The Sprint race of the Italian MotoGP Grand Prix lasted less than two laps for Miguel Oliveira, who crashed out at turn 10 following a collision with Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha).
However, even before the incident, things were not going smoothly for the Portuguese rider. Starting from 11th on the grid, he was unable to deactivate the ride height adjustment device.
As a result, Oliveira lost several positions and dropped to 16th, forcing him to make a comeback. He explained that changes made to the bike were the cause of the problems with the device:
– We tried something in the morning, it didn’t work, so I qualified on my bike with Friday’s setting which wasn’t perfect. So for the race we did a couple of changes that included a harder front spring. And that made it difficult to disengage into the turn 1. But we’ll have a look.