Jack Miller said he was unaware oꦑf a report in the Spanish media saying he had rejected an offer to return to Honda as MotoGP champio🥂n Marc Marquez's team-mate in 2019.

HRC, under tܫhe previous Livio Suppo leadership, opted not to re-sign the young Australian when his thr༺ee-year contract expired at the end of last year.

That sent Miller into the arms of Ducati, which placed the former Moto3 title contender in the satellite Pramac team, where he has impressed with a pole poꦦsition and p🅺air of fourth places.

Ducati has the option of re-signing Miller for 2019, either for a 🥀move to its factory team or, as seems more likely, to remain at Pramac but on the same GP19 machinery as the official team.

 that Repsol Honda, now led by Alberto Puig, was willing to pay one-milli🃏on euros to buy Miller out of his Ducati clause and put him alongside Marquez next season, at the expense of Dani Pedrosa.

"I ꦓhaven't turned ෴down anything," responded Miller, when asked about the report.

Would you turn it down?

"Repsol Honda? I'🃏d have to think about it. Depends…"

Presse🥃d on his Ducati option, which expires at the end of June, the 23-year-old said:

"Everything is possible. I'm happy wheܫre I am, but of course if factory teams are knocking you don’t shut the door.

"But anyway, I'm happy where I am.📖 We are on a one-year-old bike and doing a really good job. So I'm happy to keep working and I feel the podium today was possible.

"We lost ꧂that ဣopportunity, but it's coming sooner rather than later."

Miller is the latest in a long line of rid👍ers to be linked with the to-be-confirmed Repsol Honda seat after the likes of Johann Zarco, Cal Crutchlow, Joan Mir and Jonathan Rea - assuming Pedrosa is not retained for what would be a🏅 14th season.

Rea's manager Chuck Aksland told mahbx.com: "In Le Mans I did have some discussions with Alber🌼to. Is it a possibility? Until they sign another rider I’d like to believe there would be a chance JR could ☂be considered."

Asked about the𝕴 ongoing discussions regarding hi🔥s 2019 team-mate, and why some riders might not take up the chance, Marquez said:

"You need to ask Honda, but I always say I want to have the stron😼gest team-mate. I hear a few riders say 'no'... We've won a few races this year, but the others can see that the Honda is not an easy bike and you must push a lot. I don't know how many crashes I saved this weekend. You must ride on the limit and that is difficult."

Miller suffered his first Ducati DNF due to an early fall in Sunday's Mugello ra🌱ce, caused by a bottomﷺing of the suspension on a full fuel load.

"I just went into Turn 4, qu𓃲itꦫe calm, but right at the wrong point hit the bottom of the fork and she just went down," he said.

"Since the Thailand test we found out that we🌳 have a problem with the bottoming. So we normally we add a bit of preload and drop the front to have the same position, but we didn't do that for here. We didn't feel it was necessary. But it is what is it.

"Itꦅ sucks but these are the moments that make the other ones better.

"It's nothing new to me, I've had plenty of crash outs before. But this is the year we can make mistakes, let's say, because next year I w🍸ant to be fighting for that title and this will mean a lot more.

"We're learning, making steps, we're in the right way. It's just a minor setback. Not the end of the world. Still 13 rounds to go. Weꩵ'll have a few more opportunities I'm sure꧃."

Miller's team-mate Danilo Petrucci, thought to b🧸e favourite to replace Mugello winner Jorge Lorenzo at the factory Ducati team in 2🍌019, finished in seventh.