{"id":16181,"date":"2013-08-20T03:50:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T03:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16181"},"modified":"2013-08-20T03:50:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T03:50:44","slug":"top-10-again-for-mahindra-at-moto3-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16181","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 again for Mahindra at Moto3\u2122 championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/racing\/00%20mahindra.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"Top 10 again for Mahindra at Moto3\u2122 championship\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Mumbai: Mahindra scored mixed results as the Moto3\u2122 championship got back into action at the mighty Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Portuguese teenager Miguel Oliveira rode to a fighting eighth place, matching his qualifying position as he fended off a fierce two-bike attack in the closing corners.<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate Efr\u00e9n V\u00e1zquez (from Spain) had qualified fourth and was running strongly in the group disputing that position until a minor oil-control issue struck his Mahindra MGP3O machine, and he was wisely retired to the pits.<\/p>\n<p>Mahindra Racing CEO Mufaddal Choonia was pleased with Oliveira\u2019s effort, but naturally disappointed with the new-this-year Mahindra machine\u2019s first race retirement in its strong debut season. The only Indian factory machine in the championship has claimed pole and front-row starts, and challenged strongly for the top-three podium in the first eight races of the 17-round season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good news is that it was not a mechanical failure: the engine is quite undamaged,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15559\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mahindra-Racing-Miguel-Oliveira-third-in-qualifying-at-Sachsenring.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Top 10 again for Mahindra at Moto3\u2122 championship\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mahindra-Racing-Miguel-Oliveira-third-in-qualifying-at-Sachsenring.jpg 221w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mahindra-Racing-Miguel-Oliveira-third-in-qualifying-at-Sachsenring-150x136.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>The problem was caused by rising oil pressure that caused an overflow: the bike trailed smoke because of oil on the hot exhaust pipe. \u201cIt was a very minor issue, but unfortunately in a race a minor issue can cause a major problem,\u201d he continued. \u201cEfr\u00e9n decided to stop for safety reasons, which was a good decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we go to the Czech Republic in one week, confident of continuing the strong performance that has us third and close to second in the Constructors Championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-14329\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mahindra-Racing-Efren-Vazquez-Jerez.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"163\" alt=\"Top 10 again for Mahindra at Moto3\u2122 championship\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: right;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mahindra-Racing-Efren-Vazquez-Jerez.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mahindra-Racing-Efren-Vazquez-Jerez-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Miguel Oliveira said, &#8220;I am not really happy. Eighth is certainly not our place. But today was very hard \u2013 I was struggling a lot for grip from the tyres. As we know, we lose a little acceleration to the KTMs at the moment, and there are two very small first-gear corners on this track, and a long straight. I aimed for a safe race, try not to crash, and get some points. I just tried to defend myself and my position, and that was successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Efren Vasquez said, \u201cI\u2019m a little bit disappointed because we lost a good opportunity for a top-five result and some good points. If I\u2019d been able to continue in my position to the last laps I would be seventh. I was fighting with the KTMs but then something happened and I thought it was safer to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Mahindra scored mixed results as the Moto3\u2122 championship got back into action at the mighty Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday.&nbsp;&nbsp; Portuguese teenager Miguel Oliveira rode to a fighting eighth place, matching his qualifying position as he fended off a fierce two-bike attack in the closing corners. Team-mate Efr\u00e9n V\u00e1zquez (from Spain) had qualified fourth [&hellip;]<\/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":[6293,10048,6253,7238,10047],"class_list":["post-16181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-indianapolis-motor-speedway","tag-mahindra","tag-miguel-oliveira","tag-moto3-championship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top 10 again for Mahindra at Moto3\u2122 championship - 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=16181\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 10 again for Mahindra at Moto3\u2122 championship - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai: Mahindra scored mixed results as the Moto3\u2122 championship got back into action at the mighty Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday.&nbsp;&nbsp; Portuguese teenager Miguel Oliveira rode to a fighting eighth place, matching his qualifying position as he fended off a fierce two-bike attack in the closing corners. 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