We have an interview with Jack Miller after the Mandalika MotoGP giải

MotoGP 2022 – Round two
Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia
Interview with Jack Miller

Trev zoomed in with Jack Miller just minutes after wrapping up what an exciting Indonesian GP is to get the 27-year-old’s explanation of how the Indonesian GP plays out from the cockpit of the Desmosedici #43.

Jack maybe I’m a bit old but he’s actually a very polished media performer these days and makes some really insightful comments, far more than any other MotoG rider I’ve had to. speak. I don’t know if it’s just his unremarkable honesty, or a concerted effort to be helpful, but I don’t think it’s just my Aussie bias that leads me to say he’s probably the The most interesting interview subject in the field of MotoGP 2022.

Among other media on the connection, Trev posed this question.

Trev – First Jack, congratulations for surviving today’s conditions and earning a decent score. I’m not going to pretend to mind the amount of pressure you face going into this race after failing to score a point in the season opener. The tension on your face is evident as I assume your electronics engineer has informed you about the grid. Then in the race, adapting to the changing conditions, knowing early on that you have a chance of winning, if you take big risks, then balancing that gold with the knowledge that you don’t have points on the board and need to make sure the ledger has some numbers in the plus column before you leave Indonesia… Am I reading too much into it, or are those factors and more inside the helmet your danger, when you ride a 300-horsepower motorcycle on the line between adhesion and disaster?

“Yeah, sure, sure I thought about all that. Not starting with any point on the board is not ideal.

“When Fabio came through, I saw what he was doing differently, and I tried to do that, and I had moments..

“Luckily, you know, Ducati is generally pretty good at letting you know in the wet, where you are, where the limit is, if you can push more or not, and I have had moments. his carving, once my foot. off the peg and everything and I was like, I’m really going to throw myself in the gravel here if I keep doing this, so it’s just a matter of trying not to lose any more time, just drive clean. would be possible.

“We had a few other minor issues on the bike but overall I just cycled it clean and brought it home.

“I mean fourth is definitely better than zero. And like you say to get some points across the board at the start of the season.. I mean we have 19 races left to go, a lot can happen. out, and we have to keep breaking it, like you said we didn’t start the season on the right foot. ”

Other questioners have asked a variety of questions, and we’ve included some answers from Jack below.

“Started well, got ahead, and overall I found my limit in those conditions pretty quick, I had to do 1m40 laps and that was all I got, I struggled a bit. with the rear grip, which has more to do with the bike setup than anything else, suffers quite a bit with a bit of turning, and not enough rear contact.

“I had to run quite square sections, and couldn’t like to roll in the middle of corners, simply because I thought we were a little too stiff in the back.

“There were no laps on wet tires at the weekend, which led to a bit of guesswork about the setup, and yes, we went maybe a little too tense.

“My pace hasn’t really changed, I was a little bit faster, but no better than 39 or so, but other people could still find more speed towards the end, and I couldn’t.

“I watched Fabio as he passed, I tried to run a little more to stay with him when he stopped in time, and then I had a couple of moments ahead. Basically because I’m pushing the rear, then the rear won’t load, and in turn, the front will overload. For me, it’s more important to try to manage the race and get as many points as possible, because honestly I don’t feel as though I’ve got the right setup for today. I feel I have speed, I feel I have speed, but yes, I just see my limitations and am suffering quite a bit. “

“The TV always made it look worse than what the driver got it, but the spray was really, really bad, even on the scenic road I was completely drenched, and during the race.

“Because of a little dirt on the track, it stuck to everything, to the visor, to the screen on the bike, which became useless. Maybe eight more rounds, I ended up having to wipe the visor off, just to try and clean it, which is something you really try to avoid as it creates sticky spots for a lot of other things to get stuck on, but I can no longer cope. At the end of the day it will run in the wet so it will never be perfect or 100%, so we managed and I was able to find my way relatively quickly, but there were a lot of stains. sprayed, I was drenched just to see it clearly, the spray spout was ridiculous, so much water and you felt like you were standing in front of the faucet…”

Then someone asked about Jack’s dissatisfaction with Fabio Quartararo…

“I had just passed Fabio and he had his motorbike slam into my hip, pretty clearly like he did with Johann. I don’t think once someone passes you to accelerate immediately towards their front tire is essential. I would be quite happy to talk to him about not being like that, as we saw with Johann, I mean you pass, okay, that’s fine, but then, okay, the Yamaha works good, but that doesn’t mean you open the throttle and aim for my front tire, since that would get me in an accident, I don’t think that’s fair. He went into the side of my skin, I obviously had better speed at the time, I came in from ninth on the net while he was on the post, it was an unnecessary risk that I think the top of the race has to run into my side of the leg. “

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