Miguel Oliveira really ended the season. The injury to his right shoulder blade, sustained during a fall during the sprint race of the Qatar GP, prevented the Portuguese driver from participating in the Arab race and the last Grand Prix of the season, in a week’s time, in Valencia. “Unfortunately it seems that way. I will miss the race and the test. These were my last laps. This fantastic season has come to an end,” said the RFN Aprilia rider.
“It was bad luck. I finished eight races (out of 21). That’s obviously not what I expected. I’ve had a bit of everything this season. Bad luck, incidents with other riders, accidents, technical problems with the bike “I’ve had some bad luck, but I think this can also build some character for next season and I’m happy to have experienced everything this season, so hopefully next season will be better.”said the Portuguese before the Qatar GP was won by Fábio Di Giannantonio.
What prevented the Italian team’s boss, Massimo Rivola, from showing the Portuguese driver the potential that everyone points out to him, is a mix of several factors between his personal life, the birth of his son Pedro, transfer rumors and the physical conditions. situation”. All this, according to Rivola’s statements to Sky MotoGP, led to a “break in confidence” and meant that he always lost “half a second and about three or four rows on the grid”.
Di Giannantonio (Ducati) made his debut by winning the MotoGP World Championship in Qatar, leaving Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) in second place, at 2.734 seconds, with fellow Transalpine Luca Marini (Ducati) on the third place, at 4.408 seconds.
Champion Bagnaia again gained an advantage in the championship and now has a 21-point lead over Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati), who finished 10th today. The title will be decided between the two this Sunday in Valencia.
Source: DN
