Jack Miller: “Alex Marquez turned in on me, we were hooked…”

Ja🐈ck Miller and Brad Binder reflect on KTM's performanc♉e at Australian MotoGP

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller’s Australian MotoGP was scuppered by contact with Alex Marquez.

KTM rider Miller was starting from 16th on the grid at his home🥃 grand prix and got off to an impressive start, reaching P8 briefly.

But a tangle at Doohan Corner♔ with Gresini’s Alex Marquez cost h🌱im vital ground - he eventually came home in 11th.

“I got a mega jump f♕rom the i𒁏nside,” Miller explained.

“I would have nꦬearly been top six by Turn 1. I was on the kerb on the inside, following the kerb around.

"Alex turned in, over the top of me, we got hooked. Fortunately we were able to become u♊nhooked once we got off the edge of the track.

"Rejoined in last position and♛ started the race from there. I was able to pick off people and make my way into the top 10 for a bit.

"I was trying to do the best I could not t🦄o get over-excit🔴ed and smoke the tyre, but still make up some ground wherever I could.

"A good rac💛e, decent pace. But it makes things 𒅌difficult when you have a moment like that..."

Miller later added: “I fought my way back but with three [laps] to go, the front went and then you had to start 🔥relying on the rear to bring her round.

“I was doing what I could to battle with those boys but couldn’t do mu🌃ch more.

“The pace was decent but it would ꦰhave been nice to have built on that start.”

Miller was, 🎃at least, able to a༺void the local wildlife after his KTM struck a rabbit and a seagull on Saturday at Phillip Island.

Binder highest-placed non-Ducati

KTM teammate Binder didn’t finish Saturday’s sprint butꦅ claimed P7 in Sunday’s grand prix.

Binder started 11th and reached𒊎 a high of P4. Finishing seventh keeps Binder fifth in the MotoGP championship, ahead of Tech3 GASGAS rider Pedro Acosta as the highest-placed non-Ducati.

“💦I tried my best from the beginning until the end,” 🎶Binder said.

“This morning we put in a differenꦺt aero package for the dry 💜conditions and the bike was turning a bit better.

“That was good and p🧸ositive for the race and we could try to carry a bit more speed.

“I managed to stick with the ꦿboys for a while but when they ꦜdropped the pace at the end I couldn’t quite go with them.

“We learned a lot this weekend and we made another small step but obvi♌ously we need mo🍬re to get closer.”

Team manage♓r Francesco Guidotti said: “A step better than yesterday. Brad was just off the leading group and lost a bit of confidence with the rear tyre in the last two laps which stopped him fighting for that fourth place but it was a good race with a lot of ov﷽ertaking and a strong pace also.

“Jack had♏ a very good start but he ran into some traffic on the first💮 corner.

“He recovered and managed to get near the top ten. He deserv⛦ed more because his pace was better.”

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