Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.

Contacts

  • Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
  • Registration certificate 06691200
  • 16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
  • Czech Republic

MotoGP Portimao: Miller maintains KTM Friday dominance on debut

Red Bull KTM’s Jack Miller emerged from the opening day of practice for the 2023 MotoGP World Championship opener at Portimao as the surprise pacesetter after powering to the top of the timesheets in the final moments of P2, maintaining a perfect Friday run for the Austrian manufacturer across all three classes.

The Australian stunned to spring from the latter half of the timesheets with a lap record-breaking effort of 1’37.709 towards the end of a P2 session that concluded almost two hours after it started following two lengthy red flag interruptions.

While one of these was due to technical issues at the venue, the second involved a big crash for GasGas Tech3 rider Pol Espargaro at Turn 10.

The Spaniard, who is returning to the KTM Group fold after two seasons with Repsol Honda, suffered a high-side early on in the corner before being pushed along the gravel trap by his skittled bike. Though it is unclear whether Espargaro was shoved as far as the barriers, it would take some 25mins for him to be transferred to the medical centre. It has been communicated though that he is conscious but suffering back and chest trauma and on his way to Faro hospital.

With that incident coming with just 13mins remaining on the clock, the restart sparked a flurry of time attack activity up and down the order, the riders desperate to secure a spot inside the top ten so as to guarantee their place in Q2, the result of format changes being introduced to accommodate the new Sprint Race on Saturday.

At the time of the stoppage it was Pol’s brother Aleix Espargaro atop the timesheets, the Aprilia rider having just crossed the line as the red flags were deployed. However, once action was underway again, he was quickly threatened by rivals before

Read more on bikesportnews.com