The last Grand Prix at Misano was nevertheless promising for the KTM troops when reading the starting grid. The Tech3 pilots were in the top 10 and Miguel Oliveira on the front rows as leader. Then the race started and gradually the opportunities for the men in RC16 faded away. All because of falls, the most damaging in terms of results being that of the Portuguese, in view of the finish, and while he was virtually on the podium...
Miguel Oliveira missed a great opportunity last weekend in Emilia Romagna to rediscover the taste of Prosecco on the podium. The official KTM, well qualified, held his fourth place for a large part of the event before the fall of bagnaia Don't put him in the top three. But he did not take advantage of this position for long, falling in turn shortly after the Italian on the Ducati.
To Olive tree, this could have been the first podium since second place at the Sachsenring in June. Yes but here it is… “ It was a good weekend and a good race too, unfortunately I couldn't make it and finish the race. In the end, it got really complicated. With the tank empty, the fork performed a little differently on bumps ", said Olive tree. " Unfortunately I lost the front wheel in the tight hairpin ».
The Portuguese specifies: “ At that point I was in a good position, I was starting to manage my lead and see the goal. Unfortunately, it didn't work. This is a shame. But now I have to see further and I want to continue in Portimão with a positive attitude »
A return to his lands Portugal which he approaches with avidity. Because physically, he regains all his abilities: “ I was physically back to normal, including my right hand », assures the teammate of Brad Binder who ended up the only survivor KTM after many adventures. “ It was also a good sign of how it went, in all the testing sessions. It's also good for next season because you can see where you are by comparing yourself to the other guys »
Will Miguel Oliveira relive the good memories of Portimao with Guy Coulon?
He adds for his national meeting at the beginning of November: “ of course the KTM behaves differently than in April and it is also different from November 2020. We have to go in and try to enjoy the weekend. We must go to a special Grand Prix with a normal attitude »
We will recall that Miguel Oliveira had retired after a fall last April, but won the victory in November 2020, with Guy Coulon as chief engineer since then at Tech3. The same Frenchman who was at his side in Misano due to the positive Covid-19 test of his titular chief engineer. And it almost ended with a podium…
By the way, Olive tree occupies tenth place in the championship and KTM is also in fifth place, behind Honda, in the constructors' championship.
MotoGP Misano-2 J3: classification
Credit classification motogp.com
