Miguel Oliveira: “I don’t make decisions about the future based on the money I make” – MotoGP

Miguel Oliveira spoke again about the future in MotoGP, now that he’s one of the few riders who doesn’t know where he’ll be racing in 2023. The rider from Almada began by explaining the relationship with KTM, which he represents until the end of 2022, and how things have changed. “At the beginning of the year I was expecting to renew the contract with KTM. And as the races progressed, they informed me of their intention to continue [na equipa] And we started thinking about a future agreement. But before the Mugello Grand Prix, they told us they had no place to offer me on the factory team,” he repeated in an interview with “PecinoGP” magazine conducted before the Dutch Grand Prix. He had doubts about its importance to KTM and left it too strong.” Comparisons are fair, and sometimes comparisons are unfair. In my opinion, you have to look beyond the results. I felt, and still think, that I was very valuable as a KTM rider, but their decision was to have a different rider. KTM’s decision is something I don’t have to agree with or understand. it is what it is. I don’t make decisions about the future based on the money I’m going to earn, my priority is to be in a competitive environment, on a team and on a bike,” the Aprilia-designated rider confirmed.

KTM Team Principal Francesco Guidotti offered him a spot at Tech3. Oliveira again clarified the choice of refusal.

“It was supposed to be a small team to promote Moto2 riders who were novices. Now it is a team where they bring in riders who believe in their ability to compete. I see myself as the best rider. Maybe it’s just arrogance, but I think that not many riders have won MotoGP races” , said the rider who won the Indonesian Grand Prix in 2022.