Marco Bezzecchi
Jack Miller’s barren run of luck continued at the Italian Grand Prix as he battled further issues with his Pramac bike.
The Aussie rider has been quick all season, but has had to deal with countless problems with Pramac’s new Yamaha machinery.
Understandably, there are going to be teething problems in the first year of a partnership, but Miller has deserved a lot more for his efforts.
The 30-year-old doesn’t have many MotoGP races left to save his career, with a decision set to be made on Toprak Razgatlioglu’s partner for next year soon.
Neil Hodgson is baffled by one Miller rumour and believes that one of the Aussie and teammate Miguel Oliveira deserves to be retained for 2026.
Gino Borsoi has said ‘sorry’ to Miller after realising that there’s a chance he won’t be with the team that gave him another chance in the premier class for much longer.
Jack Miller faced one ‘mad’ fuelling issue with his ‘unrideable’ Pramac bike at the Italian Grand Prix
Miller made a brilliant ‘blackmail’ comment about Yamaha, after checking out their V4 bike for the first time. He joked that he took some cheeky photos to use against them.
Although he may be forced out of Pramac, that isn’t to say that his performances may not impress someone else. He just needs a little more luck on track.
Miller told FOX Sports that he faced many problems on Sunday at the Italian Grand Prix, one of which was ‘mad’.
“The jump [at the start] was really good and I felt like I nailed the lights, but as soon as I got the clutch to halfway, I wasn’t doing the clutch any more, the clutch was doing itself,” he said.
“Everyone started coming past me and I lost a wing during all of that, so the thing was wheelying like mad.
“For the first three laps I was short-shifting everywhere trying to get [the clutch] to come back to life… but every time I hit a bump going into a corner it would kind of kick me up the a— and was sending me wide,” Miller continued.
“We had an issue with the fuelling of the bike, the way it was coming on, it was mega aggressive. The thing was basically unrideable. I was living on borrowed time out there.”
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Miller has retired from four of the first nine races of the campaign, something that has not happened in his 10-year career at the top level.
In between those disappointing races, he has managed some good results, including a fifth at the Grand Prix of Americas.
Although his teammate missed a few races with injury, Oliveira’s best result is 13th, which happens to be Miller’s second-worst finish.
If he can remain around the top 10 at most events, he probably stands a better chance of being retained compared to Oliveira, who may still be building his confidence, post-comeback.
Miller changed his mind about his MotoGP future and is now very relaxed about where he may end up. That should only serve him well on his bike.
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