the portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM RC 16) added to Thailand his second win of the season, but acknowledged that “It was a tough race from a mental point of viewall wet races are complicated because you can crash at any time”,
“But I was comfortable, Jack -Miller- forced me to be in attack mode until the last lap and that was also positive for me because at any time I was not relaxed,” he admitted.
“Jack is better than me on the brakesespecially in turns 1 and 3, that’s where he beat me, but I was able to cut him from turn 7 and I think he had better traction and he was closer to him and I followed him for a few laps to open a gap to ‘Pecco’ and in the end I found a chance to overtake him”, assured the Portuguese driver.
“At the beginning of last year I also easily found the rain setting and I think I only had a little advantage when we came from the dry and went into the wet, that in the first minutes I was quite fast, but in reality I think there is no explanation because obviously I wanted to be more. also competitive in the dry, but I also give success in the wet”, explained the KTM rider about his performance in wet conditions.
Miguel Oliveira will stop being a KTM rider at the end of the season to join the second Aprilia team, but he wants to highlight that he “showed good potential”. “It’s a shame that our story ends in Valencia, but I’m also happy for a new challenge next year.”
Source: La Verdad
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