The Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira (KTM) will start from the last place on the starting grid of the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix, the 18th and penultimate race of the season, which takes place this Sunday.
The Portuguese rider, who finished the qualifying session in 21st position, was penalized three places for having irregularly practiced the start procedures, falling to 24th and last place.
In addition, Miguel Oliveira will also have to serve a long lap penalty during the race, that is, doing a longer version of the track, as a penalty for having lapped slower than allowed during the first qualifying phase, Q1, getting into she was passed by the Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati), who was doing a fast lap.
The rider from Almada finished free practice in 16th position, a result that forced him to pass the first of the two qualifying stages, Q1.
Oliveira never managed to feel comfortable on KTM and would end up recording the 11th time of that session, 0.727 seconds behind the fastest, who was Frenchman Johann Zarco (Ducati), who guaranteed passage to Q2, along with Spanish Alex. Rins (Suzuki).
In the decisive phase, the Spanish Jorge Martín (Ducati) took pole position beating his compatriot Marc Márquez (Honda) by just 13 thousandths of a second, with the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) in third position, 0.186 seconds.
Bagnaia is just two points behind the championship leader, Frenchman Fábio Quartararo (Yamaha), who qualified fifth, 0.206s off the day’s fastest.
With the time set this morning, of 1.27.767 minutes, Jorge Martín beat the record held by the Spanish Jorge Lorenzo since 2013 (which was 1.27.899).
Source: TSF
