Oliveira and team-mate Brad Binder scored a victory apiece in 2021, but found the season largely difficult as their RC16 MotoGP bike didn’t evolve as much as some of KTM’s competitors.
KTM made a low-key start to the 2022 season on the opening day of testing in Malaysia, with Tech3 rookie Raul Fernandez the marque’s leading representative in 13th ahead of Binder and 16th-placed Oliveira.
Both Binder and Oliveira also had crashes on Saturday at Sepang, but the latter was generally pleased with the day even if he doesn’t think the new KTM is ready yet.
“The feeling is nice, it could have been a little bit better because the new bike has a lot of potential but it’s still not completely ready,” Oliveira said.
“And I feel we still have some speed and feeling to find. But overall, it was ok, I did a good amount of laps, good laps.
“We started the day with a few issues, but were able to sort them quickly.
“It was not the best strategy to find a good lap at the end,…
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