Quartararo confident
Quartararo summed up the feelings in the pre-event press conference:
"Honestly I feel - I would not say pressure because I achieved my goal, then I will give my best, of course I come here to fight for the victory and for the podium but it's not something I can really control.
"I will give my best but we will see the final result. It will be nice to make that (triple crown) and to see if we can achieve it."
Bagnaia buoyant
Bagnaia hopes to make further ground.
"For sure these two races will be nice to do. Now Fabio doesn't have any pressure. So, I would really like to fight with him, not like in Misano, starting together and fighting together would be nice to have. They are two different tracks. In April/May I was fast here, in Valencia I've never been fast in my life so I have to understand how to do it."
Oliveira eyes encore
Home hero Miguel Oliveira hopes for a 2020 Portimao repeat, this time in front of home fans.
"Yeah for sure we get to a home GP with a different kind of mentality. Beginning of the season we were having too many problems and the package was not really complete. The conditions were much different from what we had in November the previous season, so definitely we didn't have anything going our way, and now towards the end of the championship even if the result was not finished in Misano, at least I had a good connection back with the bike.
Rollercoaster returns
The 2021 FIM MotoGP World Championship is settled, but there is plenty more spectacle remaining.
Tune in for the Grande Premio Brembo do Algarve at 1pm local time (6.30pm IST) as the rollercoaster returns to deliver another stunner!