Miguel Oliveira suggests the Apr𒅌ilia MotoGP bike has a narrow working window where it's “really, really amazing”, noting that “if yo♏u’re a little bit out, it seems to be difficult”.

The outgoing Trackhouse rider swapped KTM for Aprilia at the end of the 2022 season and showed well o🧸n the year-old spec of RS-GP he raced in 2023.

In a year plagued by injury, Oliveira still managed three top five f🌳inish🐷es in 2023 before stepping onto the 2024-spec Aprilia for last season.

While it was a bike that managed a grand p♊rix win in Maverick Vinales’ hands in Austin, Oliveira didn’t crack the top five on a Sunday in 2024 - achieving a best of six♛th in Germany a day after finishing second in the sprint.

Ahead of his Pramac Yamaha switch, Oliveira commented on his time at Aprilia: “I was trying to anal♒yse my career through Aprilia and I jumped from a 2022-spec to a 2024.

“I did a test o🎐n the ’23, and the bike was actually super good - it was amazing.

“And yeah, it was tricky, it was complicated. It’s a bike that when you click and everything aligns, the bike is really, reaไlly amazing.

“But if you’re a little bit out, it seems to be difficult. I👍t seems to be hard to make the dꦅifference.

“It’s not up to me anymore to understand the bike. I gave the feedback and that’sꩵ it. We’ll l🌼eave it in other hands now.”

Vina🌼les has said on record that all he wanted f🌸rom the 2024 bike was the 2023 version with a little bit more downforce.

After a strong star🌼t to the year, Aprilia spent the second half of it chasing its tail as it slipped to t🐽hird in the constructors’ table behind KTM.

On his stint with Aprilia, Oliveira added: “Technically, I’m a different ride🔴r.

“I ride in a d𝓀ifferent way than I was r💎iding two years ago.

“And I think 𝓡this will be useful for me, especially because I could adapt, and that’s the most important thi꧂ng.”