A 10th place for Miguel Oliꦡveira in Practice at the Aragon MotoGP 𒊎came with some margin.

The Port♒uguese rider explained that, while he was happy to be in Q2 straight from practice at MotorLand, he has room to improve with his feeling with the bike.

“It was for sꩵure satisfying to be in Q2 already on Friday,” Oliveira told MotoGP.com. “Although I didn’t feel good with the bike, there are still some things that really hold me bac🌸k to have a constant pace.

“The speed was more or less there, but it was 10th place, a second off. So, I’m happy but I can’t be too happy about it, there’s still a lot of work to do for tomorro▨w.

“It’s good that we finished the practice and we already got a good direction of what we🌊 need to do. So, excited to go out there for tomorrowꦡ morning and to get some work done before qualifying.”

Oliveira’s Trackhouse Aprilia 𝓀teammate, Raul Fernandez, was more explicitly optimistic after his Friday at MotorLand, finishing one place better than Oliveira in ninth.

“Today, for us, was really positive,” he said. “We have to continue with our way, we need to understand mo𝓡re the bike. Now, it’s time to not think, to not put pressure; it’s time to work, to understand.

“Our target is after the Misano test we have to analyse everything, and we have to see what is the good way for us with this new bike. It’s not easy to cha♏nge the bike in the middle of the season, but anyway I am very happy.

“Today I was really impressed, bec𝓀ause especially the point that I had more problems with this bike, today I feel like I didn’t have any problems.

“I feel💜 that I was fast and I feel that I can ride like I want, so basically we did a good job. Not only on the time attack, also on the pace I feel good with the bike, so today was a really positive day, also for Aprilia.”