In terms of results, there is not much to say about this Sepang campaign for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team. It's even the end of the season before its time since Syahrin, at home, has not performed a miracle and is already thinking about his next visit which will be with a Moto2. For his part, Oliveira was on the operating table to straighten out a right shoulder affected since the fall at Silverstone. The Portuguese will only return to his KTM in 2020, on this same track of the Malaysian Grand Prix which will then be open for off-season testing.
However, there is still one event left, in Valencia, from November 15. But as the boss points out Hervé Poncharal, the assessment of the financial year is already underway while we look towards 2020. Miguel Oliveira was indeed operated on. After injuring his right shoulder at Silverstone and suffering another major crash at the Australian Grand Prix, the Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider is at Sanatorium Kettenbrücke Hospital in Innsbruck, Austria, where Dr. Karl Golser performed an operation on his damaged ligaments.
« It was an emotional race for the whole Red Bull KTM Tech3 team and at the same time the last race for Hafizh Syahrin in MotoGP here in Malaysia » comments the French boss on the
Malaysian Grand Prix. We know how ready he was to race in front of his home crowd and we saw how much the crowd supported and encouraged him. So I'm happy that he was able to have a decent race. I think the last round was full of emotions. We are happy to have given this feeling to the crowd, to have given this possibility to Hafizh. »
“He had a consistent race, but more than the race, I want to thank him for what he has done with us over the last two years. We still have one more race to do in Valencia, but this one was very special for him and for us.
It's a good time and I want to thank him for what he has done and for being such a nice man and such a great ambassador for MotoGP in his country Malaysia. »
“As far as Miguel is concerned, he has undergone an operation in Europe on the affected right shoulder since his crash at Silverstone. We just hope everything goes well. This was by far the best solution and we know he will be fully recovered in a maximum of two months. He will miss Valencia, but he will be fully fit for the first tests at Sepang, which was the main goal.L. »
“I want to thank him because since Silverstone he has been in a lot of pain and he has never given up. He didn't want to talk about it too much, but I know he was suffering a lot, which is always a handicap and Miguel is a real gentleman, a real fast MotoGP rider. His season as a rookie was not easy, but he showed speed and enormous commitment. So we can't wait to see him back on the bike in top form. »
MotoGP Malaysia Sepang J3: classification
