The Silverstone Circuit, in Great Britain, hosted this Sunday the 12th race of the MotoGP world championship. Miguel Oliveira, who at the beginning of the morning in the 'warm up' showed a good pace (recording the 8th best time in the warm-up), surprised again with a good start in the race, as soon as the red lights went out, where he soon won three positions. But it was along the 20 laps of the race, in approximately 120km covered, that he faced a real battle on English asphalt, which allowed him to grab the 6th position, after a start from 13th.
At 1 p.m. o’clock, the 24 riders who made up the starting grid at the British GP rotated their fists for the start of the MotoGP maximum category race. Oliveira, who the day before had qualified with the 13th best time, then starts from the 5th row, and his usual good start immediately puts his KTM RC16 in 10th place – a place he would defend until the fifth passage across the finish line, when it builds the opportunity to start moving up more positions.
Even though he was chased, at least in half of the race, by Enea Bastianini, the Portuguese rider didn't show the natural pressure, showed his excellent race pace and went after more positions. With a handful of laps to go, and after a takedown by Johan Zarco, Miguel held on to 9th place, hoping to catapult him further. He managed to overtake Aleix Espargaro and installed himself in 8th place in pursuit of Fabio Quartararo. It was then that the rider from Almada showed his claws and made an extraordinary overtake of the current championship leader, who placed him in 7th place.
After another pilot’s (Joan Mir) crash, Miguel Oliveira continues to 'pull' with bravery, manages the race to overtake Alex Rins who was in 6th place and takes his place, to maintain this position until the crossing of the checkered flag.
With this 6th place, Miguel Oliveira added 10 more points in the general classification of the championship, thus remaining within the Top10 of the classification.
The incredible MotoGP Sunday was also due to the performance of the Portuguese rider, who also categorically represented the best KTM on the track, throughout the weekend and in this race in particular.
The next race – the 13th of the championship – takes place on the weekend of August 19th to 21st, in Austria, where Miguel Oliveira was already very happy, presenting all the Portuguese, in the year of his debut in the queen category, with a epic victory at the Styria GP – his first in MotoGP.
