Miguel Oliveira claimed his finest final result in a troublesome season in twelfth place in Hungary’s Motogup on Sunday at Balaton Park.
Pramac Yamaha Rider has scored factors since Mugello in June, marking the primary time he has been steadily driving the sphere on the grid for the reason that nineteenth.
Pramak Yamaha will let him go and maintain his teammate Jack Miller alongside along with his new recruit Toprak Razgatloglu in 2026, so it might not be sufficient to save lots of his MotoGP profession.
Oliveira rose to twelfth place after his teammate Jack Miller crashed on lap 6, and Fermin Aldegar additionally fell to eleventh place when he additionally fell on lap 14.
We’re in line with Fabio Quartarao, and we’re heading forward, however Oliveira is at the moment dealing with us
The specter of AI Ogura from Truckhouse Aprilia is closing from behind.
The duel was determined when Oliveira braked too deeply on Flip 5 on the penultimate lap, ran extensive and handed the place to the Japanese rider.
“I am sorry in regards to the penultimate lap mistake that took me to eleventh place,” Oliveira stated.
“I knew Ogura was attempting to get me, so I began pushing exhausting to guard himself and did not give him an opportunity.
“Sadly, I ran extensive to Flip 5 within the brake zone and he is passed by.
“I attempted to be very constant utilizing my earlier rider as a reference.
“After some troublesome races, I’ve come again to the purpose, and it provides me a lift on paper, on tracks that ought to have been powerful for us.
“I attempted to maintain myself near Fabio at one of the best I might.”
Quartarraro, who provided a protracted knee penalty, completed second and three.5 seconds forward of Oliveira. Teammate Alex Lyns was on the identical margin behind Oliveira on the thirteenth.
“It is an excellent consequence for Miguel, who has recovered many positions and, extra importantly, supplied near the group’s upcoming lap occasions and really constant races,” stated Pramac Workforce Director Gino Volsoy.
Paolo Pavesio, Managing Director of Yamaha Racing, added:
“I need to congratulate him on his resilience and the efforts he put in on his return.”
However, the Portuguese rider seems to be about to lose to Miller in 2026 within the second Pramac seat alongside Razgatrioguru.
Oliveira’s 10 factors from spherical 10 went twenty third within the MotoGP standings as he missed three rounds as a result of an harm from Argentina. Miller scored 52 factors in seventeenth place.
