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

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 the grid and has already sඣuggested 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 Oliveira joi𒁏n RNF, af🍒ter exiting KTM, but he is already considering bigger things.
Asked if he wanted Esp🍌argaro’s factory seat in 2024, Oliveira said: “The season has not started yet. Let’s just be focused on what we must do.
“But, for sure, if it’s available and i𒅌f I deserve it? I will take it.”
Oliveira has completed h🦹is 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 𒅌with our feet on the ground, ꦕwe know that we have a lot of work to do in preseason.
“Starting the season♔ strongly is a goal b💯ut we must keep in mind: this is a new team with a new rider, a new bike.
“We will build, for sur෴e, our speed and our solid base.”

Oliveira is most excited about: “The bike itself. It is compl🤪etely new to me, it suits my riding style.
“Yo🐓u feel the expectation that is building around this project.
“It would be super-nice if I can be cl🅰ose to Aleix and Maverick Vinales in the first test. It is a goal to be near the factory guys.
“We expect to test little things, not a lot. Our job is to build a base and to understand what works for me, and what does not wo♉rk. We will filter a co🐻uple 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,” O🌸liveira said. “He has the tools to show what he is capable of.
“Whatever we need to do to bring the Aprili💃as to the top? We will do together.”

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