Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) is looking forward to “a good weekend” at the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix, the fourth round of the season, which takes place from Friday to Sunday in Jerez de la Frontera.
“Jerez is always a special place to race. Despite all the good memories I have [of that circuit], I want to create new ones this year and continue the good progress we made in Austin at the previous race,” said the Almada-born driver, quoted by the press office of Trackhouse, the team he is racing for this year.
That’s why Miguel Oliveira expressed his desire to have “a good weekend” in Jerez, after his 11th place in the GP of the Americas, the third race of the championship.
In 2023, the Portuguese rider finished fifth in the Spanish Grand Prix sprint.
Wilco Zeelenberg, Trackhouse’s sporting director, stressed that Oliveira “learned a lot in Austin and gained more sensitivity and control with the bike”.
“We still need to qualify better in order to perform better in the races. Starting closer to the front will help us get more points. The speed is there, which is very important, but in order to turn that into results, we need to qualify better,” he said.
Miguel Oliveira comes into this race in 14th place in the MotoGP World Championship, with 13 points. The leader is Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati), with 80.
