{"id":15855,"date":"2013-06-30T07:09:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T07:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15855"},"modified":"2013-06-30T07:09:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T07:09:50","slug":"pole-position-mahindra-inches-from-podium-at-assen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15855","title":{"rendered":"Pole Position Mahindra inches from podium at Assen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/racing\/Mahindra-Racings-Efr\u00e9n-V\u00e1zquez-at-Assen-.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Mahindra-Racings-Efr\u00e9n-V\u00e1zquez-at-Assen-\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" \/>Assen, The Netherlands:<\/strong> Mahindra rider Miguel Oliveira was just inches from scoring the only Indian racing motorcycle\u2019s historic first podium at Assen on Saturday, crossing the line in fourth place just 0.096 seconds from third, and 0.378 behind the leader.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese teenager, who started from his and the MGP3O\u2019s first pole position, had the consolation of the lap record at the classic circuit, scored on lap 12 of the 22-lap, 99.924-km Dutch TT. It came during a sustained race-long battle, with five riders inches apart from start to finish, and the result in doubt until the exit from the final corner.<\/p>\n<p>Oliveira was in the thick of the action up front. Spanish team-mate Efr\u00e9n V\u00e1zquez was 12th, playing a strong role in a ten-strong group going back and forth for a possible ninth place.\n<\/p>\n<p>The result moves Oliveira closer to fifth overall, where he is now just three points adrift; and also improves Mahindra\u2019s close third in the constructors\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Mahindra MGP3O was designed and built in less than six months, and track-tested for the first time in January. The bike proved both competitive and reliable even in first prototype form; subsequent upgrades have reinforced its potential. Mahindra is the only Indian factory motorcycle racing team.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>MIGUEL OLIVEIRA \u2013 Fourth Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really difficult race, as I expected, and the wind played a hard hand as well. I was losing in the second sector \u2013 I had to work hard to recover that every lap under brakes and in the corners. I tried to attack in the last lap but I couldn\u2019t quite reach the podium. But it is coming really close. What is really important is the bike improves race by race, and I am also feeling better. We need to keep it this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>EFR\u00c9N V\u00c1ZQUEZ \u2013 12th Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a difficult day and not what we expected. Something happened in the race and I was losing time. I am not sure what: we need to check all the data, but at one point I was quite slow. There was a lot of traffic, which is normal in this class, but it means you can get stuck behind a rider who is half-a-second slower, and you can do nothing. The most important thing is to concentrate on qualifying better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/racing\/Mahindra-Racings-Efr\u00e9n-V\u00e1zquez-at-Assen-.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Mahindra-Racings-Efr\u00e9n-V\u00e1zquez-at-Assen-\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" \/>Assen, The Netherlands:<\/strong> Mahindra rider Miguel Oliveira was just inches from scoring the only Indian racing motorcycle\u2019s historic first podium at Assen on Saturday, crossing the line in fourth place just 0.096 seconds from third, and 0.378 behind the leader.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese teenager, who started from his and the MGP3O\u2019s first pole position, had the consolation of the lap record at the classic circuit, scored on lap 12 of the 22-lap, 99.924-km Dutch TT. It came during a sustained race-long battle, with five riders inches apart from start to finish, and the result in doubt until the exit from the final corner.<\/p>\n<p>Oliveira was in the thick of the action up front. Spanish team-mate Efr\u00e9n V\u00e1zquez was 12th, playing a strong role in a ten-strong group going back and forth for a possible ninth place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pole Position Mahindra inches from podium at Assen - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15855\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pole Position Mahindra inches from podium at Assen - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Assen, The Netherlands: Mahindra rider Miguel Oliveira was just inches from scoring the only Indian racing motorcycle\u2019s historic first podium at Assen on Saturday, crossing the line in fourth place just 0.096 seconds from third, and 0.378 behind the leader. 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