Miguel Oliveira suggests the Aprilia MotoGP bike has a narrow working window where it's ღ“really, really amazing”, noting that “if you’re a little bit out, it seems to be difficult”.

The outgoing Trackhouse rider swapped KTM for Aprilia at the end of the 2022 season and showed🎃 well on the year-old spec of RS-GP he raced 🦋in 2023.

In a year plagued by inj𒀰ury, Oliveira sꦫtill managed three top five finishes in 2023 before stepping onto the 2024-spec Aprilia for last season.

While it was a bike that managed a grand prix win in Maverick Vinales’ hands in Austin, Oliveira didn’t crack the top five on a Sunday in 2024 - achieving a bes🍬t of sixth in Germany a day after finishing second in the sprint.

Ahead of his Pramac Yamaha switch, Oliveira 🍸commented on his time at Aprilia: “I was trying to analyse my career through A🧜prilia and I jumped from a 2022-spec to a 2024.

“I d🔯id a testꦦ on the ’23, and the bike was actually super good - it was amazing.

“And yeah, it was tricky, it was complicated. It’s a bike that wh🅘eꦬn you click and everything aligns, the bike is really, really amazing.

“But if you’re a little bit out, it seems to be diffic🌄ult. It seems to be hard to make the difference.

“It’s n🌠ot up to me anymore to understand the bike. I gave the feedback and that’s 🅰it. We’ll leave it in other hands now.”

Vinales has said ౠon record that all he w🍨anted from the 2024 bike was the 2023 version with a little bit more downforce.

After a strong start to the year, Aprilia spent the second half of it chasing its tail as it slipped to third in the💖 construct🏅ors’ table behind KTM.

On his stint with Apriliaℱ, Oliveira added: “Technically, I’m a different rider.

“I ride ♎in a different way than I was 🌟riding two years ago.

“♋And I think this wi📖ll be useful for me, especially because I could adapt, and that’s the most important thing.”