Miguel Oliveira says his Yamaha adaptation this MotoGP pre-season has been hindered by him “struggling totally on the braking level”.
Oliveira joins Pramac for the satellite tv for pc squad’s swap to Yamaha equipment in 2025, having beforehand ridden Aprilia and KTM bikes in his premier class tenure.
The Portuguese rider ended the Buriram check nineteenth on the timesheets, just below six tenths of a second behind Tenth-placed team-mate Jack Miller.
Whereas Miller has discovered his swap from KTM to Yamaha to be extra simple than anticipated, Oliveira admits he’s struggling to maximise braking efficiency on the M1 proper now.
“Struggling totally on the braking level, which I’m not in a position to actually get the utmost out of the bike,” he stated.
“However it takes time. The bike has a special method, which you don’t do in a single day, and this [Buriram] is essentially the most excessive observe the place you spend most time on the braking factors.
“So, not very best. However, I really feel I took an excellent step ahead.
“I solely did one time assault on the finish, so that you at all times have a bit of bit extra in you in that second tyre.
“We’ll depart it for the GP and I’d say we’re as prepared as we may be to return right here racing.”
On the Buriram check, manufacturing facility Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo says he was restricted by an absence of feeling from the entrance tyres obtainable.
However Oliveira says this wasn’t the explanation for his braking troubles.
“I don’t really feel a limitation from the tyre or the front-end of the bike,” he stated.
“It’s simply the way in which you must brake the place I’m actually struggling essentially the most.
“It’s true that our bike, you must mainly the lap time by attacking so much on the brakes as a result of on the exit, with the shortage of traction, we don’t achieve that a lot on the brand new tyre.
“So, you mainly should do all of it on the braking and that makes it more durable on the tyre for positive.”
