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New Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider and Brad Binder talk up 2021 hopes.

New Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Miguel Oliveira believes that the team has a bike capable of winning consistently in 2021 as both him and teammate Brad Binder gear up for battle in the FIM MotoGP World Championship season opener at the Qatar GP on March 28.

The 26-year-old racer from Almada picked up his first two MotoGP wins last season at the Styrian GP and home Portuguese GP, which convinced team bosses that he was the man to replace Spaniard Pol Espargaró alongside Binder - who also picked up his maiden win at the Czech GP.

With everyone hoping for a longer season than the 14 races that occurred in a COVID-19 hit 2020 schedule, the duo have the tools to take on the likes of reigning champion Joan Mir, his Suzuki teammate Álex Rins, six-time Repsol Honda champion Marc Márquez, Ducati's Jack Miller and a potent quartet of Yamaha riders in Franco Morbidelli, Maverick Viñales, Fabio Quartararo and seven-time champion Valentino Rossi.

Here is what the riders and team bosses had to say ahead of the 2021 season opener: