Jack Miller said: “I always give 120 per cent, which is sometimes too much”

“Scoring points in the sprint race is more than we could have hoped for.” Words that best describe Jack Miller’s state of mind after his final home sprint. For the first time this MotoGP season, Jack Miller scored points on Saturday – of all occasions, at his final home event in the premier class and the farewell race at the historic Phillip Island circuit. The local hero thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere during the cool-down lap, with the home fans providing the perfect backdrop: “It was already surreal on Saturday after Turn 1, and I reckon it’ll be even better on Sunday.”

The Pramac rider laid the foundations as early as Saturday morning in qualifying: the Australian is regarded as a rain specialist and lived up to that reputation by securing fifth on the grid on his otherwise underperforming Yamaha. Miller’s M1 is still not good enough this season to compete at the front in dry conditions; special conditions are needed for the riders. Accordingly, Miller was hoping for rain in the sprint race too: “I’d been hoping for a damp track in the afternoon as well, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. Still, it was enough to secure my first sprint points.”

Willkommen auf Phillip Island

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Marc Márquez

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Fans

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Aprilia

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Brad Binder

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Diogo Moreira

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Jorge Martin

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Fabio Di Giannantonio

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Ai Ogura

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Pecco Bagnaia

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Pedro Acosta

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Brad Binder

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Jorge Martin

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Johann Zarco

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Marco Bezzecchi

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Start des Sprint-Rennens

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Alex Márquez

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Jack Miller

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Sprint-Rennen

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Marco Bezzecchi

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Jorge Martin und Marc Márquez

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Marc Márquez

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Alex Márquez, Marc Márquez, Fabio Di Giannantonio

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Sprint-Sieger Marc Márquez

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Alex Márquez

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Willkommen auf Phillip Island

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During the race, the rider with number 43 spent most of the time defending his position, but benefited from the retirements of his rivals Zarco and Martin – and, after the chequered flag, from the penalty imposed on Trachhouse rider Ai Ogura. In the direct battle, he couldn’t make any ground: “Bez, Diggia and Ai Ogura overtook us.” By ‘us’, Miller means Brad Binder, with whom the Australian was locked in a duel: “I was quicker through the corners, but Brad was quicker on the straights, which is why we were stuck together.” Engine power on the straights is one of the Yamaha’s well-known weaknesses.

This was exacerbated by the weather conditions: “There wasn’t much I could do about it. When there was a headwind, I felt the revs dropping.” On Sunday too, the rider – who is soon to move to the Superbike World Championship – is hoping for a helping hand from the weather; he is therefore optimistic about the rain forecast for the Grand Prix: “The weather forecast looks good. It would help us to perform as strongly as we did in qualifying. In the wet, the laps at Phillip Island are long. We’ll have to see what that brings us. I always give 120 per cent. But sometimes that’s too much.”

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