Bastianini: Victory was out of reach, Martin drove a perfect race
Enea Bastianini was very pleased with the second place on the track in Portimao, where last year he was injured after falling in the sprint and was therefore forced to miss the next five races. The Italian was the best in qualifying on Saturday, and then, after a not-so-convincing performance in the sprint, took sixth place. He fared much better in Sunday's main race, when he and Jorge Martino and Maverick Vinales drove away from their rivals at the start. He drove for a long time in third place, but after the problems of Vinales, he came to the finish line in second place. As he said after the end, despite a slightly worse result, the sprint race was extremely useful for him, because he saw the shortcomings that he had to eliminate until Sunday's race. "It's an exceptional race for me. After the big mistake yesterday in the sprint, it was very important to