Brad Binder says former team-mate Miguel Oliveira is “too quick to not be right here” in MotoGP and hopes “one thing will pop up” for the Portuguese.
Oliveira is dealing with an unsure future after shedding his Pramac Yamaha seat for 2026.
At current, his solely rumoured MotoGP possibility is a potential Aprilia check and wild-card position, leaving a swap to World Superbikes trying more and more doubtless.
“I’ve had Miguel as a team-mate for a few years, and when this man is on fireplace, he is insane. On his day, he is unbelievable,” mentioned Binder.
“So it is actually unhappy to see the state of affairs he is in proper now.
“However actually, I really feel like for positive there’s one thing for him on the market. One thing will pop up. He is too quick to not be right here, for positive.
“So I actually hope he finds one thing and he finds his confidence once more and the great feeling that he is had up to now, as a result of I am positive the outcomes are simply across the nook.”
The pair have been team-mates in Moto3 and Moto2 earlier than being reunited on the manufacturing facility KTM MotoGP squad in 2021-2022.
Oliveira stays KTM’s most profitable rider by way of victories, with 5 wins on the RC16, together with Tech3’s solely MotoGP victories in 2020.
After two seasons as a satellite tv for pc RNF/Trackhouse Aprilia rider, Oliveira was paired with Jack Miller at Pramac this season.
Nevertheless, Yamaha’s early transfer to signal WorldSBK star Toprak Razgatlioglu meant one among them wanted to depart for 2026.
After lacking three rounds because of harm, Oliveira has recovered health and brought his finest Yamaha outcomes with ninth locations on the final two rounds, however stays final of the M1 riders within the championship rankings.
Oliveira’s WorldSBK choices embody manufacturing facility race seats at BMW and Yamaha.
