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april 21, 2022 - KTM
Oliveira sets the early pace in Portugal...with hundreds of fans in tow!
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s #migueloliveira felt the pressure of heading ‘the pack’ for the second time in just two years at the #algarveinternationalcircuit. Instead of 23 other MotoGP™ riders, the 27-year-old was instead chased by hundreds of excited fans for a lap around the stunning Portuguese facility ahead of the Grande Premio Tissot de #Portugal and the fifth round of the 2022 championship this weekend.
Oliveira, who won the very first #MotoGP Grand Prix at the venue two hours south of Lisbon in November 2020, fronted a large posse of supporters with his #ktmrc16 as the ‘ride-out’ started in Portimao and finished with a circulation of the dipping and fast 4.6km circuit. For many it was the first and only time to get up-close with a full-race spec #MotoGP fire-breather, for Oliveira it was the opportunity to stoke the fire of the passionate native fans even further ahead of the GP fixture where #88 is expected to be a main protagonist. It wasn’t all easy-going in the windy conditions however: the #ktmrc16 is designed for the smooth asphalt of the racetrack, not the bumpy, speed limits of a normal road! The convoy made it to the #algarveinternationalcircuit in fine time. From there the cavalcade rode the crests of the undulating course to finish on the start grid in style with a photo opp
Miguel Oliveira: “This has been amazing, a great pleasure. We always wanted to do something special here for the fans and this was very cool. If I would put myself in their position and had the chance to ride along with a #MotoGP bike – which is quite a unique machine - and then onto the track then there is no way I would have missed it. I couldn’t believe the amount of bikes I saw. It’s a shame we couldn’t ride for longer. Having the RC16 on the road was super-strange. You can definitely see that these bikes were not made to go slow! I was only just keeping the engine on. When we got to the track then this was more our environment. I hope we can so something like this again because every time you take one of these bikes out of context then it is beautiful. It’s been a great day and now my expectation is to have a good weekend and make a strong result. Being in #Portugal gives me this strong boost and motivation in a way that everything that happened before doesn’t matter.”
The Grande Premio Tissot de #Portugal, the first European race this season, gets underway with Free Practice 1 on Friday at 10.55 CET.
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