Second consecutive podium for Miguel Oliveira

04/22/2018 - Circuit Of The Americas, Austin, USA

Miguel Oliveira was able to place on the podium at the Circuit Of The Americas, one of the few tracks on the calendar where he had not been on the rostrum before, on Sunday. Coming through from the fourth row of the grid, the Portuguese worked his way up the order lap after lap, to finally finish in a magnificent third position. Brad Binder gained ten places to match his best result of the season so far: Sixth place. Starting from the fourth and sixth rows, Oliveira and Binder did not have an easy task ahead. However, both got off the line well, completing the first lap in eighth and ninth place, respectively. From there, the Portuguese began to push and gain places as the laps went by. A key moment in his race came with 8 laps remaining, when he was able to get into third place and start a final charge. Despite escaping and cutting the gap to the rider in second place, he would finish just over 1 second behind, in third. Binder followed his teammate, until getting stuck in the fight for fourth place with four other riders. The South African would only lose out on fifth position after being passed on the final sector. After the first three races of the season, the Moto2 World Championship now heads to Europe. Miguel Oliveira will come into the Red Bull Spanish GP at Jerez -on May 6th- in fourth place overall with 43 points, while Brad Binder is eighth with 20 points. Aki Ajo - Team Manager "We should be very happy with the results of the Moto2 race in Austin today, and even more so after the qualifying session yesterday –which didn’t go as expected after a good Friday of Free Practice sessions. Racing is like that sometimes, so of course we need to analyse what happened on Saturday in depth. Today I am very proud of the team and our riders. I thank them for the work done throughout the entire weekend." Results (Race) 1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) 39:30.016 2. Alex Marquez (Kalex) +2.464 3. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +3.704 4. Joan Mir (Kalex) +5.376 5. Iker Lecuona (KTM) +6.867 6. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +6.876 Moto2 World Championship Standing 2018 1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) 57 points 2. Mattia Pasini (Kalex) 47 points 3. Alex Marquez (Kalex) 47 points 4. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 43 points 5. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Kalex) 39 points 8. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 20 points

 -Red Bull KTM Ajo Motortsport.