At Sunday’s Czech Grand Prix, Jack Miller came home 16th to end his streak of points finishes at four races.
Miller He was the lowest ranked full-time rider in the main event, beating only LCR standout Cal Crutchlow. In his defense, this was a particularly poor weekend for Yamaha, with all four riders qualifying 15th or lower.
With the M1 clearly the slowest bike on the grid, Miller’s hopes of scoring points often rest on beating his Yamaha stablemates. His fight with Toprak Razgatlioglu It was especially close at Pramak.
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Jack Miller praises Torak Razgatlioglu as he rides the Brno chicanes
After nine races, the two riders are tied on 11 points, although Miller took the lead in Hungary with eighth place, Pramak’s best result of the year.
Miller is 5-4 in the qualifying head-to-head, while the pair are both tied 7-7 in their respective races (including sprints).
Miller overtook Razgatlioglu on Saturday morning, losing to the three-time World Superbike champion in both races.
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In Hungary, Iker Lecuona had an impressive performance for Gresini.
He finished 2.5 seconds behind in the sprint and the gap increased to more than seven seconds on Sunday. Writing on social media afterwards, Miller admitted that Razgatlioglu was outclassed through the Brno chicanes.
“P16 today,” he said. “I gave it everything I had and honestly felt about the maximum we had in our pocket.
“He felt good physically and was able to push from the lights to the flag. Torak was bloody good in those chicanes as well. He had a lot to take and a lot to work on.”
As the halfway point of the season approaches, the surrounding sounds Miller MotoGP future They are getting darker and darker. It is now expected that Izan Guevara will join Pramak next year and the ‘Thriller’ is not believed to be in serious talks with other teams.
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