After undergoing surgery just over ten days ago, Miguel Oliveira admitted this weekend that he doesn’t know for sure when he’ll be able to compete in MotoGP again. He started physiotherapy sessions this week, and pointed to the round in Valencia, the last of the championship, as the most plausible ‘for obvious reasons’.
Present at Estoril to watch the World Superbike Championship, Oliveira gave an update on the progress of his health to the SportTV microphones: ‘I’m fine. We started physiotherapy this week and took advantage of the first [week] to be as quiet as possible with my arm and now that I can go for a ride, I took advantage of the free time to come here to Estoril to watch the Superbikes’.
With regard to his prospects or predictions of when he might be back in competition, the Portuguese rider responded cautiously, as it’s still too early to pinpoint dates, although he did leave a wish in the air:
– My perspective would be as soon as possible, but it’s a bit early at the moment to say when my return might be, so at least at the last race in Valencia I’d like to be there, for obvious reasons, to embrace the new project on Tuesday and also to be able to say goodbye to the team.