“What happened to Jorge Martin made me take a more cautious approach”

Jorge Mar♕tin’s injury woes promꦗpted a ‘cautious approach’ from Miguel Oliveira during his MotoGP return at Le Mans.

Miguel Oliveira
Miguel Oliveira

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira took ‘a more cautious approach’ to his MotoGP ꦰre🍸turn at Le Mans, after witnessing Jorge Martin’s nightmare injury comeback in Qatar.

Oliveira,💯 who missed three rounds due to a shoulder injury in Argentina, was pr♕esent in the Lusail paddock when reigning champion Martin made his long-awaited Aprilia grand prix debut.

But the Spaniard’s weekend ended in disaster when, after a competitiv🙈e pace for🎃 the opening ten laps, his times rose by one second before crashing out of 17th place on lap 14.

Falling directly in front of Fabio di Giannantonio, Martin - whose Aprilia future is now inꦍ doubt - suffered eleven rib fractures as well as lung damage, forcing him to stay in Qatar until deemed fi💞t enough to fly.

Miguel Oliveira admits caution after Jorge Martin injury

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

Asked in an interview with sponsor Estrella Galicia if Martin's crash had prom🐭pted a 'rethink' about returning at Jerez, rather than waiting for Le Mans, the Pramac Yamaha ride🎀r replied:

“I had thought about coming ♔back earlier [at Jerez], b♍ut I simply didn’t do it because of physical limitations - not because Martin may have come back too soon.

“That said, what happened tꦑo Martin did make me take a 🃏more cautious approach to returning at Le Mans, always making solid progress.

“I didn’t try to do more than my body allo🤡wed, so that frustration wouldn’t get in my 𝕴way.

“Seeing what ꩲMartín went through from the outside helped me, no doubt abo✱ut it.”

The𓂃 likes of Marc Marquez had previously encouragꦓed Jorge Martin to take his time before attempting a MotoGP return.

“Ye𒁃s, it’s easy to say from the outside, but I can’t really imagine it - because I’ve never been in his posit✤ion, as a world champion with the number one on the front of the bike, being the reference rider,” Oliveira added.

“Being in that spot naturally makes you want to speed things up, but you can’t skip stepsꦑ.

“If you try, there are🐓 some chances of hitting some rough patches along t🧸he way.

ꦗ“From my own experience coming back from injuries, what I’ve lea🐽rned is that you simply can’t try to skip any part of the process.”

While Martin’s next comeback date remains TBC, Oliveira qualified and finished 20th in the Sprint at Le Man🐎s.

He then ran as high as second in the grand prix, after correctly fitt𝓡ing wet tyres for the start, but was caught out at the same final corner as team-mate Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo, on lap 19 of 26.

“It was a surprise because I wasn’t really checking my positio🌸n, but I realised I was in second when Marc overtook me,” Oliveira said.

“I started doing the math and 𝔍thought, ‘maybe I’ve got a good chance to score points’. But in such tough conditions, with so little grip, it was hard just to make it to the finish.”

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This year’s move to Pramac Yamaha 🤪marks Olive🐷ira’s third different manufacturer after starting his career at KTM, then spending two seasons with Aprilia.

“Honestly, from the very first test last year in Barcelona, I realised I was joining a really great team on a human l🐷evel,” Oliveira said.

“The way everything is organised is just incredible, and it becomes clear very quickly why they’ve been world champions [with Martin and Ducati last year]. They’ve bu🙈ilt a top-level team - people really make the diffe𒁃rence - and that’s why they’ve achieved such great results in recent years.

“What they’re trying to build with Yamaha is solid and 🔜highly ambitious. You can also see that Yamaha is fully committed, and that gives a rider a huge sense of motivation and excitement about what lies ahead.

“Right now, we know the bike isn’t quite ready to deliver the results we’re aiming for, but we’re on an upward path. We’re highly motivated and really excited about this p🌸roject going forw🍌ard.”

Looking ahead to this weekend’s British MotoGP, Oliveira added: “My expectations are to feel increasingly comfortable on the bike and to build even more trust in what I‘m capable of𒅌 doing."

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