Slower… no. This is the advice that Miguel Oliveira assures he is not given by Giovanni Mattarollo, even though the approach must be adjusted between the Sprint race and the long race on Sunday.

After racing on Saturday, in the Sprint, the riders have to adapt to a longer and consequently slower race, with some of the mechanics’ bosses, according to Manuel Pecino, advising their riders to be more cautious in how they approach the race, something that is not strange to Miguel Oliveira, who replied: ‘No, because we already had that feeling with the previous format. We know that the races on Sundays are always slower, with less grip on the track after the Moto2 race, and we will now see if, with the Pirelli tires, that will change or not. […] we have much more things to manage and certainly the race lap times are slower’.

In the opinion of the Portuguese, however, that way of communicating or interacting is not the one that is communicated to him, certainly: ‘I don’t think that the approach of the mechanics’ bosses should be to be in the race with a slower posture, but we must be cautious, have everything under control, but we will go as fast as we can. I don’t know which mechanics’ boss told you that, but certainly mine doesn’t tell me to go slower [laughs]’.