It has always been advocated to comply with the hierarchies, to reach the top after having overcome all the steps one by one. However, it is not that it has become a trend, but rather a more common movement than expected, that of jump two steps at once to get to the top. The most recent case was that of Darryn Binder, who after seven seasons in Moto3 moved up directly to MotoGP, until the World Superbikes has simulated the play with a Oliver Konig which presents a much more peculiar case. the czech, 19 years old, will compete in the Orelac Kawasaki together with the best derivative motorcycle riders after, simply, haber flirted with the SSP300. Because he didn’t even complete an entire course in that discipline.
The young pilot had his first World Cup appearances during the 2019 season. He was presented as a promise and at the end of 2021 where he also made an appearance on some stages, he did not drive full time, he convinced of his abilities with the 11th position overall despite several absences and his first podium in SSP300. He arrived at his home track, a Most Autodrome, to which he vwill return with the Kawasaki ZX-10RR as the youngest rider in the entire premier class since he will be 20 years old a few weeks before the start of the course and, furthermore, he will also be the first Czech to play a full-time campaign in SBK since Ondrej Jezek in 2018.
After becoming a pilot in the highest category of drift motorcycles, König describes his rise as “a dream come true” who is still having a hard time assimilating: “I still can’t believe I’ve taken this step. I’m very happy with this step, with this contract. My thanks to the Orelac team, to all those who have believed and trusted me; I hope to do well and have a good progression”. His arrival at the Spanish structure that he directs José Calero leaves out Isaac Viñales, Well, they only have one Kawasaki on the track. The Spanish leader, for his part, highlighted the philosophy of a group that “has been configured in recent years as a platform for young international talents” and since “Oliver is one of them”, his signing argues a line of work where they will seek that their new star “is stronger in each race”.