Jack Miller reveals early race moment: ‘Álex Márquez decided to turn in on me’
Jack Miller finished his MotoGP home round in 11th place. The Red Bull KTM rider couldn’t break into the top ten at the Australian GP in Phillip Island, facing difficulties from the start of the race.
His early loss of positions was due to an incident with Álex Márquez (Gresini/Ducati), as the Australian explained: ‘I got a mega start. Álex Márquez decided to turn in on me, and then I was dead last in turn two, and pulled me way back. I was trying to chase Raúl [Fernández] and the whole group there down, but I just gave it a little bit too much – more son on the front went’.
Later in the race, Miller encountered some issues with his tyres: ‘Probably with three laps to go, the front [tyre] sort of went, and then you have to start relying on the rear to bring it around. I let Fabio [Quartararo] slipped by when I was really pushing to try and battle with those boys, but I couldn’t do much more to be honest’.
Despite the result, the #43 isn’t entirely dissatisfied with his race pace: ‘The pace was decent. Like I said, I was able to pass them and try to chase down some more. It would have been nice to have that start that we already had’.
