Miguel Oliveira

Miguel Oliveira
Oliveira at the 2022 San Marino Grand Prix
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29) Almada, Portugal
Current team	Trackhouse Racing
Bike number	88
Website	oliveira88.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2019– Manufacturers KTM (2019–2022) Aprilia (2023–) Championships 0 2023 championship position 16th (76 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 86 5 7 1 2 485 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2016–2018 Manufacturers Kalex (2016) KTM (2017–2018) Championships 0 2018 championship position 2nd (297 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 50 6 21 2 4 574 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2015 Manufacturers Suter Honda (2012) Mahindra (2013–2014) KTM (2015) Championships 0 2015 championship position 2nd (254 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 68 6 13 2 6 628 125cc World Championship Active years 2011 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2011 championship position 14th (44 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 11 0 0 0 0 44

Miguel Ângelo Falcão de Oliveira (pronounced [miˈɣɛl ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ]; born 4 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional motorcycle racer who competes in the MotoGP World Championship for Trackhouse Racing, getting the step up from KTM Tech3,^[1] a satellite team, for whom he secured both the team's, and his, first and second win.

He finished as runner-up in the 2018 Moto2 World Championship. He gained extensive experience in Moto3, having competed for the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team in 2012, the Mahindra Racing team in 2013 and 2014 and finishing runner-up with the Red Bull KTM Ajo team in 2015. At the 2015 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Oliveira achieved the first World Championship victory for a Portuguese rider.^[2]

Oliveira's father, a former motorcycle racer, gave him a quad-bike when he was four years old. He started racing in the national championship at nine years old, in the Portuguese MiniGP Championship in 2004, winning the Young Promise of the Year award in Portugal. His first successes came in 2005 when he won the Portuguese MiniGP Championship and Metrakit World Festival in Spain. In 2006 he repeated his earlier success and in 2007 he won the Mediterranean PreGP 125 Trophy. In 2009 he was third in the Spanish championship, and in 2010 battled Maverick Viñales for the title, eventually finishing runner-up by two points and progressed to become the first full-time Portuguese rider to reach the world championship. Since then, he has become a race winner in all three classes.