Interesting Facts Behind Miguel Oliveira's Victory At The Mandalika MotoGP

KTM's Miguel Oliveira (center), wins the Mandalika MotoGP race. (Doc. MotoGP)

MANDALIKA - KTM racer, Miguel Oliveira, became the first to win a MotoGP race at the Mandalika Circuit. A number of interesting facts were created after Oliveira's victory.

The Portuguese rider won the race on the wet track of the Mandalika Circuit with a time of 33 minutes, 27.2230 seconds. He beat Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha MotoGP) and Johann Zarco (Pramac Ducati).

This ends Oliveira's winning streak in MotoGP. The last time he won a race in this most prestigious grand prix class was in Catalunya, Spain, in 2021.

Oliveira admitted that this victory ended a series of bad things that had happened in the last few months.

"The last few months have not been easy. To win again like this is very emotional for me," said Oliveira, before receiving the trophy.

The following are a series of interesting facts behind Miguel Oliveira's victory at the Mandalika MotoGP:

- Miguel Oliveira followed in the footsteps of Mick Doohan (1996) and Tadayuki Okada (1997) as the premier class winner of the Grand Prix in Indonesia.

- Miguel Oliveira became the first to win a MotoGP race at the Mandalika Circuit.

- Miguel Oliveira's fourth win in his career in MotoGP.

- Miguel Oliveira's first win since the 2021 Catalan MotoGP.

- Of all active riders, Oliveira equals Francesco Bagnaia's number of wins in the premier class (4).

- In total, Oliveira has recorded 16 wins across all Grand Prix classes: 4 in MotoGP, 6 in Moto2, and 6 in Moto3.

- KTM has won at least one race in the last three seasons.