Episode 546: Home hero Oliveira packs the crowd into Portimao

Miguel Oliveira was the man of the moment in Portimao. The home crowd came out in force with a packed paddock there to greet the Portuguese star's every turn. The BMW man delivered on track with a hat-trick of podiums. For Steve and Gordo there was no other place to start than with his performance. Nicolo Bulega continues to dominate WorldSBK with his perfect record maintained from pole position. His teammate, Iker Lecuona, impressed this weekend with a solid trio of runner-up finishes. The Spanish rider said afterwards that he "was doing my job" to complete a perfect weekend for the Aruba.it Ducati squad. There were plenty of other stories to follow inside the paddock from the Superbike class with Yamaha, Honda and bimota but with the brand new Sportbike class starting, a Chinese manufacturer winning for the first time in Supersport and the WorldWCR kicking off their campaign we'll be back on Patreon to cover the support classes. Sign-up at Patreon.com/PaddockPassPodcast

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Episode 546: Home hero Oliveira packs the crowd into Portimao is an episode from Paddock Pass Podcast - Motorcycle Racing - MotoGP - World Superbike by Paddock Pass Podcast.

This episode is 01:03:25 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2026.

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