MotoGP Indonesia: Miguel Oliveira Conquer Wet Track Mandalika Circuit, Fabio Quartararo Finishes Second

KTM racer, Miguel Oliveira, won the Indonesian MotoGP race at the Mandalika Circuit. (Doc. MotoGP)

MANDALIKA - KTM racer, Miguel Oliveira, won the Indonesian MotoGP race at the Mandalika Circuit, Sunday, March 20. He was ahead of Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha MotoGP and Johann Zarco (Pramac Ducati) who finished behind him.

Oliveira finished with a time of 33 minutes 27,223 seconds. He is 2,205 seconds adrift of Quartararo and 3,158 seconds of Zarco.

The Mandalika MotoGP race was postponed due to heavy rains that flushed Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The rain handler came down.

The rain not only made the MotoGP race schedule change, the riders were also confirmed to have to change their motorbike settings.

Fabio Quartararo started the race very well. He managed to maintain the leading position after the start.

A good start was also made by Miguel Oliveira, Jack Miller and Alex Rins who trailed behind Quartararo's position.

However, it did not take long for Miller to seize the leading position. The Ducati rider managed to overtake Quartararo and Oliveira at the start of the race.

Meanwhile, Quartararo seemed to have difficulty racing on a wet track. Slowly, his position is getting eroded. On the fifth lap, the French rider slipped to fifth position.

On the 8th lap, Jorge Martin had an incident at the first corner. The Pramac Ducati rider slipped and was unable to continue the race.

With 10 laps remaining in the race, Johann Zarco managed to take third place from Alex Rins. While the leading position is occupied by Miguel Olivieira.

The last five laps presented an exciting battle between Quartararo, Zarco and Miller. All three fought for the second and third podium positions.

Having previously fallen, Quartararo managed to rise and take second place. Behind him stuck Miller and Zarco. Meanwhile, Oliveira looks comfortable in the leading position.

Until the end of the race, Oliveira was not overtaken. While Quartararo finished second, followed by Zarco, Miller, Rins, Joan Mir, and Franco Morbidelli.

The results of the Indonesian MotoGP race at the Mandalika Circuit, Sunday, March 20:

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1 88 M. OLIVEIRA 33:27.2232 20 F. QUARTARARO +2.2053 5 J. ZARCO +3.1584 43 J. MILLER +5.6635 42 A. RINS +7.0446 36 J. MIR +7.8327 21 F. MORBIDELLI +21.1158 33 B. BINDER +32.4139 41 A. ESPARGARO +32.58610 40 D. BINDER +32.901