Preliminary point: When reading the headline of this article, the reader may be confused. How was Miguel Oliveira the fastest in the Portuguese MotoGP Grand Prix if he only finished ninth in the race? We explain everything.
Looking at the speeds in the main race in Portimão, the Portuguese from Trackhouse Racing was the one who recorded the highest speed – reaching 350.6km/h aboard his Aprilia RS-GP. In second place was Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GasGas Tech3/KTM), third in the race classification, with 348.3km/h.
Two other riders reached the same speed as the Spaniard – Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) and Álex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha). Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati) was the race winner, but even in the highly competitive Desmosedici GP24, he had the third worst top speed.
In terms of average top speed, Oliveira also had the best – 348.9km/h, compared to Espargaró’s 347.6km/h and Marc Márquez’s 347.2km/h (Gresini/Ducati). Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac/Ducati), who also recorded the lowest top speed, was the slowest in average top speed – 338.1km/h.
