Miguel Oliveira\u2019s final MotoGP race as a full-time rider takes place this weekend (14\u201316 November) at the Valencia Grand Prix, but the 30-year-old is unfazed by the situation.<\/p>\n
Oliveira will join BMW\u2019s World Superbike<\/a> project next year alongside Danilo Petrucci<\/a>, with his first test scheduled for 26\u201327 November.<\/p>\n The Portuguese rider experienced his final home race as a full-time MotoGP<\/a> rider last week, and says the experience in Portimao will make this weekend\u2019s Valencian race comparatively straightforward.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter all the emotions I experienced during the Portim\u00e3o weekend, racing in Valencia will feel like a walk in the park,\u201d Miguel Oliveira<\/a> said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will definitely be an easier week in terms of pressure and emotions, even though this will officially be my last MotoGP race.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cI feel good about it, and I hope I can deliver a strong performance and fight for some solid points.\u201d<\/p>\n Miller: \u201cWe\u2019ve learned a lot\u201d<\/p>\n Jack Miller<\/a>\u2019s Yamaha MotoGP journey will enter a new phase in 2026, with Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/a> joining the Pramac Yamaha<\/a> squad in Oliveira\u2019s stead, and with the V4 engine tested throughout 2025 by Augusto Fernandez seemingly likely to replace the inline-four YZR-M1 campaigned full-time by the factory until this year.<\/p>\n Reflecting on his first season with Yamaha, Miller says it\u2019s been an \u201cinteresting\u201d 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2018m looking forward to racing in Valencia and wrapping up what has been a very interesting first season with Yamaha,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2018ve had some highs and lows, but I think we\u2018ve learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Valencia is a circuit that has been the location of some tough moments in Miller\u2019s career, notably losing the Moto3 title to Alex Marquez in 2014, but he\u2019s also been strong there \u2013 finishing second to Franco Morbidelli after last lap battle in 2020, and third behind Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cValencia is a track where I\u2018ve always done pretty well,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n \u201cI really enjoy racing here, and I\u2018m curious to see what we can achieve.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully, we can start from a good base right from the beginning and keep improving throughout the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miguel Oliveira\u2019s final MotoGP race as a full-time rider takes place this weekend (14\u201316 November) at the Valencia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,3557,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-281788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-miguel-oliveira","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}