Miguel Oliveira gives first impressions of “very different” Pramac Yamaha

“It’s ver𓄧y, very different from▨ what I was used to”

Miguel Oliveira, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test
Miguel Oliveira, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test

After spending six-years riding European V4-powered MotoGP machines at KTM and Aprilia,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Miguel Oliveira made his Pramac Yamaha debut꧑ at Tuesday’s Barcelona test.

No sooner had Pramac won the world title in their final race with Jorge Mar🤡tin and Ducati, than the team began morphing into their new Yamaha era with Oliveira and Jack Miller.

The Portuguese, who took a best finish of third (in the Sachsenring Sprint) for Trackhou🐽se this season, completed 60 laps of t🎉he Catalunya circuit on the factory-spec M1.

“It was very, very different from what I was💞 used to for sure,” Oliveira said.

“Especially in the braking phase it's super different. But Iܫ have to say it was also a bike that is straight away, very rider friendly.

“The bike give🌸s you good feedback to tell you where the wheels are, and that's super import.”

But the five time MotoGP wi𒐪nner emphasised that the fastest bike is not normally the most comfortable.

“We're not looking for really comfort or having a bike that𝄹 is friendly to the rider, but a bike that is fast and I ♚think we're going to get an opportunity to work on that for sure,” he said.

Miguel Oliveira, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test
Miguel Oliveira, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test

Oliveira’♌s best time put him 17th on the testing timesheets, 1.335s from leader Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and 0.939s from the fastest M1 of factory Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo.

“It was just a good setup day I would say,” O⛦liveira continued.

“We had many Yamaha engineers in the garage to help the team make a smooth transition into the new𒊎💮 bike, new software and everything else.

“I also clicked very well with my new crew chief and data guy.𓄧 We're going to make more steps forwards during the Winter tests for sure.”

Asked to pinpoint one area where he would like to improve, Oliveira replied: “Braking. That's ♚it,” a♔dding that he meant stability of the bike under deceleration.

Yamaha has a ꧋new V4 engine on t🎶he horizon, but the 29-year-old avoided any in-depth comparisons between the V4s he has raced so far in his MotoGP career and the current M1 Inline4.

“It has positives and it has some things that need to be i♚mproved,” Oliveira said of the present engin♐e.

Miller, barred from speaking to the medi🌄a due to his KTM contract, was 22nd fastest, 2.2s from Alex Marquez.

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