Overview
- Diogo Moreira’s 1:41.168 qualifying lap set a new Portimão benchmark, eclipsing Aron Canet’s 1:41.210 from practice.
- Rookie Collin Veijer finished second to claim his first Moto2 podium, with David Alonso third for his fifth podium of the season.
- Manuel Gonzalez placed sixth in the race and trails Moreira by 24 points with one round remaining.
- Fantic Racing teammates Aron Canet and Barry Baltus finished fourth and fifth respectively and are no longer in title contention.
- Jake Dixon qualified second after an earlier qualifying crash, then exited the race on the final lap with a DNF.