Miguel Oliveira produces a masterclass performance to secure victory on home soil in the Portuguese MotoGP as Franco Morbidelli takes runners-up spot and Ducati wins manufacturers' crown
Miguel Oliveira crowned his first-ever MotoGP race on home soil with a crushing display of dominant riding to wrap up the 2020 MotoGP World Championship season with a second win of the year in Portimao.
He’d go on to stabilise that advantage to the chequered flag to wrap up a second victory for himself and the Tech 3 KTM team in a manner quite different to his last gasp maiden win in the Styria MotoGP. The only negative for him would be the lack of a crowd that would no doubt be thrilled at his achievement.
Perhaps the only rider with the potential to match Oliveira’s speed, Pol Espargaro would find himself mired in a busy mid-pack on a circuit where getting caught up in battles can lose a significant amount of time. However, once free Espargaro would complete another strong result in fourth on his KTM swansong to conclude the year as the manufacturer’s best placed rider despite watching three wins go the way of his team-mates.
Aleix Espargaro made up positions late on to claim a season’s equal best of eighth, ahead of Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco, who faded from fifth to tenth.
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