The Portuguese rider of the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team starts tomorrow from the 20th position, after a day of qualification complicated with the riders separated by very small differences.
In its seventh grand prize in the premier class of the World Motorcycle Championship, the day began in Barcelona with the third free practice, in which Miguel Oliveira was in the 22nd position, 1.555 seconds behind the first classified of session – Alex Rins. In the fourth and last free practice session, the Portuguese rookie made his best time of 1'41.464, finishing FP4 in eighteenth place.
After finishing Q1 in tenth position, Miguel Oliveira will leave tomorrow from the seventh row of the starting grid.
"Today we had a difficult day with a very close group, where the difference between the 3rd and the 20th is 1 second. The distance to the first one is shorter and this is positive. At this moment, the positions achieved reflect our reality a little and tomorrow will be a hard and hot race, where it will be important to know how to preserve the tires until the end, to manage their grip. All KTM's are separated by 4 tenths and this reflects the difficulty that KTM pilots are experiencing. We are doing our best as always and tomorrow will be a positive race." Miguel Oliveira
The seventh MotoGP race of the 2019 season is scheduled to start tomorrow, Sunday, at 13.00 CET.
Results Score:
1. F. Quartararo (Yamaha) 1: 39.484
2. M. Marquez (Honda) (+0.015)
3. M.Viñales (Yamaha) (+0.226)
4. F. Morbidelli (Yamaha) (+0.227)
5. V. Rossi (Yamaha) (+0.269)
20. M. Oliveira (KTM) (+1.268)
