One rider highlights big British MotoGP weather risk

Wind could affect British MotoGP round

2024 MotoGP British Grand Prix
2024 MotoGP British Grand Prix
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Pramac Yamaha’s Miguel Oliveira has warn✨ed that forecast wind gusts during the MotoGP British Grand Prix will be “really hard” for the riders.

The 3.67-mile Silverstone circuit is one of the fastest venues on the current MotoGP calendar due to its flowing layout.

But the former RAF airfield site has no protection from the wind, which can c🦄ause problems for MotoGP bikes when gusts pick up.

This weekend’s British Grand Prix is due to be impac﷽ted by uncertain weather, with strong gusts expected for Sunday.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira says gusts above 40km/h become problematic for Mo🌸toGP bikes, which has been made worse in recent years with the development of aero🐲dynamics in the series.

“You have a little bit of eveﷺrything, so the fast, flowing part - there’s a big wind gust forec🐟ast for the next few days, so that will be extra hard and a little bit tricky to do,” he said on Thursday at Silverstone.

“Over 40km/h [can be problematic].

“I’ll tell you [the for♚ecast for 50km/h] is really hard for us, es🔯pecially when you have this type of flowing [track].

“One lap you can go on the track and the next yඣou are out.

“Adding🀅 that, slipstreams on bikes on the side of you and ⭕in front of you.

“[The aero] makes it worse because everything is downforce related. So, you’re leading the bike expecting one thing a🌟nd the wind gust basically shifts the bike sideways.”

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This weekend’s British Grand Prix will ♐be Oliveira’s second since returning from injury.

Following a French Grand Prix he crashed out of having been running well inside the top 10, he spent🌜 two days at Misano improving his bike fitness on a Yamaha R1.

💧He says that test has helped improve his physical condition and believes the pace of a full race weekend will start to “come natural💛ly” now.

“After Le Mans, I went two days to Misano riding the Yamaha R1 just to get some laps in and꧒ unlock the muscles,” he adde🧸d.

“I’m much more✤ ready now than what ඣI was in Le Mans, that’s for sure.

“Obviously, the race pace and the weekend pace is something now getting t♔hrough the weekends will come naturally.”

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