Jack Miller: “Either I go on a lettuce diet, or we find horsepower!”

KTM’s Binder finished on the podium and was part of the sensational thr♏ee-way fight with Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia for the victory.
But Miller languished in 16th after a🅺 race ꦯhe’d rather forget.
“A long old race,” Miller said. 🍰“I gave it, pretty much, everything I could. I’ve been struggling all weekend at Turn 1 and 3. The middle section was a🐭lright.
“Just real slow in the first sector. The bike didn’t feel 💝terrible but, every time we put this casing on, I suffer. 🥀;
“I can’t find a way to get it to drive. It🍒 wasn’t like that,ꦡ for me, in the past. It’s a head-scratching moment.
“I’m missꦯin♍g a bit of top speed. I couldn’t get close to a Yamaha.
“Either I go on a let💜tuce diet this week, or we find a bit of horsepower! A bit of both would be good!
“I didn’t make any mistakes. I was able to hang with those boys for a bi๊t but lost speed when the tyre droppꦐed off.
“Disappointing weekend, not the result we wanted. Clearl𒈔y the bike is working well with Brad’s result. We need ♉to work harder.”

Asked what his teammate Binder did so well, Miller replied: “Sector 1. He’s been fast there all weekend, two tenꦜths 𒊎quicker than anybody else. And even in the second sector.
“I tried f***** every which✨ way. But to change my line, try a different style, pick the bike up which wasn’💮t working great in terms of getting it onto the thinner rubber.
“I trie🔯d the lean angle, I tried short shifting. I tried f***** everything I could. We’ve got a little bit of work to do.
“I’m disappointed. The boys are working hard so to not bring home a point i🌞s disappointi🦂ng.
“It🍎’s MotoGP these days. Fourteen points off and we’re out of the🍎 points.
“Pace was dec𓆏ent. I used the same set of tyres as I did in the sprint but couldn’t get close in terms of lap🌌 time.”
Asked if h🎐e frustrated by his ꧒wheels spinning, Miller said: “Yeah, but not a massive amount. It’s not going forwards.
“I’🔜m losing two🌃-to-three bike lengths every time we come off the corner. You are carrying that the whole straight.
“I𓃲f you try to set up a pass, set up a move? You’re already risking life and limb trying t♏o pass, these days.
“If you try to make up three or four bike lengths? It gets pretty hairy, pretty diffi♎cult t༺o make a pass.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ౠeverything from American sports, to football, to F1.