The four-time MotoGP race winner delighted the fans with a podium in last year’🅷s event and🌄 returns with an expanded ‘Thriller Motorsport’ line-up of good friends Marcel Schrotter (Yamaha) and Josh Hook (Honda).

“It's awesome to be back here and to 𒉰do it with the three bikes isಞ amazing,” Miller said on Thursday.

“I can't even begin to ꦫthank all the people - with posting stuff from Europe and shit getting lost, then ꦰfairings getting painted and flown in with one of the boys on Monday.

“It’s been a nightmare but we managed to put𝓀 everything together, ship it down from Townsville and we're here to have a crack.

“None of the bikes have been tested… so fingers crossed t🐽hey go alright on track.”

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Miller, riding a Panigale V4 on Michelins and standard electronics, qualified second on the grid last season꧋.

He was then taken out in race one before completing the rostrum behind fellow Ducati rider Wayne Maxwell𝕴 (Pirelli) and BMW's Glenn Allerton in race two.

“Yea🦹h for sure,” replied Miller, when asked if podiums were the goal this weekend.

“We’ve got a lot more experienc😼e than last y𝔉ear when it was all brand new.

“I know the track, okay the bike is brand new, but it's very similar to what I rode last year. So I think w🍸e've got a good chance.

“Changing the tyres [to Pirelli], we don't really know what to expect, but I rode them once at World Ducati Week and was pretty happy w🧸ith them.

"It'll be interesting. I th♈ink we can do a g🍨ood job.

“It's one of those weekends where I get to get my hands dirty and actually touch the bike a little bit and I don't h𓄧ave to sit in my corner.

"It's kind of nice to just get back to the basics again, but of course with the competit🐓ive edge as⛎ well.”

Last year’s ASBK finale saw multiple restarts due to red 🦋flags, one of which was caused by Hook.

Asked if there will be any Thril🌸ler Motorsport team orders this weekend, Miller joked:

“The team order is: Hooky, don’t T-bone anybody because I’ve got to꧟ pay for the motorbike, cheers!”

After five seasons at Ducati, Mille😼r is switching to Red Bull KTM in MotoGP next season.

The 27-year-old was given permission to make his RC16 debut at 🌠the Valencia test but remains under contract to Ducati until January 1.