After a difficult weekend for rider Miguel Oliveira and Red Bull KTM Tech3, the fourth race of the 2019 MotoGP season took place today in Jerez.
Almada's rider started from the 22nd place and stood only three postions behind from reaching the points again in the premier class of the World Motorcycle Championship, finishing his fourth race in eighteenth place.
The Red Bull KTM Tech3 rookie started the day in the 21st position, finishing the Warm-Up 1,893 seconds from the leader of the session – Marc Marquez.
While making a good start at the start of the race and also benefiting from some drops and withdrawals from other riders, Miguel Oliveira recovered some pairs of positions compared to his starting position. With a choice of Slick-Hard tires, Miguel Oliveira turned out to be the only rookie to finish the Red Bull Spanish Grand Prix.
"This was a very complicated and difficult weekend, more than we were expecting. On Friday we noticed some difficulty in riding fast. Even though we made some changes in the geometry of the bike to be a bit faster and for me to get better feelings on top of it, the race was very similar to the rest of the weekend. These changes were not as productive as we wanted, but in everything we experienced there were positive things. Tomorrow we have the opportunity to work harder and leave Jerez with a smile. A bike that runs in Jerez will be good at the rest of the circuits here in Europe, so we will work hard to find the best setting possible. The plan for tomorrow is to give priority to testing some new parts, as the new seat that Factory Team has. Then we will give priority to dealing with the geometry of the bike and what we experienced during this weekend. We’ll test what we consider to have the potential to improve my sensations and above all improve the speed on the track that was what we lacked this weekend." Miguel Oliveira
The Portuguese rider is now in seventeenth place in the championship. Before taking on the fifth race of the championship already on the weekend of May 18 and 19 in Le Mans, Miguel Oliveira will still have a day of testing tomorrow, Monday, at the Circuit of Jerez – Angel Nieto.
Race Results:
1. M. Marquez (Honda)
2. A. Rins (Suzuki)
3. M. Viñales (Yamaha)
18. M. Oliveira (KTM)
