Miller: "I might have been able to challenge for the podium"

Twelve months after his stunning first MotoGP™ win in the Dutch GP, Jack Miller (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) put in another great performance at the TT Circuit Assen to come home sixth in a challenging race to manage. Initially not happy with his start, Miller was then able to tag onto the back of the group battling for fifth, fighting with Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) and then pushing when the rain came to keep his tyres up to termperature. His management of the conditions paid off - with Miller able to come home in sixth and take a great haul of points. More risk could have been more reward, says the Australian, but the result as opposed to a DNF was too valuable:

Jack Miller, P6: “The first lap was not good, from my grid position I got stuck on the outside through all the right hand corners and lost time, but once the group flattened out I got up to tenth in a group with Dani and Cal. I was a having nice fight with Dani and then the rain came. I kept my pace to keep temperature in the slick tyres and pushed through to sixth. With more risks I might have been able to challenge for the podium but I wanted the points, this was a good result for me. I never thought about changing bikes, there wasn’t enough rain for wet weather tyres.”