Miguel Oliveira scored points for the first time in a Sprint race this MotoGP season. In a race full of crashes in Jerez, the Trackhouse Racing man managed to recover from 20th to ninth place in the end.
A bad start by the Almada driver, who dropped from 14th to 20th during the first lap. He even climbed to 17th, with the help of two crashes ahead.
In the following lap, he gained another position, placing himself in 16th, before moving up to 15th when Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) crashed on the third lap. Fourth lap, another crash, and Oliveira moved up to 14th… only to lose it a lap later.
It was in this 15th position that the Portuguese stabilized, although he was not far from the riders immediately ahead of him: Joan Mir (Repsol Honda) and Raúl Fernández (Trackhouse Racing/Aprilia)… before four almost consecutive crashes four laps from the end left him in 11th.
The crashes continued and on lap 10 it was Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) who went down. Thus, Oliveira was already in the top ten, and just one position away from scoring points. He reached it on the 11th lap, gaining positions over Mir and Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) to finish eighth. However, he was quickly overtaken by Márquez, dropping to ninth. The Spaniard had to give up a position due to a penalty, which put Oliveira back in eighth.
C’était une situation de courte durée, car lors du dernier tour, le #88 a perdu deux positions d’un coup pour descendre à la dixième place. Il était à nouveau exclu des points, mais une chute de Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) quelques positions devant lui l’a promu à la neuvième place finale. Ainsi, c’est un point pour Oliveira, qui a finalement eu la chance de son côté, mais aussi l’habileté de rester sans incident dans une course où neuf pilotes n’ont pas terminé.
