The president of the International Motorcycling Federation, Portuguese Jorge Viegas, on Monday, in a statement to Agência Lusa, guaranteed the continued participation of rider Miguel Oliveira in the MotoGP World Championship with Aprilia.
“We have to completely separate Miguel Oliveira’s situation from the situation in the team. [RNF CryptoData, cujo contrato com a DORNA, empresa promotora do campeonato, foi denunciado esta segunda-feira]. Miguel Oliveira has a contract with Aprilia and will continue to do so. People who will be on an independent team [satélite] “Aprilia is that there will be others,” assured Jorge Viegas upon his arrival in Portugal after the last race of the season this Sunday in Valencia.
Jorge Viegas believes that the situation with the RSF “will not go back” and will be resolved “lovingly or not” [com recurso aos tribunais]”but whose dispute is between the team” and the team association [IRTA]”.
“There are different versions. RSF says that it doesn’t owe anything, IRTA says that they have debts. I have already spoken with both sides, and this issue must be resolved,” he emphasized.
As for the Portuguese rider, Viegas guarantees that he will continue to compete in the top class of MotoGP.
“Miguel Oliveira is calm, there will be a new director and the team will have a different name,” assured Jorge Viegas.
The FIM president admitted that the new Aprilia-linked team will have a “North American capital”.
Regarding the finished championship, Jorge Viegas says that the balance is positive.
“I must give an extremely positive review for two important reasons. It was only decided in the last race, and this was the team’s first championship. [corridas] a sprint that was a huge success. In Valencia on Saturday we had almost the same number of spectators as on Sunday,” he said.
Therefore, he guarantees that the format “will be preserved” because at the moment “no one will accept its completion, not the public, not the pilots.”
Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) became a double champion of the Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday after his rival Jorge Martin (Ducati) crashed on the sixth lap of the main race.
Miguel Oliveira did not compete in this final race of the season due to a fractured right scapula. The Portuguese finished the championship in 16th place.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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