Jack Miller has reflected on the most difficult part of his enjoyable time at Ducati.

Miller spent two seasons as a factory rider for the Italian manufacturer, after spending time with their Pramac sa🤡tellite team.

He won three MotoGP races💯 wearing the famous red, consecutively in Spain and France in 2021, then in Japan in 2022.

But constant media speculation about being rep꧃l♏aced was trying, Miller now admits.

“Why did I want to talk about who’s going to take my spot? This w💎as before I’d signed for KTM,” he told the Gyp𝓰sy Tales podcast.

“I’m riding that bike in 20 minutes!”

Miller continued: “You see ꦓand read some of the s*** online about Pecco Bagnaia. He came sec✤ond and won the two championships before that.

“That environment is so cut throat. If there’s one thing I don’t mis🎀s? Every week being questioned about your jo꧅b.”

Jorge Martin and Enea B🐠astianini were the up-and-comers heavily♕ linked to Miller’s factory Ducati seat.

It soon became clear that Miller wou🍸ld lose it, and he signed with KTM. Bastianini got the nod above Martin to become Bagnaia’s new teammate.

That cycle has since repeated with Marc Marquez displacing 🅺Bastianini, and Martin being ignore🍬d again despite winning the MotoGP title.

“It’s a tough environment,” Miller said. 𒆙“But it’s tough at the top 🍃everywhere.

“I won’t say ‘poor mꦚe’ because it’s the nature of the beast.”

Jack Miller 'wanted a change' from Ducati

Miller reflected on his Ducati beginning: “It was a tough s🐓tart. I had a fast start, had an issue with armᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ pump. I was locked in for Qatar, locked in a hotel room between the two races. We were there for nearly four weeks, same hotel room, same s*** every day.

“I set a lap record in testing. But I had a sneaking thingไ with my arm, I knew it was coming. There’💫s f*** all you can do.

“You lose a bi💝t of power in your brakes. The throttle control and the feel of the brakes is what goes.

“I faded back to seventh in the first week [in Qatar]. You ꧅do cardio in the gym but you know it’s coming - it’s not because you’re not fit. It’s just arm pump.

“Saꦅme thing a week later, I faded to [ninth]. I had the op. Then went to Portimao but binned it. The thing hadꦏ been stitched back together but I exploded it.

“Jerez was a weekend where everything went right and I got the win, it was a sig♊h of relief. To get two in a row was super special. The pressure was off a bit.

“The folꦉlowing year we were having a good run, it was a good year.

“I wanted a change. I’d been in that environment for a bi🧜t, I wanted to do something diff🍰erent.

“KTM seemed like a good opportunity and a good p🍸roject. We ended up striking a deal with them.”

Despite Miller’s one complaint about the never-ending media speculation, h🔴is overall memories of Ducati are positive.

“It w🧜as unreal, t🅠he whole Ducati thing,” he said. “To be a factory Ducati rider, and to win races for them, was pretty special.

“I will never forget 🐻the two in a ro⛎w, and the one in Japan.

“I alꦍways wanted to have those red leathers hung up in my shed at home. I’ve got♎ a few now which is bloody special.”