On a wet track, the Portuguese (KTM) won Sunday ahead of Jack Miller (Ducati) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati). In the championship, the Italian returns two points from Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), which finished 17ᵉ.
Le Monde with AFP
Bad operation for Fabio Quartararo at the Grand Prix of Thailand, won Sunday October 2 by the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM). After a failed race where he took the 17th place, the French (Yamaha) has only two points ahead of Francesco Bagnaia at the MotoGP World Championship, three rounds from the end.
On the wet track of Buriram, the Italian Bagnaia (Ducati) took third place. Winner in Japan the previous weekend, Australian Jack Miller (Ducati) completes the podium.
Oliveira, who will join Aprilia-RNF next season, wins his second race of the season, after Indonesia in March, disputed in similar conditions. “It was a long race. I can’t complain, I’m always fast on wet. I had flashes of Indonesia but I tried to keep my feet on the ground. What do the conditions, the conditions, I take this victory! “, He reacted.
The wet track, due to the rain which delayed the departure of fifty-five minutes, pushed the stables to review their respective strategies.
For “Quarta”, not the most comfortable in wet conditions, everything is to be thrown: Part in the second line, he pointed to the 17th e place after the first round. Never has managed to find rhythm, blocked in the peloton. He finished out of the top 15, synonymous with points, for the first time since the Aragon Grand Prix in 2020 – Excluding abandonment.
In the general classification and while there are still three GPs to run, Bagnaia is only two units, and Aleix Esparago (Aprilia), eleventh, at 20 points.
French Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac), fifth best time in qualifying, finishes fourth, his best ranking from the GP of Germany in June.
For his part, the Sextle world champion Marc Marquez (Honda), immobilized this summer due to a new operation to one arm, confirms his return, in good shape, by a 5
put to the test, with three races in three weeks, the paddock has a weekend to rest. The next race will take place on October 16 in Australia.