Miguel Oliveira: ‘We are not in panic at the moment’ after difficult Sepang test

Despite finishing 18th at the Se✨pang MotoGP test, Miguel Oliveira is not worried about preparations for the 202♐4 season.

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira was unable to set a representative time attack lap on the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test, and as a result finished 1.3 seconds down on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia.

Ducati were once again the stars of the show at Sepang as they locke🐲d out the top four position♚s. 

Aleix Espargaro was the first non-Ducati rider ꧙which was a good sign for Aprilia, who are expected 🌠to be strong when the season officially gets underway.

But for Oliveira more work is needed even if the Portuguese rider admits the 🐠new Trackhouse Racing team is not panicking just yet.

Speaking on the final day of last week’s test, Oli𓂃veira said: “Physi♔cally it’s a little bit difficult to manage the whole three days, but I actually feel good.

“The best training is on the bike, so that’⛦s good. We tried a couple of things this morning and we totally lost the good temperature window to do a lap time.

“Then, we carried on with used tires and just tried to get a little bit more fജeeling with a stable setting because we have been changing so much throughout every▨ exit.

“We found out that, at the moment, it was just important to get used to the bike and not experiment♊ with too many 🌊things.

“Finally, at the end of the day, I 𓂃got a new rear tyre again but I couldn’t improve. 

"The i💧deal lap time is a bit more satisfying, but we know how unimportant the time sheet is in a test, so we🃏 are not really in panic at the moment.

“We’re just getting through a couple of things to go to Qatar ready to wo⛦rk for the first race.”

Oliveira led the Trackhouse Racing program in Sepang as Raul Fernandez was declared unfit following an acci𒁃dent on day-one.

With Fernandez unable to gain experience with the 2023 RS-GP bike and Oliveira testing variou✅s new parts aboard his 24-spec bike, Team Manager Wilco Zeelenberg was cl🐻ear about what needs to be improved heading into the final pre-season test in Qatar.

“Our first test is done,” began🐟 Zeelenberg. “Obviously, not everything was positive with the crash of Raul and his injury. And of course, talking about injuries, Miguel just came back from one during the winter where he tried to recover.

“We definitely need more track time and that we will get in Qatar. At the moment, we are not where we want to be with the bike and the performance, so let’s see how we can use the♌ data we have now and prepare ourselves in the best way possible for Qatar.

“Clearly,🐎 Miguel recovered well from his injuri♏es, he never complained through the test.

“Saying that, of course, he didꦕ not ride for a long period and jumping from a 2022 RS-GP straight onto a 2024꧑ bike gives him some more adjustment work to do. I hope we are able to show our full potential in Qatar.”

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