Jack Miller points to significant reason Yamaha will return to top of MotoGP

Ja♓ck Miller's detailed analysis of Yamaha's improvemeꩲnt

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

Jack Miller is adamant that Yamaha will return to the summit of MotoGP.

The෴ manufacturer has struggled badly since Fabio Quartararo won the 2021 titl♒e, and are a far cry from the heyday from Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

But, this year, they acquired the Pramac satellite t♋eam from Ducati which doubled their presence on the grid.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pramac Yamaha rider Miller points to🌟 key individuals in the background who will make the difference.

“They have managed to poach a few good boys from Ducati, guys who I thoug💦ht would never leave. That’s pretty magical,” Miller told the Gypsy Tales podcast.

“Having those guys will speed up the process. 𝔍It’s one thing to poach somebody, but another to tru🦹st them and believe them. Trust the direction that they’re leading your project. It’s difficult to do.

“If [engineers] don’t agree with ꩲ[each other], the chief engineer says ‘we are going this way’. Then why have you hir🦩ed [the other engineers?]

“It’s not trying to reinvent the wheel, it’s tr🎀ying a different way of thinking, a differꦬent approach to the issues.”

Marco Nicota (Yamaha’s head of aerodynamics) and Max Bartolini (technical director) were tempted away from Ducati to s𒁏pearhead the revival project.

Jack Miller's experience can help Yamaha development

Miller and Miguel Olivei🐲ra are the Pramac satellite riders.

But crucially,ꦇ Miller insists a change of mind-se🙈t is key to Yamaha’s restoration.

He has prais🍃ed “recruitment, work, and the projects that they’ve got”.

Mil🧸ler added: “They won the championship in ‘2🐲1 but it seems like a decade ago.

“They are doing some incredible things at the tr♊ack and away from the track.

"Rome wasn’t built in a day, and they know that. That was some of the issues wꦐe had with the last manufactur🤪er.

“Ducati didn’t just take a magဣic pill. It’s about 1%. Not being frustrated with ‘here’ and saying ‘f***, we need a ♌revolution’.

“It’s a process. Th🔯at’s what Ducati did with Andrea Dovizioso. That’s what I feel Yamaha is doing with Fabio Quartararo, and hopefully me.”

Miller brings experience of the Honda, Ducati and KTM. Teammate Oliveira has ridden a KTM and an Aprilia in MotoGP, while♋ factory rider Alex Rins was previously on a Suzuki.

Miller said about his own experience: “I have ✤got a lot of stuff 🦹that I can bounce back to, different experiences and motorcycles.

“So when I give information or input, I’ve got🍎 something to bounce it off, 🌊a different point of view. That’s useful.

“In combination wꩵith somebody wꦡho knows the bike very well. That’s all [Quartararo] knows in MotoGP, it’s the only bike he’s ridden.

“Rins has experi🦋ence on a Suzuki which was anotherꦦ inline-four. Miguel has an Aprilia and KTM background.

“They did very well 💞in 🧜terms of recruitment for the project.”

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

Jack Miller: 'The uncertainty was there'

Miller almost 🔜lost his MotoG♎P career last year, when he was let go by KTM who preferred to promote Pedro Acosta.

His time ap🍌peared to be up until the new Pramac Yamaha team came calling.

He said about his career seemingly dwindl🐲ing away: “It was rough. I didn’t feel like I was done.

“I had a lot of talks with myself and with [my wife]. The thing that upset ꦗme more than anything was that it wasn’t on my terms.

“The band-aid I put on it for myself wa🌺s: what sportsman gets to choos๊e?

“Very few actually do that. Daniel Ricciardo, Valentino Rossi. Vale did so many years and I’m sure he would have done more, given the right opportunity and package. He still loved it 💯and wanted to be competitive.

“A s🧜portsperson very rarely gets to choose when their time ไis up.

“That was the point that I came to.”

Miller added: “You know the uncertainty is there.

“I am extr꧋emely gratefu🧸l for where I am. I am trying to grab this opportunity with both hands.

“Whenever any of the brands I’ve worked for, I am pretty f***** good with my time and how 🍬I deal with people. They say jump, I say how high. I don’t question it.”

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