Portuguese believes that this project “is not only ambitious and competitive”, but “that also has a significant impact on the championship and the motorcycling industry”.
Portuguese pilot Miguel Oliveira will compete in a championship with bikes derived from standard, after 14 years in the World Cup, half of which in the Queen category, MotoGP, confirmed the BMW team on Tuesday.
Miguel Oliveira joins the Italian Danilo Petrucci, who has also passed the MotoGP and all-terrain (played the 2022 Dakar), replacing Turkish Toprak Razgatlioglu, who will take his place in the Pramac Yamaha in 2026.
“Combining the BMW family in the Superbike World Championship is an exciting step in my career,” said the Portuguese pilot, quoted by the German brand statement.
Miguel Oliveira believes this project “It’s not just ambitious and competitive“, but” which also has a significant impact on the championship and the motorcyclist industry. “
“Being involved with a new team, working alongside strong partners and embracing a new championship format gives me a great motivation to continue to always do my best,” he said.
Miguel Oliveira’s career
The 30 -year -old Caparica pilot, began his career in the World Championship in 2011 in the then category of 125cc.
In 2012 it remained in the lowest category, when it moved to four-stroke engines and began to designate Moto3. In 2015 he was runner-up, losing the title to Briton Danny Kent.
Between 2016 and 2018, the Portuguese played the Moto2 World Cup, in which he was also runner-up in 2018, losing only to the Italian Francesco Bagnaia, who would go to MotoGP champion in 2022 and 2023.
At the World Cup, where they compete for prototypes, Miguel Oliveira won 17 wins out of a total of 41 podiums, nine of them in the Queen category, MotoGP, where he won five races (Estyria and Algarve in 2020, Catalonia, in 2021, Indonesia and Thailand in 2022), always with KTM.
“We are very pleased to welcome you”
BMW Motorrad Motorsport director Sven Blusch has already welcomed the Portuguese rider.
“We are very pleased to welcome Miguel Oliveira as a new factory pilot of our Rokit BMW Motorrad Worldsbk Team. Miguel has shown impressively throughout his career, which belongs to the group of the most talented and versatile riders of his generation. With wins in the three major categories, including five MotoGP, brings valuable experience and a high level of professionalism to our level Project, “he said.
The Luso pilot will double with Danilo Petrucci, which Sven Blusch considers it to be “strong and competitive”.
“The two already know each other well. This configuration takes us the opportunity to take the next steps in our development and further reinforce BMW Motorrad Motorsport ambitions at Worlddsbk. The whole team is very excited to work with it,” he said.
Currently, BMW seeks to renew the title of Pilots with Toprak Razgatlioglu and fight for the builders.
