Miguel Oliveira’s race at the MotoGP Indonesian GP was compromised by a collision with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) when he was running in eighth place. The CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team rider went off the track after the contact and dropped down the standings, managing to recover only to 12th. Meanwhile, the South African rider received his second penalty in the race.
The Portuguese rider said that without the incident he could have finished in the top ten: ‘The race anyway, I made a wrong rear tyre choice, but still I think I could have a top ten result. I just got a little help by Brad to go into the gravel, but that’s it. I think he got a penalty for it’.
Despite believing the rules were followed, Oliveira suggested a penalty system similar to the double yellow card in football: ‘I think the FIM stewards followed the protocol for sure, but I think if you get the same penalty twice during the race you should have a little bit stronger penalties, because it pays off somehow. It would be like the second yellow card in a football match: you get a red one and you are out. Probably there are something that can be improved in protocol. Anyway, it shouldn’t happen during the race that you get a penalty for doing such a manouver, but still in extreme cases like Sunday in Indonesia it could be not too bad to think about it’.