Champion Quartararo pips Bagnaia in first practice

MotoGP returns to Portugal for its penultimate round of the 2021 season, having had to add a second race at the Algarve due to COVID-19 forcing the cancellation of the Pacific flyaway rounds.

The pace at the Algarve track was immediately hot, with the best FP1 time from April’s Portuguese Grand Prix already surmounted after eight minutes of running.

Suzuki’s Alex Rins – who…