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‘A sad finish to our home GP’, crash ‘not in our dreams’ - Oliveira

Miguel Oliveira suffered from an overheating Michelin front tyre during Sunday’s MotoGP race in Portimao, as he crashed out from the race he won six months ago.  Following a crash in qualifying that left Oliveira starting from the fourth row, Sunday wasn’t much better for the home hero who crashed out very early on at turn 14. "It was a sad finish to our home GP. Definitely not in our dreams, but we need to accept this ending and move forward," said the KTM rider.  "It was tricky for us as we overheated the front tyre very quickly and we got more movement than expected, and I ended up crashing in Turn 14.”  "I lost the rear brake and the bike on the right side...
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