JACK MILLER DEMANDS ELECTRONICS CHANGES AFTER AUSTRIAN SPRINT TROUBLE

Jack Miller said the Austrian MotoGP Sprint exposed “big issues with the electronics” and called for “drastic changes” after electronic traction and anti-wheelie interventions left him struggling to accelerate at the Red Bull Ring.

The Pramac Yamaha rider qualified 21st and immediately found himself at the back on the opening lap. Miller reported that while the bike felt acceptable in some areas, the electronic systems were cutting in too aggressively when he tried to get the bike moving out of corners. “The bike itself was behaving okay, but we’ve got big issues with the electronics,” he said.

Miller explained that braking and entry were still workable, but the problem came during corner exit. He said he could “brake really late” and do what he needed on the bike, yet the TC and anti-wheelie functions were “all cutting way too much.” In his view, the interventions were “really invasive, and not ideal,” and he added bluntly: “I didn't enjoy one lap of the race.”

He also described the time loss early in the Sprint. “We need to understand the issues that I've been having with the electronics since Friday morning, that we haven't been able to resolve,” Miller said. “We need to make some f**king drastic changes to try and understand how the f**k we can make it accelerate better.”

According to Miller, the impact was immediate after the start: “I was dead last after the start. I exited Turn 3, and in the first three gears, I was down a quarter of a second.” He said he could partially recover by working the brakes, but the effect eventually faded: “And then you catch back on the brakes, you play that yo-yo effect, but at a certain point it runs out.”

Miller finished the Sprint in 20th, with the other Yamaha riders also struggling to match the front. Fabio Quartararo was the leading Yamaha in 12th, 13 seconds behind winner Jorge Martin, while Toprak Razgatlioglu finished 17th and Alex Rins 18th. Miller acknowledged Quartararo’s performance, saying: “Fabio is riding fantastic. I mean, the ‘28.6 he did in qualifying is nothing short of a miracle.”

Reflecting on his own day, Miller said he knew he was not getting the best out of the machine, but placed the blame on the electronic situation. “I know I'm not, let's say, extracting my best out of the bike… But with the electronics, like I said, we were in a shitty situation today,” he said. He added that the team would focus on fixes ahead of the next session: “We're going to try and fix it for tomorrow morning with five laps [in warm-up].”