Thanks to Miguel Oliveira, Portugal has found its place in the mechanical concert of MotoGP. The Tech3 KTM rider is thus the first Portuguese in history to have scored points for his country in the World Championship, elite category. A course that gives him a certain aura on his land. But he is still far from being able to challenge the absolute Lusitanian star: Cristiano Ronaldo.
Miguel Oliveira is 24 years old and he is one of the most popular athletes in Portugal. But the football star Cristiano Ronaldo surpasses all other athletes in the country. The pilot can boast of a good journey. Moto3 World Vice-Champion in 2015, also second in the Moto2 championship in 2018, he has 12 Grand Prix victories. And this year, as a rookie in MotoGP at Tech3, he does not deserve anything on a KTM RC16 that he places in the wake of that of Johann zarco, when it is not in front.
The popularity ofOlive tree in his country is a reality. But against Cristiano Ronaldo, star of Juventus–Turin, he can do nothing. “ By comparing myself to Ronaldo, I am being compared to one of the best and most popular athletes in the world "Oliveira commented on Speedweek. “ If I'm the second most famous Portuguese athlete, I can't complain...
It will be recalled thatOlive tree wanted to do the tests on Thursday and Friday in Misano, but he had to abandon his project on Thursday because of a too painful hip, following his fall following a collision with John Zarco during the last British Grand Prix.
