Jack Miller has moved ah𝓰ead of team-mate Francesco Bagnaia in the MotoGP world championship after claiming third place in Catalunya. 

Miller was promoted to third aft෴er the race following Fabio Quartararo’s penalty for straight-lining the turn one chicane. 

Asked if he was surprised to claim third, Miller said: "No not really. Yeah not really. First of all the race was goin💧g really good for me, I executed my plan more or less to perfection, got out front and felt fantastic. 

"I had a couple of lunges on Fabio [Quartararo], but I had already seen when Joha♏nn [Zarco] went past him he went straight on at t🔜he chicane, and we all know the rules.

"If you go through the chicane; I know for me even though I was braking really latౠe I’d still make the chicane - because if not it costs you and you gotta drop a second or something like this or you get the long lap penalty. 

"When I saw him go through the chicane and go like that (open the throttle) and peel back in front of me I 🧔thought, ‘ꦑooh, that’s a bit cheeky’, but it will be alright. 

"Then I had a couple of lunges at him because n🥂o one really wants to get a podium like this, but then on the last lap I was just locking the front too much and thought, ‘I’ll just get as close as I can be behind him’ and just see over the line. 

"It was a good day for us, we moved up a place in the championship, and yeah, gained on Fabio [Quartararo], lost on Johann [Zarco], so it’s six of one and half a doz🉐en the other."&nbs🌳p; 

The race wasn’t without problems for Miller though, as the factory Ducati rider suffered with front l🌳ocking and also front tyre temperature whilst followin꧃g other riders.

"At turn five I missed a gear later on and went wide, but once I was in the draft of the other guys I started to suffer a lot with the f🍷ront tyre temperature," said Miller. 

♔"I had the light coming on pretty much straight away. I was trying eve🧔rything I could not to sit in the slipstream, just trying to get some cold air on the tyre, but no matter what I did I couldn’t get it to drop which was playing on my mind a little bit. 

"I was a𓂃ble to manage the rear tyre especially when they were behind me at the beginning. I was being really, really gentle on the rear tyre just to be there at the end."