“I found out right on Christmas Day. My manager Miloš ihák gave me the best gift for Christmas,” König said during Thursday’s online press conference, where he signed a one-year contract with home to Orelac Kawasaki.

The Czech youth had already tried the Superbike World Championship at the end of last season during the race in Indonesia.

“Even though the World Championship stars overtook me, I think I made good progress during the race weekend. All the boys riding there are my role models. I will really enjoy racing,” said the nice young man. “Even if it’s a big jump, it makes sense. A liter motorbike suits me and I’m sure I can do it.”

As the first rider in history, he leapfrogged the “big” supersports class and jumped straight from the 300 Supersports World Championship to superbike. “I am very lucky with the people around me. They trust me and have given me such an opportunity. I will try to make the most of it,” said the rider who will become the youngest rider on the superbike grid this year.

As a Czech pilot, he was, of course, most looking forward to the domestic Grand Prix. “This is a beautiful track that I really enjoy, and maybe we will show good results there,” said the rider who just entered the Most last year in the 300 supersport category.

“Last year, together with Autoklub R, we managed to win the Superbike World Championship for the Czech Republic, so the continued involvement of the Czech representatives in the highest class is the best news we can hope for. Oliver did very well in the Most last year, he is a rider top board. ,” added Josef Zajíček, Chairman of the Autodrome Most Board.

Driving manager Miloš ihák and new team boss Jose Calero claim that König is the ideal type for a superbike machine. “I started slowly again. The motor has more than 200 hp and weighs almost the same. It’s like a rocket on wheels or I call it a time machine,” said the Czech racer.

König has something to develop in the first season. During his debut, he impressed the superbike team bosses with their performances. In the superpole qualifiers, he finished less than three seconds behind new champion Toprak Razgatliogl. And he lost just 0.6 seconds to penultimate Spaniard Tito Rabat, the Moto2 champion and former MotoGP rider.

“My goal is to leave the season unscathed and have gradual progress. In the beginning, the team was primarily interested in progress, not results,” explains König, who is also considering another start at the World Endurance Championship.

“Kawasaki is gathering data. They saw Oliver accelerate on his literary motorbike in heavy rain over the weekend. Although he didn’t drive much in training. Oliver had to finish the race at the start of the season.

König hasn’t been able to train at 100 percent because his hand is in a cast. After falling during training, he had a chipped bone in his right hand. “It actually happened in a very long time, when it wouldn’t really affect the preparations much,” he said.