Motogp: Miller optimistic about pramac-yamaha after ktm ax

In July last year, Jack Miller Everyone admitted that his Motogp career was ending.

For one and a half year a year in KTM, the Austrian manufacturer forced him to return to his word and did not give him a new deal for 2025. There was no real option anywhere else on the grid, it seemed that the most vocal rider of Motogp would have to consider. Leave a step for the World Superbike Championship or on a fully active competition.

For February, fast forward and life could not take a better turn for 30 -year -old. Miller has a factory contract with Yamaha that has a race for Pramac in MotoGP and a bike that is already working well for their choice.

In fact, the pre-season test went so easily that Miller himself has been surprised how well he has adapted to M1. Having two additional days of walking in sepang shakedown definitely helped, but team -at Miguel olivira Also the couple track time was the advantage of time, and yet it is struggling in comparison.

The first thing that attracted the attention of Miller was the front-end of Yamaha M1, described it as “unprecedentedly luxurious” and a “blessing”. This allowed him to run at a straight speed in the sepang, where there is a track Fabio Quartaro Also concluded on the factory-laid bike.

Even when Yamaha appeared relatively weak in low-grip situations in Burriram, Miller still reached 11th position on a time with a time, which was only 0.012 to the best from quarter.

Australians feel that there is still some more speed to get out of the bike, which encourages it before the start of the season on 2 March.

“I always knew that Yamaha had decent bones, so it was more thinking how my ride style would be favorable for her and to understand what I had to do differently,” he said in Thailand.

“I am very happy where I am. I am enjoying riding, every time you put a new tire and you think ‘I should have released a smash beforehand and take a little more corner speed and that kind of items. It is a fun bike to ride in that sense. ,

Some still in areas Miller feels that Yamaha needs to be improved, especially rear and and engine performance. But overall, there is a real feeling of optimism because Miller lays back his KTM years and begins with Pram.

“I think we have taken some big steps on the bike and will continue to earn some profit in the first few races. The trajectory is good for this, ”he said.

“I feel a little optimistic to go to the championship. The battle is actually done with testing, now curious to go to racing. ,

Miller completed a sprint simulation as a preparation of season-opening Thai GP. Although his average time was not representative due to the faulty engine map, he was still pleased with his speed for a long time.

“I did Sprint sim and was very happy with my speed, it was not very bad,” he explained.

“We had an issue to start talking with one of the maps, race maps, we had to default the default () qualifying map there. So I had to adopt one directly and that (bike) became very busy for the last three laps. But it was easy to work for him to do what you had to do in that situation. ,

Yamaha is the fourth separate manufacturer that Miller has run with Motogp. However, he already knows people at Pramac, running with the Italian team between 2018-20 when it was part of Ducati’s satellite structure.

Miller feels that Pramac has so far done an impressive job in the operation of Yamaha M1, running Demosis in Motogi for about two decades.

He said, “I think it is not easy for us as changing riders (bikes), but it is even more difficult for the team to change it because they have been working on the same bike for the last 10-15 years. , “He said.

“And then to go and change and learn a whole new machine. The easiest has not been the easiest, but he has done a great job. I think we are very comfortable to racing now. ,