The RNF Aprilia rider was wiped out by Marc Marquez on the☂ third grand prix lap of the season-opener in Portimao, causing injuries to both men ꦑwhich meant they skipped the MotoGP Argentina.

Oliveira now expects to🅰 return for the third round in Aus🐠tin, Texas, while Marquez remains unconfirmed.

"I'm obviously excited and happy to be able to fly to🍨 Texas," Oliveira said. 

"It was annoying for me to miss the grand prix in Argentina, now I'm looking forward to the restart and✨ working with t🌞he team.

"I'm curious to see how this bike behaves on tꦕhe🏅 track in Austin."

"COTA hasn't been an 🍨easy track for me in the past, so I hope we can turn this situation around this year 🐬and start the weekend strongly. 

“It 🔯would be nice if I could score points inไ the sprint and in the race on Sunday.

That🅠 would a🐎lso be very important after the three zeros in the last three competitions. Overall, I'm really excited about the coming weekend."

Oliveira suffered injuries to his right leg in the🍸 collision with Marquez in Portimao.