Miguel Oliveira set 17th fastest time in timed practice for the German GP

Pramac Yamaha's Miguel Oliveira finished timed qualifying for the German MotoGP Grand Prix in 17th place . The session took place at the Sachsenring circuit and determined the ten riders who will qualify directly for the second phase of tomorrow's qualifying.

The Almada-born rider set his best lap in 1:20.202 minutes, finishing 1.131 seconds behind the fastest, Italian Fabio DiGiannantonio (Ducati), who beat Spaniard Alex Márquez (Ducati) by 0.337 seconds, with his brother Marc Márquez (Ducati) in third, 0.390 seconds behind.

With these results, Miguel Oliveira will have to compete in the first of two qualifying phases, Q1, in order to try to secure one of the first two places, which will give access to the next phase, Q2, where pole position is disputed.

The Portuguese rider was third of the four Yamaha riders, with Alex Rins, from the Japanese manufacturer's official team, finishing the day in 19th place.

Fabio Quartararo, also from the factory team, finished fourth, while Australian Jack Miller, the Portuguese rider's teammate at Prima Pramac, finished eighth. Both secured a direct passage to Q2, having finished in the top 10 in timed practice.

Already in the morning, in the first free practice sessions, Miguel Oliveira had been the 10th fastest, closing the morning session 0.718 seconds behind the fastest, the Spaniard Marc Márquez (Ducati).

On Saturday, qualifying takes place in the morning and the sprint race in the afternoon.

Marc Márquez comes into this round, held at the Sachsenring, leading the championship with 307 points, Miguel Oliveira is 23rd with six.

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