MILLER LINKED TO TECH3 KTM MOVE

Jack Miller is one of the hot topics in the MotoGP silly season this year and Sky Sports Italia is reporting that the Queenslander is set for a move to KTM alongside fellow Australian Remy Gardner.

Following the departure of Suzuki, the MotoGP silly season has gone into overdrive with factory Ducati rider Miller right in the middle and has been linked with a move to the satellite KTM squad Tech3.

Spaniards Alex Rins and 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir are now on the look out for rides and means that there will likely be two riders that are left without seats for 2023, Miller does not want to be one of them.

Miller’s teammate Francesco Bagnaia has already been locked in for two-years following his resounding end to the 2021 season when he took pole in all of the last six races, winning four of them.

This leaves one seat at the factory team left, while Miller has performed strongly in recent rounds two costly crashes in the first five races did not do him any favours.

Ducati satellite rider Enea Bastianini has won three of the first seven races with Gresini Racing and is a real championship contender, he appears to now be the favourite for the seat.

Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin was a contender also however he has failed to score points in five of the seven races this year, his shot at a factory ride for 2023 is dwindling.

Up until this point it was expected that Miller would return to Pramac Ducati where he spent three years before joining the factory team, however Sky Italia is confident that Miller will wear orange leathers in 2023.

Sky Sport Italia noted there is a significant figure at KTM who worked with the three-time MotoGP race winner at Pramac in the past.

Francesco Guidotti was recently hired as team manager of the factory KTM Factory team making the shock to replace Mike Leitner.

Brad Binder is already locked in for 2023, although his factory team-mate Miguel Oliveira is not it is likely he will re-sign.

This means that Miller’s move would be to satellite KTM team Tech3.

Although only seven races into his MotoGP career, it has been reported that Spaniard Raul Fernandez will leave the KTM Tech3 team at the end of the season.

With him teammate Gardner expected to re-sign, Miller’s move it would make an all-Australian line-up at the Tech3 KTM team next year.

All of this comes after Ducati Corse Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti said that “the futures of Bastianini and Martin will be clear in June.”

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