SuperBike Magazine September 2020

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Hervé Poncharal thanking his number one
rider after Oliveira gave them their first ever
Grand Prix win from some 40 years of trying
as a satelite outfit
like a dream come true. I will
need some time now to realize
what has happened these last
weeks.”
Miguel Oliveira
Hervé Poncharal, Red Bull
KTM Tech3 Team Principal:
“What an incredible
day, incredible emotions! It
is something like forty years
we’ve been in this business
and we never won a MotoGP
race. Today our dream came
true. Here in Austria, which
is in front of our title sponsor
Red Bull, in front of the KTM
management, our manufacturer.
I would like also to
dedicate this victory to Miguel
because he has been pushing
a lot. Year one was not easy;
he was injured the second
half of the season. We’ve been
fast since the beginning of
this year, the bike improved,
he improved. Now we’ve done
it. I’m very proud to see two
KTMs on the rostrum. Clearly,
this is now one of the bikes to
beat. So let’s celebrate tonight
and let’s hope there will be
some other exciting days like
today.”