Jack Miller makes honest retirement admission after Pramac ‘saved’ his MotoGP career

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Jack Miller was the best-performing Yamaha bike during MotoGP’s 2025 season-opener in Thailand after a tough weekend for the Japanese manufacturer.

Both factory riders struggled in the heat as the promise that Fabio Quartararo showed in pre-season testing failed to amount to anything and left Yamaha with the slowest bike.

It was the first official race of their new satellite partnership with Pramac, who have just switched to their chassis from Ducati.

The team has a new bike and two new riders for 2025 after reigning champion Jorge Martin opted to leave them and join Aprilia’s factory MotoGP line-up.

Miller, who was signed from KTM, brings plenty of experience to the team and should be able to churn out some results too.

In fact, Miller is ‘so grateful’ he won’t face a KTM issue in 2025 after struggling to cope with the rear of the Austrian manufacturer’s bike.

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Jack Miller thanks Paolo Campinto and Pramac who ‘saved’ his MotoGP career

Miller’s move to Pramac for 2025 means that he has been able to compete on bikes produced by four of the five current manufacturers (he’s only missing Aprilia).

He has taken four victories during his career, three of which were with Ducati and one with Honda, and there’s a lot of work ahead of him if he ever wants to win again.

Miller realises that Yamaha corners well every time he gets a new tyre. It seems to suit his style more than the KTM ever did.

Speaking in a video posted by MotoGP on X (formerly known as Twitter), the Aussie thanked Pramac for saving his career.

“Last year it looked like it could honestly all be over. Since that moment, I just decided to enjoy every moment that I had on track. I feel extremely blessed to be able to do this. Hopefully for a few more years,” he said.

“I feel like my time isn’t done yet, that was the biggest thing for me last year. I didn’t feel ready to step down yet. I still feel like I had more to do.

“To have this opportunity with Yamaha and Pramac [is nice]. A massive thank you to them and especially to Paolo [Campinoti] because he saved me.”

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Why Pramac are in a good position to improve during the 2025 MotoGP season

Now that Pramac are a customer of Yamaha, they’re well-positioned for development gains during the 2025 campaign.

As a result of the concessions system, the two Japanese manufacturers are exempt from a two-year engine freeze and can use two more units than their rivals per season.

Not only that, but they can introduce upgrades to them as they please as well. It’s part of an effort to save teams from spending more money ahead of the 2027 regulation changes.

It means that top 10 finishes could be a regular theme for them as the season progresses and more changes are brought in.

Yamaha are investing heavily in developing two bikes (the V4 and M1) at the same time and it should serve them well in the long term.