After three 15th places in practice, Miguel Oliveira managed to improve considerably and is back in a Q2 – something he hadn’t achieved this season yet. The Trackhouse Racing man was second in the first phase of qualifying for the French GP at Le Mans.
Equipped with two soft tires on his Aprilia RS-GP, the rider from Almada had his first flying lap canceled, but on the second attempt he positioned himself in a qualifying position: second place.
At that time, he was only 0.066s behind Marc Márquez’s lead (Gresini/Ducati), with a lead of less than two tenths over the rival immediately behind – his teammate, Raúl Fernández.
Later, Oliveira made the usual pit stop before returning to the track for the final attacks on the clock. His first attempt in this final phase was canceled for cutting the track – when he had already dropped to third place.
But on the final lap, the Portuguese rider managed to improve even further and returned to second place, beating Márquez by 0.108s to secure a spot in the second phase of qualifying.
- Run 1: New soft tire in front and new soft tire in the back
- Lap 1: Pit exit
- Lap 2: Lap canceled
- Lap 3: 1m30.652s
- Lap 4: Pit entry
- Salida 2: Neumático delantero usado y neumático trasero nuevo blandos
- Vuelta 5 : Salida de boxes
- Vuelta 6: Vuelta anulada
- Vuelta 7: 1m30,478s (fin de la clasificación)
