Seventh front row for Miguel Oliveira

After leading the qualifying session almost from the start with a great lap, Miguel Oliveira only missed out on pole position at the Sepang International Circuit after the chequered flag had fallen.

A start from third position on the grid tomorrow for the Malaysian Grand Prix will be the seventh front row for the Portuguese this season.

Oliveira decided to push from the opening minutes of the qualifying session. This allowed him to set his best lap of the weekend –2:12.893– 8 minutes in, and he led the way until after time had elapsed and two riders overtook him with their final laps.

The Moto3 race will be held tomorrow at 12pm local time, 5am in Europe (CET). Oliveira, Binder and Hanika will try to fight for a podium and a victory, which the team last earned in Malaysia through Luis Salom in 2013.

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“The QP today went quite well. I had a really bad last stint, because as I was first from the early stages, everyone wanted to catch a tow from me. I had my good lap from the first stint in the bag, so I could play around with things. I’m happy with the result, although I think at this circuit it is not as important to start from the front row. However, this will help us to get away from traffic on the early laps, even though I think the race will be in a group. Tomorrow in the race it will be important not to make mistakes, have fun and deal with the heat as best we can to try to get on the podium.”

Source: Ajo