Sepang MotoGP Test: Jack Miller: ‘We hit a wall a little bit’ but sees huge potential, suffers turn one crash

Jack Miller has finally completed his first real time attack simulation of day three at the Sepang MotoGP Test, after suffering a crash at turn one before lunch.
Jack Miller, KTM MotoGP Sepang 2023
Jack Miller, KTM MotoGP Sepang 2023

Having fitted soft tyres in a bid to light up the timing screens and move out of the bottom posi🌳tions, the three-time MotoGP race winner instead saw his first time attack simulation end abruptly after c🌺rashing at turn one. 

Mi🏅ller, who has now jumped up to 15th as it stands with less than two hours of the Sepang test to go, touched on why day three has been a strugg🌠le so far.

The Australian added: "It’s been a rough third day trying to come to grip🌠s with this thing, I guess you could say. Had a small layover as soon as I put the new tyres in and didn’t get past turn one which wasn’t ideal. 

"But no, I was able to pick the bike back up and do a lap on it. I didn’t want to come back in without doing at least one la♛p. I’m just t꧒rying to understand what we need from the bike. 

"We sort of hit a wall a little bit, so just un🅺derstanding the geometry and getting myself more comfortable. We made a step right before lunch and were pretty happy with that. 

"We’re making another🎀 step just to understand what is the limit and to basically gauge whe🐼re we’re at in terms of balance. 

"We can see on the data🦩 that I’m struggling quite a bit compared to t🦋he other boys mid corner and just getting things to rotate and to get it off the corner. It's all about going through these motions and trying to understand the bike and to adapt with it the best we can." 

Like many riders across the grid, Miller has focused heavily on gett♈ing through KTM’s extensive testing program, although setting a representative time attack run was clearly at the forefront of his mind before heading back out on-track.

"[There’s been] quite a lot of development," stated Miller. "I mean, we haven’t had a time attack yet. Of course, that’s one of 💦the key things we’re going to need whether we go for that this afternoon, I’m not sure. 

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"I’d like to☂ and n♑o one likes seeing themselves in the bottom half of the timing screen. But that’s not the main focus for us. 

"The focus is to try and build this ꩵthing up and get it somewhere reasonable for Portimao."

While lap times may not suggest that Miller and KTM are one of the strongest heading into the new season, Miller believes he’s find🉐ing improvements with every run on the RC16.

Key to helping Ducati achieve its success over the last few seasons, KTM could now be in a great position to benefit from Miller’s experience which is something they also have with the returning 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro

"Every day I seem to hop on it and find something new which is good," said Miller. "It’s excitin♏g for me as well and trying𝕴 to adapt because so many things are different. You can really see some of the positives in there. 

"It’s j🐠ust about understanding what way I need toౠ ride this bike to exploit its strong points. 

"We’💙re losing quite a bit of corner speed which is generally my strong point so we’re trying to get the bike to a position where I’m happy with it and the balance is right to get it to rotate."

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