Jack Miller was forced to race with “blind faith” amid the tricky conditions at the Americas MotoGP.

The chaos on the starting grid at the Circuit of the Americas - highlighted by Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales remarkably sprinting off their bikes and into the pits - was tipped to favour Miller.

The new 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pramac Yamaha rider has earned a repꦕutation for riding in conditions that some rivals cannot master.

From ninth, Miller has explained the treachery of the opening laps at COTA💟.

"The bike was working well,” he said.

“We got away to a decent start, ༒which is half the battle here.

“Especially tha⛦t first lap here was kiဣnd of chaotic with all of the patches.

“And wꦚhen you've got all the bikes in a row, you can't see what's coming up, you're just following with blind faith.

“B🍸ut I got a good start and then settled into my rhythm."

Miller finished the grand prix in fifth - he was the top Yamaha rider in both qualifying, and when it counts most on the Sunda🔴y.

It was another step in the right direction for the expe༺rienced rider whose MotoGP future was at-risk when he lost his KT🍬M ride last year.

His gap to the COTA🧔 winner was 11 seconds, compared to 22 s🍬econds last year.

So far, Pr🔯amac’s decision to recruit Miller is paying dividends for the overall Yamaha project which is desperately trying to rejuvenate itself.

But he knows Ducati remain firmly at the front, after getting his close༺st look at them ⭕for a while.

"We're🙈 chasing the red bikes at the moment,” Miller said.

“Obviously, they hit the nail on the head with last y𒐪ear's package because t♔hat's really strong as well.

“🍰But, like🦋 you say, we've got extra testing and all the things to try to improve. So, as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day."

The fourth round is in Qatar on April 11-13.