The RNF Aprilia rider was wiped out by Marc Marquez on the third grand prix lap of the season-opener in Portimao🐷, causing injuries to both men which meant they skipped the MotoGP Argentina.

Oliveira now expects to return for the third round in Austin, Texas, 🥀while Marquez remai🐠ns unconfirmed.

"I'm obviously excited and happy to be able to fly to Texas,"💧 Olivei✱ra said. 

"It was annoying for me to miss the grand prix in Arg🐲entina, now I'm looking forward to the rest🐭art and working with the team.

"I'm curious to see how this bike b🔯ehaves on the track in Austin."

"COTA hasn't been an easy track for me in the past, so I hope we can turn this situation around this year and start the weekend strongly.&n♔bsp;

“It would be nice if I could s🔜core points in the sprint and in the race on Sunday.

That would also be very importa🙈nt after the three zeros i🐎n the last three competitions. Overall, I'm really excited about the coming weekend."

Oliveira suffered injuries to his ri꧟ght leg in the collision with Marqu🔯ez in Portimao.