MotoGP race winner Miguel Oliveira and two-time BSB Champion Kyle Ryde have taken to the monitor collectively on the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve.
The 2 have been each on-track with new equipment within the Algarve, at a monitor day hosted by No Limits.
Oliveira was out on an all-black BMW M1000 RR that he first rode in Jerez final week (26–27 November) as he continues his adaptation to the Bavarian bike, whereas Ryde was aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 S which in fact shares a lot of its specification with the V4 R Ryde will race in BSB subsequent 12 months.
In a means, the 2 using collectively in Portugal is a glance into an alternate timeline, Ryde having competed within the Purple Bull Rookies Cup and CEV Moto3 championship between 2011–2013 when Oliveira was starting his profession within the World Championship with Estrella Galicia Honda after which Mahindra.
As it’s, the 2 have by no means competed in opposition to one another and have not often, if ever, ridden collectively, however Oliveira’s transition from the MotoGP paddock to World Superbike brings him nearer to Ryde’s sphere in 2026.
The 2 are in fact set for very completely different campaigns subsequent 12 months, Ryde trying to develop into the primary rider to win three consecutive BSB titles since Niall Mackenzie gained his third straight title in 1998; whereas Oliveira will likely be making his first marketing campaign in World Superbike in a BMW crew that has tasted virtually unprecedented success previously two seasons with 39 victories taken by the crew between Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael van der Mark, in addition to two titles for the previous.
