Driver Miguel Oliveira said this Monday that it is “possible to be champion” of MotoGP this season after a troubled start in which he hopes to come back strong from an injury to his left shoulder, wanting to show power and speed on the track. bike.
“Of the 700 points possible this season, even 100 have not been scored after five races. This year you can become a champion. Being crippled here, without a motorcycle, is difficult, but I hope to come back strong and show my ability and speed on this motorcycle,” he emphasized during a speech at the 2nd Bola Branca conference – Talent, ethics and equality in sports, initiative, promoted by Rádio Renascença, in Lisbon.
Miguel Oliveira has missed two of the five Grands Prix so far, due to massive crashes in Portugal and Spain testing that have kept him away from Argentina and France, finishing only the American Grand Prix in an “unpredictable” championship.
“I would like to be sure of the exact date when I will return. The shoulder injury I have is not a fixed recovery time injury and I’m not sure. My priority and the priority of the team is to return to 100%. If it takes the stipulated five or six weeks, it should be there,” said the 28-year-old native of Almada, however.
Despite being “hit” by injuries, Miguel Oliveira fearfully rejects a return to the top of the RNF Aprilia motorcycle, the team to which he has belonged since this season, not wanting to ethically comment on the incidents of Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo. .
“I am not rehabilitating them in the sense that everything is fine, as it is always important to be responsible to those who are on the bike and respect the opponents. There is a certain amount of courage, self-control and respect for others. “We just can’t let go of the brakes and go around someone who is coming into the corner. In the first case there was a reflection of three races of Marquez, Quartararo see no guilt, despite the fact that I punished him. There is a lack of consistency and consistency of punishments, to whom they are given and how it’s happening,” says pilot Miguel Oliveira.
Francesco Bagna of Italy leads the MotoGP Championship with 94 points, his compatriot Marco Bezzechi is one point behind and South African Brad Binder is third with 81 points. Miguel Oliveira is now in 16th place with 21 points.