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’.