Portuguese driver explained that it was “a detail”, but that made him “give up the race”.
The Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) withdrew today from the main race of the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix due to “a strange problem” in the front wheel of his motorcycle.
The pilot from Almada had to return to the pits on the sixth lap of the 10th race of the season due to vibrations in the front axle.
As explained by the RNF team in a statement, it was the small weights used to calibrate the wheel that jumped and made the bike “undriveable”.
“I was fast all weekend, but we had a little problem during the race, a strange problem to be honest”, stressed Miguel Oliveira.
The Portuguese driver explained that it was “a detail”, but that made him “give up the race”.
“The weights that calibrate the front wheel came off and, because of that, I couldn’t get enough pressure on the brakes due to vibration and I had to stop earlier because of that”, he concluded.
The problem also affected Miguel Oliveira’s teammate, the Spaniard Augusto Fernandez, who retired on the penultimate lap.
The Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) was the winner, now having a lead of 62 points in the championship.
2023-08-20 22:02:05
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