Pressure on Aleix Espargaro? Miguel Oliveira signals intent to claim Aprilia factory seat after RNF switch

Miguel Oliveira has barely tested his RNF Racing bike but is already eyeing up the factory Aprilia seat owned by Aleix Espargaro.
Miguel
Miguel

Espargaro and teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales have contracts lasting for the next two seasons but Espargaro, at 33, is 🅷the oldest rider on theཧ grid and has already suggested he won’t race beyond his current terms.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP rider line-up sees Oliv♔eira join RNF, after exiting KTM, but he is already consid🤡ering bigger things.

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Asked if he wanted Espaꦏrgaro’s factory seat in 2024, Oliveira said: “The season has not started ye💞t. Let’s just be focused on what we must do.

“But, for sure, if it’s available and if I deserve i🍷t? I will🌠 take it.”

Oliveira has completed his first laps with🍬 RNF ahead of the Sepang test: “You always hope that the rider will match the bike. I had that hope. I have to say that I felt good.

“We need to keep very calm with our feet on the ground, we know that we have a lot⭕ of work to do in preseason.

“Starting the season strongly is a goal🌳 but we must keep in mind: this is a new team with a new rider, a new bike.

“We will build, for sure, o🥀ur speed and our🌄 solid base.”

Miguel
Miguel

Oliveira is most excited ღabout: “The bike itself. It is completely new to me, it suits m🅘y riding style.

“You feel the expectation that is building around this pro💫ject.

“It would be super-nice if I can be close to Aleix and Maverick Vinales in the first t𝓀est. It is a goal to be near the factory guys.

“We expect to test little things, not a lot. O🌃ur job is to build a base and to understand what works for me, and what does not work. We will filter a couple of things.”

Oliveira, who won two MotoGP grands prix last year, will be paired alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez at RNF.

“Raul is very young, fast and talented,” Oliveira said. “He has the tools to show what he is ꧂capable of.

“Whatever ꦆwe need to do to bring the Aprilias to the top? We wi𝐆ll do together.”

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