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 for the next two seasons but Espargaro, at 33, is the oldest rider on the grid and has alre🌼ady suggested he won’t race beyond 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 seat in 2024, Oliveira sa🧔id: “The season has not started y💞et. Let’s just be focused on what we must do.
“But, for sure, if it’s avai💎lable and if I deserve it? I will take it.”
Oliveira has completed his firs𒀰t laps with RNF ahead of the Sepang test: “You always hope th🐎at the rider will match the bike. I had that hope. I have to say that I felt good.
“We need to keep💙 very calm with our feet on the ground, we know t🐽hat we have a lot of work to do in preseason.
“Starting the season strongly is a goal but we must keep in mind: this is a new team with a new rider♍, a new bike.
“We will 𓄧build, for sure, our speed and our solid base.🌱”
Oliveira is most excited about: “The bike itself. It is comple𝓀tely new to me, it suits my riding style.
“Y💧ou feel the expectation that is 🥂building around this project.
“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 little things, not a lot. Our job i༺s to build a base and🍷 to understand what works for me, and what does not work. We will filter a couple of things.”
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 very young, fast and talented🌠,” Oliveira said. “He has the too📖ls to show what he is capable of.
“Whatever we nee⛦d to do to bring the Aprilias to the top?💜 We will do together.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp🐷orts for a decade covering everything f♔rom American sports, to football, to F1.
