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GP OF PORTUGAL, qualifications: Miguel OLIVEIRA took advantage of the HOME FIELD

The Portuguese Tech 3 KTM racer will start from the first starting position tomorrow at the domestic Grand Prix.

Photo: MotoGP.com

In the first part of the qualifications, they managed to get into the faster group Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) and Franco Morbidelli, and in Q1 it got stuck, among other things current world champion Joan Mir, which will start tomorrow only from the 20th starting position.

On the other hand, he qualified for Q2 for the first time this year Stefan bradl (Repsol Honda), while the working day was over after Q1 for his teammate Alex Marquez, Brad Binder in Valentina Rossi, whose eventual advancement prevented him from falling.

Last time of the season in Q2, the twelve fastest competed for the best starting position in Sunday's race. Franco Morbidelli, who qualified from the slower group, soon showed that he will be among the fastest and with a time of 1: 39.245 minutes took the lead. They followed him Miller in zarcowhile they were Nakagami in Crutchlow even after half the time has elapsed there is still no measured circle.

After stops in the pits, it looked good in the new attempt Quarterly, who failed to take the lead and further improved his fastest time Morbidely. A great round succeeded as well Bradl, which took second place, but was overtaken by Quartararo and Miller, and in the end the fastest lap was managed by the local Miguel Oliveiri, who overtook Morbidelli by 1 thousandths with a time of 38.892: 44.

Miguel Oliveira made the most of the home field and won his first pole position in MotoGP. - Photo: MotoGP.com

He will keep them company in the first place Jack Miller, Cal Crutchlow however, he is on his last race as a regular racer (next year he will be test driver Yamaha) passes from the fourth place. They are in the second row Quarterly in Bradl.

Johann zarco after falling at the end of the second part of the qualifiers, he had to settle for seventh place, and we find him behind Maverick Vinales in Pola Espargaro. alex rins, who is still aiming for the runner-up title, will go on the hunt for Morbidelli from tenth place tomorrow.

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