Following the Qatar controversy, where he collided with reigning MotoGP champion Joan Mir on entry to the main straight, Jack Miller said he turned off his social media to focus on what is important𓂃 ahead of this weekend's Portimao round.

Already arriving in Portugal less than fully fit due to a recent arm pump operation, the Australian 🔴explained that he didn't want to𝕴 waste any energy on unnecessary distractions.

"I turned off the social media," Miller said. "I have a thing to post [for me]. I'm just trying to be as calm as possible and do my job which, at the end of the day, is what I love, riding motorcycles. I'll try to do the best I can. If at the end of the day I’m not good enough, I’m not good enough. It’s that simple. But I’m just trying to do the best 𝔍job I can do."

Millꦺer said it hadꦯ been his own decision to steer clear of social media for a while.

"Just me, myself and I!" he said. "I don’t need to see a psychologist to [tell me]. ✃I’m honest enough with myself that when it builds you up, it makes you feel really happy but then it makes you crash back down.

"Then✤ also reading 1,000 negative comments isn’t going to do my mental well-being any good. It’s better to turn that crap off and focus on what is important.

"That’s me getting myself right, doing my job right, preparing myself for the weekend and trying to understand, instead of wasting energy on thi🎐ngs that I cannot change – which is people on the internet, putting things which doesn’t really matter.

"These things get to people. It gets to you. I think it’s better to 💮focus on what is imp🃏ortant."

Miller added that he expects to speak with Mir sometime during the w💝eekend

"I don’t have his number but I’m sure I’ll catch up with him over the weekend. And we can discuss, hear each other’s side of the story," he said. "Apart from that everything else is good. And just excitꦗed to start riding the factory Ducati at a new circuit."

But Miller, who finished ninth during both Qatar races, won't know the c🐼ondition of his healing right arm until he takes to the track tomorrow.

"It feels good. I was really lucky with doctors there in Dexeus in Barcelona to look after me like they did and to squeeze me in so quickly even though it was Easter," s𓆉aid Miller, who edged ꦛout Franco Morbidelli to snatch second place during his final ride for Pramac Ducati at Portimao last November.

"The recovery was really qui👍ck. Straight out of hospital on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday afternoon I was able to start cycling on the stat𒅌ic bike inside. On Thursday I was able to start cycling outside.

"Feeling fit and ready to go but I won’t know how is💦 the arm until I put it through the biggest test which is riding a 🧜MotoGP bike but my understanding and my feeling is it shouldn’t be an issue.

"It was something I had to do," Miller added. "In testing when we don’t ride all winter, my arms shr🍷ink. You see a lot of guys get smaller around the shoulders. As soon as we start to ride, muscles grow.

"During testing my arms we🎃re loose in the suits. By the race I had to ask them to stretch the suit out. The muscle has grown. When we did scans, we saw quite clearly where the pressure w๊as.

"When they put the knife⛦ in, the muscle exploded out of the sleeve. I have some fantastic photos of what we know was the problem inside the arm. Unfortunately I can’t really share them."

Mir: Race Direction wrong to leave Miller move unpunished

Two week🦂s on from their clash in Qatar, reigning MotoGP champion Mir remains convinced that Race Direction should have punished Miller.

The pair collided as they accelerated out of the final corner after Mir ran slightly wide and Miller straight-ℱlined the exit.

Both kept control of their bikes, but with the Australian looking across just bef🎶ore making contact, and Mir having bumped Miller wide during a pass earlier on the same lap, the Suzuki rider was sure it haꩲd been intentional.

Before the gr🐬and prix finished, Race Direction announced that no further action would be taken and Suzuki ultimately decided not to appeal the decision.

However, at Portimao on Thursday, Mir made clear he believes it was a mistake and is curious to see what happens if the same kind of inci🅺dent occurs in the future.

"Suzuki wen🏅t to Race Direction without any success and there was not much to do. The decision was already taken. Race Direction [FIM Stewards] saw the action as legal. It is not [an opinion] I share," Mir saiꦕd.

"I thou꧑ght it was outside of the limit, but I respect the decision and I know what Race Direction think about it and alꦉso Jack.

"For me it is clear. It is out of legality for sure, because you can see Jack is lꦚooking to me and then he just…. touched me. Let’s see if it happens in the future – this same action – and it gets penalised. I think they will d🌃o it, but I don’t know."

Mir added: "I think it can be dangerous also in the future if it happens to other people and tha𒐪t they [FIM Stewards] have to penalise these types of actions because it's dangerous, it's in the straigh🧔t, it's intentional.

"But anyway, it is better to think about this weekend and forget about that. For sure I will not do t൲his action to another rival. It is something I will not do."

'Lately the fights in the pack have been really really tough'

Asked about the aggression seen in the previous MotoGP race and if the FIM Stewards had been s🌠omewhat lenien🔥t in not punishing any of the moves, Franco Morbidelli replied:

"Difficult question. MotoGP is tough. MotoGP is dangerous. And it's different compared to any other kind of motorsport that we can watch 📖on TV, and what makes it different is also the great great fight thatཧ you can see between the riders.

"It's the duty of the Stewards Panel to control the fight between the riders, it's not my duty, but I♔ can say that lately the fights in tಞhe pack have been really really tough, really really tough. That's what I can say."