Maiden 2012 pole for Stoner with Pedrosa in second
Casey Stoner took his first pole position of the season with Dani Pedrosa in second just 0.013 off his teammate in a dramatic qualifying practice session at the Estoril circuit. Read more.

Yamaha rues traffic during Estoril qualifying
Today’s qualifying session for the Grand Prix of Portugal proved to be a frustrating one for both Yamaha Factory riders. Read more.

Confident Crutchlow blasts to front row in Estoril
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow stormed to his second front row start in the opening three rounds of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship with another scintillating qualifying performance in Estoril today. Read more.

Marquez secures pole in Estoril thriller
Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol´s Marc Marquez securely cemented his favourite tag with a dominant qualifying performance to take pole position at the Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril. Read more.

Cortese takes Moto3™ pole as local hero Oliveira get on the front row
The first qualifying session at Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril got underway with the Moto3™ class in sunny conditions with Red Bull KTM Ajo´s Sandro Cortese taking his second pole position of the season ahead of Maverick Viñales. Read more.

Espargaró top CRT on the grid after De Puniet crash
Power Electronics riders Aleix Espargaró and Randy De Puniet are hoping to be the first two CRT riders across the line in tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Portugal after qualifying twelfth and fourteenth respectively this afternoon. Read more.

Red Bull Rookies – Deroue claims Estoril 1 at the line
Scott Deroue, the 16-year-old Dutchman snatched victory on the run in to the line from 16-year-old German Florian Alt after a 7 bike lead battle for Race 1 of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in Estoril. Read more.

Great day at Estoril for the Pramac Racing Team
Pramac Ducati Héctor Barberá put his Ducati GP12 on to the eighth spot on the grid in Estoril this afternoon, in a close qualifying session, which saw the first ten riders all within a second of one another. Read more.

Second row start another step forward for Bautista
After qualifying on the fourth row in Qatar and the third row in Spain last weekend, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista took another step forward to place himself on the second row for tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Portugal at Estoril. Read more.