Francesco Bagnaia speaks highly of Jack Miller as a person and a teammate. They shared the garage for four consecutive seasons between 2019 and 2022.
A year later Miller He joined Pramac, came a rookie Bagnaya, won a new Moto2 title. The Australian had a good start in Paolo Campinotti’s team, finishing twice in eight while his team-mate struggled in the lower midfield.
But when the battle reached the factory team, it turned in Bagnaya’s favor Ducati together. In the year He finished second behind Fabio Quatararo in 2021 and won the championship himself in 2022.
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‘Extremely real’, says Francesco Bagnaia of Jack Miller.
Speaking BSMT podcast, Bagnaya recalled Miller helping him in his title fight with Quattararo.
The ‘Thriller’ lost its seat at the end of 2022 when Ducati signed Innea Bastianini. After two years with the KTM factory team, he is now back at Pramac, this time riding a Yamaha.
Bagnaya said the two drivers remain close after spending so much time together. Miller was praised for his leadershipNow World Superbike is helping Torak Razgatlioglu adapt.
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“Miller is a wonderful man,” he said. Bagnaya. “To me, he is a very genuine and wonderful person. We still talk a lot today.
“It was a race he let me through, but he was fantastic in everything.”
Jack Miller’s comments on Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia fight
“It’s a confidence thing, it’s an emotional thing,” Miller explained last year when asked about Bagnaya’s fall (via Crash.net).
Miller chased Bagnaya during the Sprint in Aragon and noted that he was ‘rather neutral with the bike’ due to a ‘lack of confidence’. He couldn’t ‘use his body’ like his majesty.
After slipping to fifth in the 2025 standings, Bagnaya made a disappointing start to the new season with a ninth-place finish in Thailand.
It is widely expected Bagnaia will lose his Ducati seat. With Pedro Acosta out of contract at the end of the season. Transfer to Aprilia at #63
Miller will not miss Ducati’s constant pressure.That is what Bagnaya has been facing since the crisis intensified.
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