Miguel Oliveira has been the involuntary protagonist of the day. At the Grand Prix at his home, in Portugal, the national hero was rammed by Marc Márquez in a controversial action, and without the opportunity to return to the track, he remained lying on the ground after the serious bet.
Although it has finally been confirmed that the Portuguese driver has no injury (just like Marc Márquez does), the accident has raised all kinds of suspicions. Oliveira, as the main victim of the coup, He has limited himself to assessing his physical situation and how he experienced the accident, but nothing about Márquez.
About 93 he commented: “Márquez has gone beyond the limit, I have nothing more to say”. The answer given by Marc was also explained to the Portuguese, arguing that it was a brake problem that prevented him from stopping his RC213V before impacting the Aprilia RS-GP, to which he replied: “I don’t think I had a problem with the brakes. If you know you have one, stop first.”
Although he has not commented on it, by the way in which he has expressed himself both in his words and by his facial expression, everything seemed to indicate that he was upset with Marc Márquez despite the fact that the man from Cervera was concerned about his state of health and repeatedly asked for forgiveness.
This mentions about his physical condition: “My right leg hurts, but nothing is broken, which is quite positive considering the blow I received. Now I understand the blow looking at the images, it was strange.
Oliveira reflects on the incident after watching the recordings: “Marc certainly came in last, he was beyond the limit and there is nothing more to say. He dodged Martín, but after that there was a slow right hander and I was there”.
The pilot ran the first round at home, and it ended with a bitter taste for him and his fans: “I didn’t expect my home GP to end after two laps, it’s a shame. But we can be proud of the progress made after the very difficult Friday we had. Qualifying was good and I touched the podium with my fingers in the sprint race”.
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In addition, he says that he saw himself on the podium with the good pace on the Aprilia, but now he can only think about the next Argentine GP: “Today I had a good start and was second, so it was a good opportunity to get on the podium. I have severe bruises on my right hip, I will do my best to be fit for Argentina next weekend.”