Miguel Oliveira was the top rider of CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team this weekend at the Australia GP, in a result that even surprised the team as the portuguese didn’t have the best feelings with the bike.

CryptoDATA’s RNF MotoGP Team Manager spoke of sunday at Australia, which had it’s Sprint race cancelled, at the same time he said it was good to antecipate the main race:

– Phillip Island finished early as the Sprint has been cancelled. Of course, it’s a good call to do the main Race on Saturday as it’s been raining cats and dogs on Sunday. I would have personally loved to see them going out, but there’s a lot of risk with the winglets, the fast speed of the MotoGP bikes and the carbon brakes would not get the temperature that they should have, so the decision was wise to stop the Sprint race from going ahead on sunday.

He them spoke of the team’s best rider on the only race that took place at Phillip Island: ‘The weekend has not been fantastic, Miguel struggled a lot to get a feeling with the bike, but he finished in P13 in the race yesterday [saturday] which was better than expected’.

O conteúdo Miguel Oliveira had a result in Australia that was ‘better than expected’, admitted Wilco Zeelenberg aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Controversial interview with Wilco Zeelenberg before the main race of the MotoGP Indonesian GP. When asked about the feelings of the CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team riders before the Indonesian race, the team manager seemed to refer to Miguel Oliveira as ‘girl’. This is something he has since denied and clarified.

The controversial talk happened on the official broadcast before the start of the race (as the broadcast was showing the fighter jets flying over the circuit), and we provide the transcription here:

Simon Crafar (reporter): ‘Wilco, can you give us an idea how Raúl [Fernández] and Miguel feeling going into this one?’.

Simon Crafar

Wilco Zeelenberg: ‘I have no idea about the girl, but Raúl feels very well’.

Wilco Zeelenberg

After the race, RNF MotoGP Team published a statement in which Zeelenberg explained his words: ‘During the pre-race interview with MotoGP some people think that my comment about the «girl» was about Miguel. But that is wrong, when you see the video of the interview, you can see that I’m talking about the grid girl who was standing next to us. I would never talk negative about our riders. I hope this clears things up’.

O conteúdo Wilco Zeelenberg «under fire» assures he didn’t call Miguel Oliveira a ‘girl’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

This Indian GP had another strong performance from the CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team duo that clearly left Wilco Zeelenberg excited about. Raul Fernandez was the highlight of this sunday, while Miguel Oliveira amassed a few points also.

The Team Manager of the CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team was ‘happy’ with the performance shown, on a new track: ‘We’ve just finished our first race here on Indian soil and we were quite happy honestly with the track layout and with the performance of the whole grid. Of course, it’s not an easy weekend when you come to a new track’.

He didn’t forgot the bikes of the riders also had some issues, which wasn’t seen before, while still praising the overall result of the team, where Raul Fernandez was the one to stand out the most: ‘The guys and also the bikes were not really as good as we had it in Misano and Barcelona. But we have both boys in the points, a 10th for Raul, which is very positive. Last time, we were sixth and eighth and now 10th and 12th, which means good points’.

Zeelenberg yet said it wasn’t a result to be super excited about, despite being positive, and is already looking at the next race in Japan: ‘Anyway, this is not something to celebrate like crazy, but both riders finished a heavy race like this is very important. So, we keep this experience for next year. Let’s focus on Motegi now, where we are actually building up already in three days. Job done here, so we can go forward to the next event’.

O conteúdo ‘We are happy with the performance but this is this is not something to celebrate like crazy’ – Wilco Zeelenberg aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team had secured today the best ever result overall for their team in MotoGP after Miguel Oliveira finished the San Marino GP in sixth place, while Raul Fernandez was eighth, leaving Wilco Zeelenberg naturally proud with both riders, highlighting the competitiveness that can happen if two major things combine.

The Team Manager of RNF recalled how important such results are for the team, which is debuting this season with a partnership with Aprilia: ‘We finished sixth and eighth in Misano and we’re very happy with these results. Of course, having a very strong results with both boys always means a lot. We jumped up two positions for the team, which is very important’.

He then got to look at the riders performance, starting with the spaniard: ‘Raul had a good pace all weekend and he did a very strong race which we are very proud of. He made a good step; his previous best was P10 and today’s result in P8 is fantastic’, before speaking of the portuguese:

– Meanwhile, Miguel struggled a little bit this week compared to Barcelona, but he had a great start and a good pace, and earning P6 is a very good result for him.

Zeelenberg then made point of saying that the fact that Fernandez and Oliveira started off well and then pushed consistently was key: ‘This is something that we should not forget at the moment; if you have a good start and a good pace everything is possible. It is positive vibes throughout the team today, so we continue with the test tomorrow as we have many things to do. And once we finished this, we will start our seven-header overseas and later be back in Europe for Valencia’.

O conteúdo Wilco Zeelenberg thrilled with best ever result for RNF duo: ‘If you have a good start and a good pace everything is possible’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.