Miguel Oliveira says coming back from injury to finish fifth in Austin was like a 'small victory' for him. The Aprilia rider was left with tendon damage when he was taken out by Marc Marquez in the Portuguese GP last month. MotoGP
The Portuguese rider was wiped out of a podium position on the third lap of last month’s opening round of the 2023 season at the Algarve International Circuit.
Building on his eighth in the sprint, Oliveira took the chequered flag just over a second behind factory Aprilia counterpart Maverick Vinales in the grand prix in fifth. Oliveira says he struggled with his tendon injury, but it really didn’t make that much of a difference to him as his entire body was in pain after a physically demanding weekend at COTA.
He took the chequered flag in fourth place having shown pace strong enough to fight for the podium, but blames a set-up issue with his clutch for costing him at the start.
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