Continuing the trend of recent rounds, Miguel Oliveira put in his best showing of the weekend on raceday at the Dutch GP. The Red Bull KTM Ajo Portuguese rider had some good first laps, which allowed him to move from the sixth row of the grid into the Top 10. Miguel Oliveira managed to maintain a great pace throughout the 24 lap contest and claim important points with his sixth place.
With the straight at Assen the shortest of the year, overtaking is always tricky, but Miguel Oliveira was able to fight his way back from seventeenth place. The Portuguese gained 5 positions on the first sector and caught the Top 10 at the end of the second lap. From there, he moved up to seventh place, a position that he kept for much of the race. A crash for another rider in the final stages allowed him to gain another place.
With his 10 points earned today, Miguel Oliveira continues to have scored points at every round so far in 2018. He remains in second position -with 128 points- and is 16 points off the series leader.
Miguel Oliveira #44
"It’s been a weekend for learning. We tried to test out many options to solve our problem in qualifying and also to understand how we could go better in the race. I’m not completely disappointed with the result because in the end it was the best we could do today, but I am positive about the future. I know that the team are completely focused on trying to find a good solution for me. We got a good handful of points for the overall standings and now we have to focus on continuing to work on this aspect. In Germany we’ll be going for more".
Results (Race)
1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) 39:30.436
2. Fabio Quartararo (Speed Up) +1.748
3. Alex Marquez (Kalex) +2.179
4. Marcel Schrotter (Kalex) +4.094
5. Joan Mir (Kalex) +4.342
6. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +5.230
Moto2 World Championship Standing 2018
1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) 144 points
2. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 128 points
3. Alex Marquez (Kalex) 110 points
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Kalex) 93 points
5. Joan Mir (Kalex) 75 points
