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The pilot Miguel Oliveira explained that it was the “lack of temperature in the tires” of his KTM that caused the falls in free practice at the Misano circuit, where Sunday will be the seventh race of the MotoGP season.
“The tires were cold and that’s why I fell. I still went to the medical center, I did a quick exam, but it seems that everything is fine,” said the Portuguese driver, after the qualifying session for the Grand Prix of Emilia Romana and Riviera . MotoGP Rimini.
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The Portuguese rider explained that “when you fall because the tires are cold, there is not much to do.”
Miguel Oliveira, who set the 15th fastest time of the qualifying session, will be ahead of the other three KTMs, and the two bikes of the factory team have placed in the top 10.
The Almada rider believes that both the Spanish Pol Espargaró and the South African Brad Binder have “something else to fine-tune their bikes” and that, therefore, “they are faster” than the riders of the Tech3 team, for which Miguel races. Oliveira.
“The bikes are exactly the same, but in terms of set-up they must have something different. But we’ll see tomorrow. [no domingo]. We have a good race pace. I just need to start better than last week and move forward at the beginning, “said the 25-year-old.
With the majority of riders improving their times compared to last week’s race, at the same circuit in Misano, Miguel Oliveira admits that this time “you have to take more risks to be closer to the top”, especially because the times “They are very close.”
With six races already contested in the 2020 championship of the top speed motorcycle category, the Portuguese rider occupies the tenth position, with 48 points, 28 from the leader, the Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati).
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