Jack Miller reveals what he thinks ‘every time’ Pramac fit a new tyre on his Yamaha bike

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Jack Miller debuted in MotoGP back in 2015 yet will experience a first in the Grand Prix of Thailand when the new Pramac rider races on a Yamaha bike for the very first time.

The Australian has 10 seasons of premier class racing under his belt yet he had never ridden a Yamaha. Honda placed Miller at LCR and Marc VDS for his first three years on the grid. The 30-year-old then had Desmosedicis at Pramac and Ducati up to joining KTM Factory Racing.

Now, Miller is on a prove-it factory Yamaha contract with Pramac for the 2025 season having otherwise been left without a seat after KTM dropped the Townsville, Queensland native for Pedro Acosta. Pramac also welcome Miguel Oliveira after becoming Yamaha’s satellite team.

Jack Miller realises ‘every time’ he gets a new tyre how well the Yamaha bike can corner

Pramac split from Ducati to join Yamaha as a de-facto second factory team from 2025 as the Japanese crew bid to reduce their deficit to the dominant Desmosedicis, as well as KTM and Aprilia’s bikes. Yamaha could only claim eighth in the 2024 teams’ standings with 114 points.

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Yamaha and Pramac’s union gave Miller his last chance to stay in MotoGP but with a big task to learn the YZR-M1. Yet the early signs through pre-season testing were often positive, with Miller amazing Pramac boss Gino Borsoi with his ‘immediate’ adaptation to the Yamaha M1.

Miller knew the M1 would have its strengths, despite Yamaha’s demise in MotoGP’s pecking order. But the four-time Grand Prix winner did not appreciate just how much he could attack until Pramac fitted new tyres onto his bike and Miller realised the Yamaha’s cornering ability.

“I always knew the Yamaha had a good base,” Miller shared, via Motorsport.com. “I was just wondering how I was going to adapt my riding to it and if I was going to understand what I needed to do differently.

“It’s been going pretty well. I’m enjoying riding it because every time you get a [new] tyre you think, ‘I should have braked earlier or maintained more top speed’, that kind of thing. It’s a fun bike to ride at this level.”

Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo led the way for Yamaha bikes in the Buriram Test

Miller still has a lot to learn about the M1 ahead of the 2025 MotoGP season starting at the Thai Grand Prix before the new Pramac rider can fully exploit his Yamaha bike. But his initial adaptation has been positive having often been the second-best Yamaha bike in pre-season.

After only recording the 22nd-fastest time across 71 laps on the M1 in the 2024 post-season test in Barcelona, Miller finished Day 1 of the Sepang Test in P8 while Yamaha’s factory rider Fabio Quartararo topped the timesheets. Miller was 0.743 seconds slower than Quartararo.

Miller’s margin to Quartararo remained 0.681s on Day 2 at the Grand Prix of Malaysia venue in P10 and P2, plus 0.728s on Day 3 in P12 and P3. But the Aussie was quick out of the gates at the Buriram Test as the top Yamaha rider on Day 1 with the 10th-quickest overall lap time.

Quartararo flipped his 0.169s gap to Miller on Day 2 into a 0.031s advantage. Yet the Pramac pilot was still the second-best Yamaha rider in P10 to the Frenchman in P8. Their pace at the Buriram Test should also now encourage both pilots before the Thai Grand Prix on March 2.