MotoGP Catalunya: "Pretty shitty" - Jack Miller reacts to KTM substitute idea
KTM currently has more riders than bikes for the 2024 season, with the addit﷽ion of Pedro Acosta.
It has been❀ suggested that instead of running riders for a full season, the Austrian factory could v🦄ary the GASGAS Tech3 line-up at different events or even, F1-style, give a reserve the chance to ride in some free practice sessions.
Miller, who joined Red Bull KTM at the start of this year, said the current five rider/four seats conundrum “is a good p💃roblem to have. If you look back 12 months ago, they💜 didn’t have that issue.
“So it’s a fan♓tastic issue to have, I’m happy for them [KTM]. But what they wil💧l do? Completely up to them. I just do my job!”
The Australian added that his contract for 2024 is clear and so "there doesn’t need to be" any conversatiꦚon between him and KTM.
But p🎉ressed on the general idea of a manufacturer substituting or rotating MotoGP riders, Miller responded:
“I’m a racer so I 🦩;want to race every weekend. To have a 🍰reserve rider? That sounds pretty shitty.
൲“It’s not Formula 1 where you can sub someone in for ♕FP1. If you miss FP1, you’re screwed! We don’t have a simulator.
“[KTM] will find a solution, I𒁃’m sure they’ll find something, it’s up to them.”
MꦦotoGP is rumoured to be allowing ea🦄ch factory six wild-card entries, up from the current three, next season.
Peter has been i♍n the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go🧸. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
