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Miguel Oliveira finds ‘progress’ on BMW despite WorldSBK debut setbacks at Phillip Island

Summary by Motorsport Week
Miguel Oliveira concluded that his debut WorldSBK outing showed progression despite starting from the back in all three races. The BMW rider crashed on his first hot lap of Saturday’s 15-minute Superpole session at Turn 2 after suffering an electronics issue, preventing him from setting a time. After starting from the back, Oliveira finished eighth, 18th and seventh across the three races, and was on course for another top-10 result in Sunday’s …
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Credits: DR The Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (BMW) was ranked eight times in the world of Superbikes, the first of three in Philip Island, Australia, after the beginning of the 21st and last place. A fall in the beginning of the qualification, on curve 2, did not allow the luxury pilot to mark any time on the superpole, which made him from the last row of the grid. In the race, the natural pilot of Cascais, who replaced MotoGP by the models derive…

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Motorsport Week broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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