Miller fired up after racing hard in Germany

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 19 June 2023

Jack Miller gave it his “maximum” on his way to finishing sixth in Germany, while he also fired some shots at a “f#*king princess” off the track.

After impressing on Saturday at the Sachsenring qualifying and finishing the Sprint in third, Miller fuelled hopes of an even better result when he led the opening corners of the German Grand Prix.

Once again the Australian flew off the line enjoying one of KTM’s trademark rocket starts to fly past the Ducatis and take the lead.

However, the #43 only remained in front for 10 corners as a mistake at the high-speed Turn 11 allowed him to be gobbled up the charging Ducatis.

In the blink of an eye Miller dropped from first to fourth and he was never able to recover.

As the first half of the race continued the Aussie slipped to as low as seventh, which became sixth after his KTM teammate Brad Binder fell.

After finishing as the highest non Ducati, Miller said KTM made progress from Italy with the Italian manufacturer’s stronger early stint pace being the difference.

Jack Miller tackles one of the many bends at the Sachsenring. Image: Gold and Goose Red Bull Content Pool

“We’re missing a little bit,” Miller told Autosport.

“I was pushing my maximum. I had a moment and got caught up in the group there.

“We’ve had decent pace all weekend, but I am just missing that little bit of outright speed.

“We were closer here than we were in Mugello, but just missing those first couple of laps – a tenth there, a tenth here.

“Those Ducatis in front are able to find that little bit extra pace and then button it down.

“Ours is rather consistent the whole way through.

“It’s not bad, but it’s not good in the beginning.”

Miller also opened up on his MotoGP rivals, many of which are having uncharacteristically poor seasons.

The year has been dominated by Ducati, with the Italian manufacturer winning six of the seven Grands Prix on offer.

The outlier is Texas where Alex Rins rode LCR Honda to victory lane.

Japanese heavyweights Honda and Yamaha are having shockers, plagued by crashes.

Jack Miller leads the German Grand Prix Sprint at Sachsenring, Photo by Alexander Trienitz / LAT Images

There is plenty of speculation surrounding the future of Marc Marquez after he withdrew from the German Grand Prix after crashing his Repsol Honda five times.

Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo has also battled for Yamaha with just two top five finishes in 2023.

Miller lashed out at some of his rivals’ battles, claiming KTM is the only team “not complaining” and keeping its head down.

He said a certain unspecified rider needs to “shut the f#*k up and get on with the job.”

“We’re (KTM) the only one not complaining about our motorcycles and actually trying to do something about it to fix it,” Miller said.

“All they do is throw their toys out of their cot and say ‘my bike is shit’. It’s simple as that.

“Why are they shit? Because they kicked 99 percent of their engineers to get his engineers, his guys in there, and now they’re f#*ked and he can’t even make it past a lap, so it is their own doing.

“Everyone wants to complain about their own bikes and nobody wants to do anything about it.

“Shut the f#*k up and get on with the job. You’re paid to ride a motorcycle, not to be a f#*king princess and complain about your bike.”

Miller be back in action resuming rivalries this weekend in the famous Dutch TT at Assen.

Image: Gold and Goose / Red Bull Content Pool

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