Miguel Oliveira he had a not indifferent credit with the Blindfolded Goddess and today in Styria he has collected a good part, if not the full amount. The Portuguese rider has been very solid throughout the weekend, but to celebrate his first MotoGP victory at the first podium in the premier class we needed several assists of good luck. First, the red flag, which put him back into play when he was making himself the protagonist of an excellent race, but far from the podium. Then, in the final of the sprint race, the skirmish between Pol Espargarò and Jack Miller, which opened the door to success for Oliveira.
“When I saw our riders in Moto3 centering, I thought it was time to retire, but then this victory for Miguel changes everything. I never thought I’d win a MotoGP race “, the words of a touched man Hervé Poncharal, Tech3 team manager who had never won in the premier class. A year ago he bet on KTM to secure the accounts and the solidity of the team, now in addition to the certainty of being able to remain in the paddock he has begun to collect respectable results. Next year he will have Danilo Petrucci in the garage, and the situation linked to Andrea Dovizioso could have interesting evolutions.
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Apart from the future, the present is very sweet. Miguel Oliveira won on the track where for a few meters and for details he had instead lost a very important duel against Francesco Bagnaia in a 2018 Moto2 championship won by the blue at the expense of the Lusitanian. Oliveira lost the chance to become world champion in Moto3 and Moto2 for a very short time, but today he took a great revenge entering the elite of those who have won a race in the premier class of the World Championship.
At the press conference, Oliveira emphasized a not indifferent aspect. When the cat is not there, the mice dance the saying goes. And the cat in this case is Marc Marquez. The mice all the other MotoGP riders, inebriated by a throne without a master and currently without a favorite for the title given that there are nine riders in 27 points. And the ninth is Miguel Oliveira: “I believe that without Marquez all the riders are thrilled by the fact that they have what it takes to win races and aim for the title. We have to wait for other matches to see how the values on the field will emerge ”.
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