News Details

Miguel Oliveira ‘not happy’ to miss out on factory KTM chance

Miguel Oliveira revealed that he was ‘not happy’ to be given the news that he would remain at the satellite Tech 3 KTM team for another year. The spot alongside Pol Espargaro will go to current KTM Moto2 junior racer Brad Binder, who was due to make the step up to the premier class for 2020 with Tech 3 initially. The remaining seat at the factory team was expected to go to either KTM test rider Mika Kallio or ‘17/18 rider Bradley Smith, but KTM decided instead to promote Binder straight into the berth-with Iker Lecuona filling his Tech 3 vacancy. Oliveira has performed well in his maiden MotoGP season, securing a best finish of eighth at the Austrian GP and regularly...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Brad Binder to replace Johann Zarco for 2020 as Iker...

KTM has announced a reshuffle in its MotoGP line-up for the 2020 season,...

Danilo Petrucci tops sodden MotoGP Motegi FP3 ahead of...

Danilo Petrucci topped a sodden third MotoGP practice session from Motegi...

Marc Marquez shoots to maiden Motegi premier class...

Marc Marquez flew to his maiden premier class Motegi pole position;...

Comments

comments powered by Disqus

2015 MGPToday.com
MGPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with MotoGP.