Pressure on Aleix Espargaro? Miguel Oliveira signals intent to claim Aprilia factory seat after RNF switch

Espargaro and teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales have contracts lasting fo♏r the next two seasons but Espargaro, at 33, is the oldest rider on the grid and has already suggested he won’t race bey🎐ond his current terms.
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 MotoGP rider line-up 🗹sees Oliveira join RNF, after exiting KTM, but he is already considering bigger things.
Asked if he wanted Espargaro’s factory se𒐪at in 2024, Oliveira said: “The season has not started yet. Let’s just be♏ focused on what we must do.
“But, for sur♚e, if it’s available and if I deserve it? I will take it.”
Oliveira has completed his fꦍirst laps with RNF ahead of the Sepang test: “You always hope that the rider will match the bike. I had that hope. I have to say that I felt good.
“We need to keep very cܫalm with our feet on the ground, we know that we have💜 a lot of work to do in preseason.
“Starting the season strongly is a goa🍃l but we must keep in mind: this is a new team with a new rider,💞 a new bike.
“We will build, for sure, our speed and our sol꧂id base.”

Oliveira is most ꩲexcited about: “The bike itself. It is comp♏letely new to me, it suits my riding style.
“You feel the expectation that 🏅is building around this projec✨t.
“It would be super-nice if I can be close to Aleix and Maverick Vinales in 💫the first test. It is a goal to be near the factory guys.
“We expect to test lit🎐tle things, not a lot. Our job is to build a base and to understand what works for me, and what does not work. We will filter a couple of thingജs.”
Oliveira, who won two MotoGP grands prix last year, will be paired alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Raul Fernandez at RNF.
“Raul is ve🅷ry young, fast and talented,⛄” Oliveira said. “He has the tools to show what he is capable of.
“Whatever we need to do to bring the Aprilias t⛦o the top? We will do together.”

James wa꧑s a sports journalist at Sky Sports fo𒁃r a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.