KTM🍸 rider Miguel Oliveira heads into his second home round of the 2021 MotoGP season looking to stop a seven-race drought without a top ten finish. 

Since the summer break, Oliveira and KTM have struggled ꦑto put any type of consistent performances together.

Injury and a tyre defect cost the Portuguese rider in Austria, however, disappointing showings at Silverstone and Aragon left the 26 year-old with just two points from b♎oth events. 

Oliveira’s best result since claiming fifth at🌄﷽ Assen was 11th in last month’s Grand Prix of the Americas.

It’s✤ a considerable drop in form considering Oliveira was the highest points score🦂r across the final four races before the summer break. 

The KTM man was in such ꧒a rich vein of form that even a championship challenge looked possible. 

Speaking about the 2021 season with just two rounds to go, Oliveira said: "It’s been a difficult s💮eason for sure, especially this second half. 

"It’s been hard struggling with small issues and it’s a season where I feel like I could have do♋ne much better in some places. But, we have always kept a positive attitude and have been fighting each race to get the most out of it. 

"T🧸he start of the season was close to a disaster because we suffered a lot to get around this new front tyre compound that we had. 

"We have been developing the bike specif💜ically in the front end to have a very stiff tyre - we won with that tyre in three races in 2020 - I won two of them with that spec, but then all of a sudden we don’t have that anymor🌟e. 

"We 🎃had to transform a little bit our philosophy in the garage; how we look at the bike and how we approach the weekend in terms of setting."

While this season 🦩hasn’t quite gone to plan for KTM - same amount of wins as 2020 (3), but less podiums🔥, Oliveira is looking forward to 2022 and making the ‘fewest mistakes possible’. 

"I’m not hungry, I’m starving for results and I want to finish the season really well," added Oliveira ahead of his second home race this weekend. 🐠;

"Of course, with the home GP it’s special, but it will be taken as just another G💮P, with the same ambition and hunger to perform. 

"In 2022 I think we will have a more complete package. I think qualifying better is t🥃he goal. 

"We are one of the manufacturers that pushes the most on the front and this is something we need to fix. I’m loo🧸king at next season as a year where we make the fewest mistakes possible."