The 2024 season promises to be intense, especially for Miguel Oliveira, who is determined to once again show his winning potential in MotoGP. This year he has the most updated Aprilia bike, but that brings additional challenges even though the Portuguese believes that everyone is better prepared.
With a new team in name, there are some aspects that will be crucial to maintain stability, and that is exactly what happens with the team that accompanies Oliveira: ‘It’s good to reach the second year with the same team – technical staff – especially when we know that everything worked in the previous season. We certainly have some good support from Aprilia as well, and that is important.’
Oliveira also issued a warning and explained that his task will not be easy: ‘Having a factory bike is not easy and not everything will go smoothly, so we need that help. The staff is the same and that is something very good.’
Regarding Massimo Rivola’s statement that there would be more people from Aprilia with Trackhouse, the Portuguese was asked if he had any idea how things would work in his team’s garage with this “extra” help:
– Considering that all the people assigned on the factory side, all those who do background work, already gave us a hand last year and this season we will basically have the same support and probably some more people in the garage. These people will help ensure that things are done in terms of performance but also in managing the bike parts, and it is not easy to manage spare parts, especially for two types of bikes, especially when this happens in a team where there are different parts for the bikes.
And for #88 there are no doubts that now everyone will be better than in 2023: ‘I believe they are prepared. Aprilia has experience from past seasons, of what the challenges are in providing material to another team, and I believe they are much more prepared now than last season’.
