After enduring a three-year win drought, Vinales secured back-to-back victories at the Portuguese GP sprint race, dominating from start to finish. Taking the lead from pole position, Vinales faced no significant challenges as he quickly built a lead of over two seconds over the 10-lap race, ultimately crossing the finish line with a comfortable margin of 2.294 seconds.
Marquez continued his strong performance with a second-place finish, marking his second consecutive runner-up result in the sprint races aboard the Gresini Ducati. He successfully held off challenges from Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta and then pulled away when championship leader Jorge Martin moved into third position.
Despite Martin extending his championship lead to 24 points, the factory Ducati riders Enea Bastianini and Francesco Bagnaia struggled for pace in the sprint race. Bastianini finished sixth, over 8 seconds behind the winner, while Bagnaia could only manage eighth after a difficult race where he remained outside the points for much of the event.
At the start, Vinales led the pack, with Marquez and Acosta closely following behind. Bagnaia, however, experienced a poor start and dropped to tenth place, while Bastianini managed to move up to fourth on the grid, initially staying close to the leading trio but gradually falling behind.
Martin made a move to overtake Bastianini on lap three but faced a significant gap to the podium positions, with Vinales extending his lead with each lap. Vinales set the fastest lap of the race on the third lap, further solidifying his lead over Marquez.
Despite an attempt by Acosta to take second place from Marquez on lap six, which ended with Acosta running wide, Marquez maintained his position and eventually secured second place comfortably. Martin finished third, followed by Acosta in fourth and Aleix Espargaro in fifth for Aprilia.
Bastianini battled with Jack Miller for sixth place, ultimately finishing ahead of him, while Bagnaia recovered to eighth place after a challenging race. Only one Honda rider, Luca Marini, managed to finish the race, with several others including Joan Mir and Takaaki Nakagami crashing out.
Fabio Quartararo was the lead Yamaha rider, finishing in 15th place, while Fabio Di Giannantonio retired on the first lap due to a bike issue, and Augusto Fernandez crashed out of the race representing Tech3.
