Jack Miller has shone a spotlight on the money that MotoGP riders are paid.

In a previous era, stars like Valentino𒊎 Rossi and Jorge Lore🐷nzo earned fortunes to race at the sharp end of the championship.

But Miller insists the salaries for riders on today’s grid has fꦰallen since the heydays of Rossi and Lorenzo.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo is reportedly the highest-paid rider today on €12m per year. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez walked away from🌃 Honda where he was the top earner in the 🐷sport in 2023.

Miller suggests the declining pay-packets ♛are a result of the manufacturers, and their specific bikes, becoming the dominant force in MotoGP, rather than individual riders.

“The riders back in the day - the big three or four 🦋- were being pa𒅌id incredibly,” the Pramac Yamaha rider told the Gypsy Tales podcast.

“Now guys who are💙 rookies - or established riders, myself included - are signing for peanuts. Simply to get on the bike or get your foot in the door.

“The only other way to make decent money or to🌳 go forward is to ride something different. They have set the bar there.

“The market has dropped.

“Marc is still Marc, and Pec𒐪co is still Pecco. But take it back 10 years? It’s hard to say, being a rider, but there is nobody trying to poach your rider.

“Unless a rider wants to go - like myself or Enea from Ducati - nobody is 𝓰trying to poach them. You don’t feel like you’re losing them to✨ a competitor.

“The bikes are so strong. They set the bar. ‘You want the opportuni𒐪ty to ride this bike?’

“It’s unfortunate🔜 for the guys because they are not being paid accordingly.”

Jack Miller: 'Market value' decreased for MotoGP riders

Miller explained how the desperation of riders to claim the best possibl⛄e bike has driven down their bargaining positions in contract talks.

He said: “The cream will always rise to the top in terms of riders. But, when you take away options, or options aren’t there beca🧔use somebody is so much ahead of t🐬he rest, then it decreases the market value.

“The guys want ♈to win, to do their best. That’s what they’re chasing - the results.

“Unfortuꦉnately some of them aren’t getting paid what they sh൲ould be, to risk their life, essentially, every weekend.

“They have a limited time to make money. [Money paid to ✤riders] has diminished a lot in the past 𒈔10 years."

Miller is a veteran of MotoGP into his 11th year.

He ha𒁃s represented Honda, Ducati, KTM and now Yama🅷ha during his time in the premier class.

Miller’s career at MotoGP level seemed to be🐻 over last year when he lost his factory KTM seat to Pedro Acosta.

Alternatives seemed to hav🌱e dried up until theꦐ Pramac team swapped Ducati for Yamaha, and rescued him.