Red Bull KTM Tech3‘s Miguel Oliveira performed strong in today’s proceedings at the Gran Premio de Europa, which were determined by the weather conditions once again. Following a shower this morning, FP3 took place on wet tarmac, therefore the Portuguese had to pass through Q1 this afternoon.

He mastered Free Practice 4 with the fastest time overall to head into Qualifying full of confidence, although the Circuit Ricardo Tormo was still mainly wet after the rain returned around lunchtime. On a slowly drying track Oliveira topped Q1 with an impressive time of 1:40.771 to advance to Q2. In the final session of the day he couldn’t repeat his great lap time, but still finished eighth, which means he‘ll head into the 12^th race of 2020 from the third row tomorrow when the red lights turn off at 14:00 local time.

Miguel Oliveira

Position: 8^th

Time: 1:41.328

Laps: 9

"It was a good day. I’m satisfied with all sessions. I was fast from the first moment in the morning and obviously I’m happy about the result from FP4 and Q1. It could have been slightly better in Q2, but I think overall we can be truly delightedwith the eighth starting position for tomorrow’s race."