Miguel Oliveira finished the Australian MotoGP Grand Prix in 13th place. In a main race moved to Saturday that was not easy at all, the man from CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team climbed positions as much as he could throughout the race, until he reached 13th on the last lap.
In the first corners, the Portuguese managed to reach 18th place, then dropping to 19th. It was in this position that the rider settled in the first laps, opening a gap of about a second to Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) behind. Ahead, close by, was the other rider from the Iwata team: Franco Morbidelli.
It was during the fifth lap that Oliveira passed the Italian, reaching 18th place. Now he had Augusto Fernández (GasGas Tech3/KTM) in front, less than a second away. This was the best phase of #88 so far, managing to keep up with the Spanish rival and even get closer.
On lap 11, a crash by Joan Mir (Repsol Honda) promoted Oliveira to 17th. Meanwhile, Augusto Fernández overtook Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team/Ducati), leaving Oliveira with a new rival to chase. The gap, however, began to grow and with 16 laps to go it was around one second. Behind him was Quartararo, who had passed Morbidelli.
Another crash, this time by Fernández, on the 13th lap made the rider from Almada rise to 16th. The points were now immediately ahead, but Marini was about a second away, a distance difficult to close.
La verdad es que Oliveira logró acercarse después de que Marini lograra adelantar a los adversarios inmediatamente delante. A 11 vueltas del final, el “Falcón” superó rápidamente a Pol Espargaró (GasGas Tech3/KTM) y a Raúl Fernández (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team/Aprilia) para quedarse en el 14.º lugar… de nuevo detrás de Marini.
El italiano volvió a subir posiciones, dejando a Enea Bastianini (Ducati) como el piloto inmediatamente delante de Oliveira. Sin embargo, la distancia comenzó a aumentar. Detrás volvería a quedar Quartararo en la vuelta 21 de las 27 programadas. En la última vuelta, el portugués aún logró adelantar a Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) para terminar en 13.º.
Neumático duro delante y neumático medio detrás
Vuelta 1: 19.º
Vuelta 2: 19.º
Vuelta 3: 19.º
Vuelta 4: 19.º
Vuelta 5: 19.º -> 18.º
Vuelta 6: 18.º
Vuelta 7: 18.º
Vuelta 8: 18.º
Vuelta 9: 18.º
Vuelta 10: 18.º
Vuelta 11: 17.º -> 17.º
Vuelta 12: 17.º
Vuelta 13: 17.º -> 16.º
Vuelta 14: 16.º
Vuelta 15: 16.º
Vuelta 16: 16.º
Vuelta 17: 16.º -> 14.º
Vuelta 18: 14.º
Vuelta 19: 14.º
Vuelta 20: 14.º
Vuelta 21: 14.º
Vuelta 22: 14.º
Vuelta 23: 14.º
Vuelta 24: 14.º
Vuelta 25: 14.º
Vuelta 26: 14.º
Vuelta 27: 14.º -> 13.º (fin de carrera)
