Miguel Oliveira failed again to qualify directly for the second phase of qualifying at the Catalunya MotoGP. This Friday in Barcelona, the Trackhouse Racing man finished only 13th in the afternoon session.
In his first outing on track, #88 had two new medium tires on the Aprilia RS-GP, starting in seventh position. His second flying lap was canceled for cutting the track, and he dropped to 16th.
When he improved on the next attempt, he moved up to 14th, entering the 1m40s, briefly reaching 11th. After fifteen minutes, Oliveira went to the pits, sitting 15th on the timing sheet.
After about ten minutes, he started his second outing on track, with the previous medium tires. At that time, he was 17th, completing only two laps before returning to the garage. He mounted a used medium tire at the front and a new soft one at the back to go back on track, now in 18th.
In a challenging session, Oliveira continued to drop in the standings and, within the final ten minutes, he was only 20th, eventually improving to 13th. That was the position in which he finished, 0.788s behind leader Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia).
