The home Grand Prix for the Red Bull KTM Ajo team began with a day affected by changeable weather conditions, during which the Moto2 riders had to contend with heavy rain in FP2. However, Miguel Oliveira ended the day satisfied with his work, finishing sixteenth, on the combined timesheets.
The plan for the first session of the weekend for Miguel Oliveira consisted of him making just one stop, to put on new tyres. Miguel Oliveira put in 23 laps and was only 4 tenths of the fastest rider of the day with his 1:30.920.
In the afternoon, the Red Bull KTM Ajo Portuguese rider rode on a completely wet track, with rain falling consistently during the 45 minute session. The conditions caused several crashes amongst the Moto2 field. Miguel Oliveira didn’t want to take excessive risks and ran only two short stints for a total of nine laps.
Miguel Oliveira #44
“The idea for this Friday was to follow the same strategy that we started to follow in Brno, preparing well for qualifying, but the weather didn't let us carry it out. In the morning things went quite well and we were very close to the top time, only 0.4 off. I know there are small aspects of my riding that I have to improve for tomorrow. We had hoped to continue working in the afternoon, but the weather wasn't on our side. In addition, when I went out on track it was when the surface was at its wettest -both times- and I couldn't improve my times much. I hope that tomorrow and on Sunday the weather is more favourable, as the forecasts suggest, and that we will be able to continue working using our initial plan”.
Tomorrow Miguel Oliveira will try to confirm the step forward made in qualifying at the recent Czech GP. The fight for pole position will start at 2:05pm, Portuguese local time.
Results (Combined practice times FP1-FP2)
1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) 1:30.441
2. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Kalex) 1:30.504 +0.063
3. Marcel Schrotter (Kalex) 1:30.522 +0.081
4. Alex Marquez (Kalex) 1:30.568 +0.127
5. Fabio Quartararo (Speed Up) 1:30.568 +0.127
16. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 1:30.920 +0.479
