Jack Miller explains cause of the crash which cost him at the Austrian MotoGP

Jack Miller: "I wa꧟s trying to stay in the fight and play the l♔ong game. But didn't get there"

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller began the Austrian MotoGP race inside the top four and fiꦺnished it with lap times good enough for the top six.

But, unfortunately for the Australiꦛan, looking to build on fifth and top KTM in the Sprint, a mid-race crash left him out of the points in 19th.

Miller was ‘nursing’ his r🐭ear tyre early in the grand prix when he was passed by team-mate Brad Binder and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi.

Disaster struck when Miller, who said he hadn't felt contact from Marc Marquez a lap earlier, lost the f🌟ront into the chicane on ⛎lap 11 of 28.

“Not the way we wanted the day to go, but I got a better start and we went with a softer map today. I was nursing the bike at ꦉthe beginning and sacrificing a little bit but I was comfor🍰table,” Miller explained.

“I had the bike pretty mellow, especially off Turns 3 and 5. Just trying to save the right-hand side of the rear tyre. So I was yo-y🤡oing a little bit, but trying to stay in the fight and play the long game. But I didn't get there in the end.

“I came in [to the chicane] a l🧸ittle bit hot, the front started bouncing and that was that. But I was𒆙 able to pick the bike up, remount and get going.

“I didn't give up and kept pushing until the end. I wish we could have stayed on it, that's for certain, because I felt rea💞lly strong at the end of the race.”

Miller lost 20 seconds on the lap he fell which, if taken off his race time, w🔯ould have put him in seventh place. But that’s without taking into account th🐠e damage he was carrying for the remaining 17 laps.

“The bike was behaving pretty well considering she had a bent handlebar, some broken wings and whatnot,” Miller said. “But th♕e tyre stayed in realꦡly well and we were one of the fastest bikes on track for the last six laps.

“So I’m left with that ‘whatౠ could have been’, but nonetheless it was nice to be competitive again this weekend. It's been a big boost in the confidence.”

Binder c🥃laimed top KTM honours in fifth place, but 🍌18.620s behind race winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati).

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