After the clash with the Spanish Marc Márquez, which caused a bruise on his right leg, without a fracture, Miguel Oliveira said that his teammate was ambitious.
“The incident itself is quite easy to explain. It was an overtaking attempt by Márquez, a bit ambitious. He didn’t have space to stop, he dodged the pilot in front of him, who was Martín, and ran into me. It is what it is”, explained Miguel Oliveira.
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Now, the Portuguese waits for the Spanish pilot to be penalized for what happened. Moto GP said that Márquez may have suffered a broken right hand, but he did not want to be treated in Portugal. Miguel Oliveira, for his part, did not break any bones and guarantees that he will do everything possible to recover during this week.
“The goal is to arrive in Argentina as well as possible, without any disabling injury. Obviously, here, without injury, we have to find the best way to manage the pain. It’s just an anti-inflammatory treatment, nothing more,” he said. aggregate.
The Portuguese pilot Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) suffered an injury to his right leg, apparently without a fracture, after colliding with the Spanish Marc Márquez (Honda) on the third lap of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix.
Márquez did not brake in the third corner of the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve track, he touched the Spanish Jorge Martin (Ducati) and collided with the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira, who suffered a serious injury to his right leg.
The Spanish rider went to the box of the RNF Aprilia team, belonging to the Portuguese rider, apologizing, stating that he had suffered a technical problem on his bike, but he did not avoid a great whistle from the Portuguese public present in Portimão.
The MotoGP Portuguese GP is the first of the 21 races of the 2023 World Speed Championship. This Sunday’s race was won by the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), who had already won the sprint on Saturday.
The current world champion leads the championship, with 37 points.
Source: TSF