Miguel Oliveira stated he encountered a mysterious drawback together with his second tire throughout his second WorldSBK observe session in Portugal.
Oliveira had a good day on the primary day’s timesheets at Portimao, ending 0.7 seconds off the quickest Sam Lowes, however simply over 0.3 seconds off third-placed Jari Montella.
The BMW rider then advised that his place may have been higher in FP2 if there had been no drawback together with his second tire.
“General it was day, however one the place the positions did not mirror our work or our potential,” Miguel Oliveira informed WorldSBK.com after FP2.
“We had session within the afternoon, particularly the primary stint with the primary set of tires.
“That wasn’t the issue, I felt fairly quick, however one thing occurred on the second tire.
“I do not know if it was tire-related or one thing else, however I simply could not get lap. It was irritating.
“With very best lap instances, I may have been within the high 5 in simply the primary stint.
“We have been solely three-and-a-halfths off first place, so it displays what was attainable, however for some purpose we could not obtain it within the second stint.
“The bike feels okay, simply wants some small changes to make it extra pleasant in some corners.
“However I feel it is attainable. We simply have to get it to a spot the place we are able to make it occur.”
Saturday morning’s qualifying shall be necessary for the Portuguese rider, as Oliveira’s Superbike World Championship debut was marred by a crash at Superpole in Australia.
“After what occurred in Australia, the aim is unquestionably going to be one lap in qualifying,” he joked.
“However I am fairly relaxed going into the race. I’ve already accomplished a number of laps with the SCX tires right here on the take a look at, so I’ve a good suggestion of how the tires behave, so I feel it’s going to be fantastic.”
“All we have to do is be ready to get essentially the most out of the tires on that run.”
