Miguel Oliveira finished the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix practice in 19th position. After leading the race, he was unable to keep up with the pace at the front in the final stages and will have to go through the first qualifying phase – while his teammate from CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team, Raúl Fernández, set the fastest time.
With his first flying lap, the rider from Almada was in 12th place, then entered the top ten with his second attempt. Just over a quarter of an hour into the session, when he had not yet shown a solid pace, he was in ninth place and returned to the pits.
Upon returning to the track, just over ten minutes later, he had two soft tires and immediately improved to the top of the timesheets. His second pit stop did little to change his position. When he returned to the track, Oliveira was already in fifth place. Despite it being a short stint, he did not improve during it and dropped to 13th.
When he started his final sequence of laps, “Falcão” was already 16th, continuing to lose positions. When he improved his time, it was not enough to go beyond the 18th place he was in. On his last lap, Oliveira was unable to improve due to a yellow flag caused by Jack Miller’s (RedBull KTM) crash and finished in 19th place.
