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Miguel Oliveira

  • Team Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP
  • Bike Yamaha
  • Date of birth 04/01/1995
  • Place of birth Pragal, Portugal
  • Height 170 cm
  • Weight 64 kg
Australians will follow Miguel Oliveira more closely than usual this year. Not because the 30-year-old has had a sudden increase of attention from these shores; it’s about who the Portuguese has riding alongside him at the newly-formed Pramac Yamaha alliance, and a high-stakes intra-team battle with wider ramifications.
Miguel Oliveira
Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Stats
Races: 2
Best Qualifying: 19th (2023)
Best Race Result: 12th (2022)
Podiums: 0

Jack Miller and Oliveira are separated in age by two weeks (Oliveira is older) and have similar MotoGP™ CVs with multiple manufacturers – KTM and Aprilia, in Oliveira’s case. Yamaha’s second team will surely blood a youngster before long – Pramac is running a Moto2 squad with 24-year-old Italian Tony Arbolino and Spaniard Izan Guevara (20) – and long-term, there’s likely to be room for only one of the 30-something veterans.

Oliveira managed 16th (2023) and 15th-place (2024) finishes in two years with Aprilia before his move, although both seasons were wrecked by injuries that removed the potential for giant-killing results he’s proven capable of.

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