Jack Miller shares what Toprak Razgatlioglu has already done that ‘says a lot’ about his 2026 Pramac Yamaha teammate

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Yamaha have finally confirmed that Jack Miller has signed a one-year extension to his contract and will partner Toprak Razgatlioglu at Pramac for the 2026 MotoGP season.

The Iwata natives announced the worst-kept secret that Miller will spend a second year with Pramac this Thursday ahead of the 2025 Catalan Grand Prix. It had become widely expected that the 30-year-old would get a contract extension to help Yamaha develop their V4 engine.

Yamaha need Miller’s experience from racing V4 engines on Honda (2015-17), Ducati (2018-22) and KTM (2023-24) bikes, as none of their 2026 stable has previously raced V4 engines in MotoGP. Miguel Oliveira also experienced V4 KTM engines, but he will now leave Pramac.

Oliveira has lost his battle with Miller to stay at Pramac for the 2026 MotoGP season, having failed to match the Australian’s results since they both joined the satellite Yamaha team this term. One of the riders always had to make way after Yamaha signed Razgatlioglu this June.

Jack Miller praises Toprak Razgatlioglu’s interactions ‘every time’ he’s in the paddock

It initially appeared that Yamaha signing two-time World Superbikes champion Razgatlioglu on a two-year factory contract to move to MotoGP with Pramac in 2026 would leave Miller jobless. But Yamaha triggered a break clause in Oliveira’s contract to void his deal for 2026.

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Razgatlioglu looks forward to working with Miller at Pramac now that Yamaha have finalised the Tuscan team’s line-up for next season. The feeling is mutual, as well, as Razgatlioglu has already impressed Miller with how he “always” makes an effort to say hello in the paddock.

Tongue-in-cheek, Miller even jokes that the only downside of Razgatlioglu replacing Oliveira at Pramac next year is that the 28-year-old can do a better stoppie than the Aussie. The two riders have become synonymous with standing their bikes on the nose during their careers.

Miller said, via quotes by Motosan: “I think it will be good to share the pit box with Toprak. He’s an extremely talented rider. It will be the first time in my career that there’ll be a guy in the box with me who can do a better stoppie than me. That’s quite disappointing.

“But, other than that, I’m looking forward to it. He’s a great guy. Every interaction I’ve had with him has always been great. He’s a guy who every time he’s come to the paddock, he’s always made an effort to come and say hello. That, to me, says a lot about his character.”

Miguel Oliveira will leave Pramac after Yamaha gave Jack Miller a one-year contract extension

Some MotoGP fans have criticised Yamaha after dropping Oliveira, given the Portuguese had joined the Iwata natives’ satellite team on a two-year factory contract. Yamaha gave Miller a £2.5m contract for the 2025 season, which they have now extended through the 2026 term.

It was also only after Diogo Moreira rejected Yamaha to sign for Honda, with the Brazilian in line to replace Somkiat Chantra at LCR next term in an unconfirmed deal, that the Japanese brand chose to retain Miller instead of releasing the Australian, as well as Oliveira, this year.

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Oliveira left Yamaha with a chance to void the second year of his contract as the Portuguese had to avoid being the lowest-scoring rider on the M1 by the summer break to stay in 2026. He hit the break with only six points to Fabio Quartararo’s 102, Miller’s 52 and Alex Rins’ 42.

Miller scored 14 of his points while Oliveira missed three Sprints and four Grands Prix due to injury. Oliveira dislocated a sternoclavicular ligament in his left shoulder after Gresini rookie Fermin Aldeguer hit the Pramac star in the Sprint Race at the Argentina Grand Prix in March.