KTM have still not solved their intriguing problem of having five contracted riders but only four bikes𓃲 for the 2024 🅰MotoGP rider line-up.

The spotlight has suddenl✅y shone on Miller who, despite being their factory rider and with a deal that ru🔯ns through 2024, could be replaced by the incoming Pedro Acosta.

“Jack is an incredible motorcycle racer,” Neil Hodgson said💜 to TNT Sports. 

“But it’s n🍌o c♎oincidence that Jack’s dip in form is along the exact same timings as people talking about Pedro Acosta moving up to MotoGP with KTM.

“Which team is he going into? We all assumed tღhe GASGA𒆙S team.

“But the rumours this weekend are that he’🍒ll go into the 🌞KTM official team.

“He’s a once-in-a-decade talent, Acosta. If you’ve got him on your books, what do yo𝓡u do?

“If it was me, 𒐪I’d be tempted to put him into the factory team.”

Asked if going from Moto2 straight into a MotoGP factory team was too big a jump, Hodgson said: “I�ಌ� don’t think so. I think he’s that talented. 

“I’m a massive Miller fan, we’re all good frien🍸ds with him. But this is a business, it’s a pretty horriblওe business at times.

“Contracts can be tweaked, they can be ripped up.

“That’s what’s playing on Jack’s mind.

“You try harder, you go a bit slower, you change the bike, you get confused, you maybe lose a bit of🔥 trust in your team.

“Before you know it, this is MotoGP෴, and you’re battling outside of the points.”

KTM have Miꦯller, Brad Binder, Pol Espargaro and Augusto Fernandez on 2024 contracts but have promised Acosta a premier class seat, too.

Miller admitted to going through a crisis of confide🙈nce at last week’s San Marino MotoGP.

Since his only podium of his debut year at KTM in Spain, he has reti꧋red early three times and finished 🌃no higher than P6, while teammate Brad Binder has constantly outshone him.

“We know we can ride, w🤪e know the bike is good, it’s just getting ꧋my confidence and comfort-level back up,” Miller said in Misano.

“It’s understanding what we nee൩d to make it click again, we’re working tirelessly, m♏yself and the team. I’m trying to take as much as possible, work as much as possible, to get comfortable. 

“To ride differently, do whatever I can do in ter💎ms of riding style to become better. It’s just one oꦺf those processes that take a little bit [of time].”

Asked what he’s currently lacking, Miller replied: “Just confidence in the f🧸ront end, carry some more rolling speed. That’s the thing, carry rolling speed and still have the abilꦏity to turn. That’s what we’re searching for.”

Asked why he lost confidence, Miller answered: “In Assen we went in a different dire♛ction, and coming back there hasn’t been an 𒁃immediate answer. 

“And the tracks 💟haven’t helped me in terms of grip level. To put it down to one thing or another? Hard. We all go through these moments. It’s not my first time struggling, it won’t be the last.”