGP prototypes and motorcycles and riders because not everything that shines in tests is always “gold” and the situation in official competition tends to change drastically.

Portuguese motorcycle GP schedule

Friday, March 24

10:00 – 10:35 FP1 Moto3

10:50 – 11:30 FP1 Moto2

11:45 – 12:30 FP1 MotoGP

14:15 – 14:50 FP2 Moto3

15:05 – 15:45 FP2 Moto2

16:00 – 17:00 FP2 MotoGP

Saturday, March 25

9:40 – 10:10 FP3 Moto3

10:25 – 10:55 FP3 Moto2

11:10 – 11:40 FP3 MotoGP

11:50 – 12:05 Q1 MotoGP

12:15 – 12:30 Q2 MotoGP

13:50 – 14:05 Q1 Moto3

14:15 – 14:30 Q2 Moto3

14:45 – 15:00 Q1 Moto2

15:10 – 15:25 Q2 Moto2

16.00 MotoGP sprint race (12 laps)

Sunday, March 26

12:00 Moto3 Race (21 laps)

13:15 Moto2 Race (23 laps)

15:00 MotoGP race (25 laps)