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Perlumbaan pembuka tirai Kejuaraan Dunia MotoGP musim 2023 menyaksikan pelumba Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia cemerlang untuk merekodkan kemenangan pertama musim ini. 

Juara dunia MotoGP musim lalu itu menampilkan aksi konsisten untuk menang pusingan pertama diikuti Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) kedua dan Marco Bezzecchi (VR46) ketiga.

Bagaimanapun, aksi pembukaan kali ini terpalit dengan insiden kontroversi membabitkan lapan kali juara dunia, Marc Marquez.

Pelumba Repsol Honda itu brek terlalu awal di awal perlumbaan lalu hilang kawalan dan merempuh pelumba CryptoData RNF Aprilia, Miguel Oliveira. Kejadian itu menyebabkan kedua-dua pelumba tersingkir awal. 

Susulan daripada kejadian tersebut, Marquez akui akan kesilapannya. 

“Sejujurnya, saya tidak memikirkan tentang GP Argentina. Apa yang penting hari ini adalah saya harap Miguel (Oliveira) tidak apa-apa. 

“Saya melakukan kesilapan besar di Turn 3 dan menyebabkan kejadian hari ini berlaku,” jelasnya. 

Pada masa sama, Marquez akui dia risau akan keadaan Oliveira sejurus selepas perlanggaran itu. 

“Saya berjaya mengelak (Jorge) Marrtin tetapi tidak Miguel. Saya berasa cukup risau kerana rempuhan itu agak kuat,” tambahnya. 

Marquez juga telah ke kem RNF Aprilia bagi memohon maaf kepada Oliveira dan seluruh pasukan. 

Akibat daripada insiden itu, Marquez turut dikenakan ‘double long-lap penalty’ ketika di GP Argentina nanti. 

Dalam perkembangan sama, Marquez juga mengalami kecederaan di bahagian tangan dan kaki sementara Oliveira disahkan hanya mengalami lebam di bahagian kaki kanan. 

  • Miguel Oliveira will continue to ride for KTM in the 2020 MotoGP season.

  • He has so far impressed everyone this season.

  • He is currently in front of a number of more experienced men in the standings.

KTM secures Miguel Oliveira through the 2020 MotoGP season.

The Portuguese rookies has so far impressed everyone in the 2019 season, including veteran riders on the KTM RC16 MotoGP bike. He will continue to ride for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team next year.

He was riding further up the field in the season opener at Qatar but dropped down to 17that the finish after destroying his tyres. But he learned quickly and fought hard for 9thwith Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia and Pol Espargaro on the factory KTM, before settling for 11th. In Austin, Oliveira finished 14thbehind Johann Zarco on the factory KTM.

Oliveira came oh-so-close to winning the 2018 Moto2 championship, by winning 3 races and standing on the podium a total of 12 times. He would eventually end the season with just 9 points behind Francesco Bagnaia.

His results had him promoted to MotoGP right away, albeit to the Tech3 satellite team. But it didn’t matter, since both Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and Red Bull KTM Tech 3 Racing teams share the same factory-spec KTM RC16.

Oliveira is now 16thin the standings, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Ianone, Johann Zarco, Tito Rabat and teammate Hafizh Syahrin.

 

  • Miguel Oliveira telah memenangi perlumbaan Moto2 pertama bagi pasukan KTM di GP Australia.
  • Teman sepasukannya, Brad Binder, memperoleh penamat di atas podiumnya yang pertama di tempat ke-dua.
  • Tahun ini merupakan tahun pertama pasukan KTM dalam kelas Moto2.

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  • Miguel Oliveira wins KTM’s first Moto2 victory at the Australian GP.

  • Teammate Brad Binder claimed his first podium in second place.

  • It is KTM’s first year in Moto2.

  • Pictures courtesy of KTM.

Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder scored the top two podium finishes in the Moto2 race at the Australian GP yesterday, and a place in KTM’s record books.

Oliveira took the lead as soon as the lights went green and never looked back, even opening up a margin of six seconds at one point. Binder trailed in second place but was soon caught by championship leader Franco Morbidelli. The pair traded places with some aggressive moves until the rain flag waved just before the end. Binder held off Morbidelli for his first Moto2 podium in his first year in the intermediate class.

Brad Binder ahead of Franco Morbidelli, Australian Moto2 Race 2017

The Austrian manufacturer had decided to contest both Moto2 and MotoGP beginning this year (2017). But while Pol Espargaro and Bradly Smith have been posting encouraging mid-pack results on the RC16 in MotoGP, it’s Miguel Oliveira who has been knocking on the door for his first Moto2 win.

Oliveira, Binder and KTM Moto2 Team in Australia

Prior to the Australian GP, Oliveira had guided his KTM Moto2 bike to 6 podium finishes in its very first year in the class. In fact, KTM’s Moto2 effort got off to a flying start when the Portugese rider finished in fourth at the first race in Qatar, then following up with a second place in Argentina. He was on the podium again two races later in Jerez, Spain. More podium finishes came in Catalunya, Germany, Czech Republic, and Aragon.

In the sixteen races leading up to yesterday’s, Oliveira had finished out of the top ten only once in France, apart from two retirements in Austria and San Marino. He had also claimed two pole positions along the way.

 

Brad Binder, on the other hand, was the 2016 Moto3 champion, before moving up to the Red Bull Ajo Moto2 team to partner Oliveira this year. Fans would most probably remember Binder’s two victories after he started from dead last on grid!

Despite a difficult start to the season and injuries, the South African have been making steady progress since Round 11 in Austria.

Finishing 7th in Austria, Binder has since logged 9th in Great Britain, 4th in San Marino, 5th in Aragon, a DNF in Japan, and the second place in Australia yesterday.

With two rounds left in the 2017 Moto2 Championship, Miguel Oliveira now places third with 191 points, while Brad Binder is in tenths with 89 points.

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