Miguel Oliveira owes his career to the Red Bull KTM colors, and he matured in the Tech3 incubator which is more than just a satellite team for the Austrian manufacturer. And for good reason: it is with this team and this Portuguese driver that he has the most victories. Or two out of the three acquired since 2020. In 2021, Oliveira returns to his original colors. He will have some pressure because KTM has big ambitions this season...
Hervé Poncharal, team boss Tech3, declared to the staff KTM which Miguel Oliveira now being ready to assume his responsibilities as an official pilot. This is precisely what it will be in 2021, on an RC16 that Stefan pierer, big boss of the Mattighofen brand, wants to be at the top of the hierarchy MotoGP. He admitted it: in 2021, he wants to see his troops play for the title.
An ambition that needs a leader and it is the Portuguese who seems ideally suited for this noble task. His 2020 campaign was solid, highlighted by two victories. One on KTM land, in Austria, on the Red Bull Ring route which bears the name of the title investor, and another in his country, the Portugal, after a performance full of authority. That's what we call doing things right, in the right place and at the right time.
We must therefore mark the occasion in view of the roadmap and afterwards Yamaha with Red et Quarterly is KTM with Olive tree which shows what the 2021 MotoGP grid will be like. The Austrians think big, the Portuguese sees far, but we must not lose sight of the teammate either Brad Binder, which opened the manufacturer's victory counter in Brno. Team members who know each other very well since both come from the sector KTM implementation in Grand Prix…
