Miguel Oliveira had a solid performance in the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix race, finishing in eighth place. It is the best result of the season so far for the Trackhouse Racing driver, who was the best Aprilia from start to finish.
A strong start from the Portuguese, who climbed from 14th to eighth in the first lap, then reaching seventh in the following lap. It was in seventh position, as the top Aprilia rider, that he stabilized in the following laps.
In fact, Oliveira managed to maintain a short but solid gap to Enea Bastianini (Ducati), while also not being far from Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) ahead of him.
On lap 11, Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati) crashed while leading, and so the Portuguese rider moved up to sixth. He was less than two seconds away from the podium positions and continued to set good lap times. However, on lap 12 he lost sixth place to Bastianini.
As the race unfolded, Oliveira settled in seventh, but Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46/Ducati) was not far behind. The Italian eventually made the pass two laps from the end.
Therefore, the rider from Almada ended up in eighth place, which he held without any major issues until the end, beating Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) by 0.238s to be the best of the RS-GP quartet.
New medium tire in front and new medium tire in the back
Lap 1: 14th –> 8th
Lap 2: 8th –> 7th
Lap 3: 7th
Lap 4: 7th
Lap 5: 7th
Lap 6: 7th
Lap 7: 7th
Lap 8: 7th
Lap 9: 7th
Lap 10: 7th
Lap 11: 7th –> 6th
Lap 12: 6th –> 7th
Lap 13: 7th
Lap 14: 7th
Lap 15: 7th
Lap 16: 7th
Lap 17: 7th
Lap 18: 7th
Lap 19: 7th
Lap 20: 7th
Lap 21: 7th
Lap 22: 7th
Lap 23: 7th –> 8th
Lap 24: 8th
Lap 25: 8th (end of race)
