Exclusive - Jack Miller: Bagnaia, Marquez “fierce competitors, ultimate professionals”

“Thank God for Maverick getting that🔴 one over the line in Texas”

Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia
Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia

Joining MotoGP in 2015, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Millerꦉ spent his opening three seasons at Honda, where Marc Marquez was already established as HRC’s superstar rider.

The Spaniard had raised his title tallyღ to four out of five by the time Miller switched to Ducati, where the Australian later spent three seasons as Francesco B💞agnaia’s team-mate at Pramac and then Lenovo.

So how does Miller see the much-anticipated factory Ducati match-up of double Ducat🍌i champion Bagnaia and s𓂃ix-time Honda champion Marquez?

“I think they'll push each other extremely hard,” Miller told ltxcn.top.

“People ar🥀e saying this, that and the other but at the end of the day both those boys are ultimate professionals, and they'll do a fantastic job regardless of who their team-mates are.

“So I don't think it'll be too much of an issue in terms of that. Obviously, I think they're still going to be fierce competitors, but they're fierce🙈 competitors as is♔ already!

“All you’ve got to do is look back at the past couple of battles those twꩲo have had. Th꧑ey've been pretty full on!”

Bagnaia and Marquez clashed at last year’s Portimao Grand Prix b🏅efore Bagnaia memorably beat the #93 to victory a🅠fter a thrilling duel at Jerez.

Marquez, riding a year-old bike at Gresini, then got 🌃the better of Bagnaia for second in tꦍhe final laps at Le Mans and finished third in the world championship behind the factory machines of Jorge Martin and Bagnaia.

Maverick Vinales, victory, 2024 COTA MotoGP
Maverick Vinales, victory, 2024 COTA MotoGP

“Thank God for Maverick getting that one over the line in Texas”

Marquez ending a 1000-day victory drought at Aragon, plus two further victories, put him among just five different GP winners🍸 last ꦦseason.

Fo🎐ur of those were o𒊎n Ducatis: Bagnaia (11), Martin (3), Marquez (3) and Enea Bastianini (2).

“Pecco hasn’t left too many for anybody🌠 else!” smiled Miller.

The only non-Desmosedici victory was by Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales as last season saw the lowest number of different winners since a pre-arm injury Marquez swept to hi🌸s most recent 🍌titles in 2017-2019.

“It's hard to say exactly why,” commented Miller. “Clearlꦐy, Pecco, Jorge and Marc are all riding extremely well.

“Pecco and Martin obviously [by fighting for the championship] and then Marc on his day is phenomenal. And even when it's not his day, he'll push the f**kinꩵg thing t𝔍o the absolute limit!

“At least having [two] different manufacturers winning makes things a little bit more interesting. Thank God for Maverick getting that one over the line in Texas because she would have been a rather boring stati𒆙stic otherwise!”

Miller, a Red Bull KTM rider for the last two seasons, takes on his fourth different brand🦩 of MotoGP machine by moving to the neꦜw factory-backed Pramac Yamaha project for 2025.

Marc Marquez and race winner Jack Miller, Assen 2016
Marc Marquez and race winner Jack Miller, Assen 2016

Different race winners per season in the MotoGP era:

2024: 5 (Bagnaia, Martin, M.Marquez, Bastianini, Vinales).
2023: 8 (Bagnaia, Martin, Bezzecchi, A.Espargaro, Zarco, di Giannantonio, Bastianini, Rins).
2022: 7 (Bagnaia, Bastianini, Quartararo, Rins, Oliveira, A.Espargaro, Miller).
2021: 8 (Quartararo, Bagnaia, M.Marquez, Miller, Binder, Martin, Vinales, Oliveira).
2020: 9 (Quartararo, Morbidelli, Mir, Rins, Vinales, Dovizioso, Oliveira, Binder, Petrucci).
2019: 5 (M.Marquez, Dovizioso, Vinales, Rins, Petrucci).
2018: 5 (M.Marquez, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Vinales, Crutchlow).
2017: 5 (M.Marquez, Dovizioso, Vinales, Pedrosa, Rossi).
2016: 9 (M.Marquez, Lorenzo, Rossi, Crutchlow, Vinales, Dovizioso, Pedrosa, Iannone, Miller).
2015: 4 (Lorenzo, M.Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa)
2014: 4 (M.Marquez, Rossi, Lorenzo, Pedrosa)
2013: 4 (Lorenzo, M.Marquez, Pedrosa, Rossi)
2012: 3 (Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Stoner)
800cc:
2011: 4 (Stoner, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Spies)
2010: 4 (Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Stoner, Rossi)
2009: 5 (Rossi, Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa, Dovizioso)
2008: 4 (Rossi, Stoner, Pedrosa, Lorenzo)
2007: 5 (Stoner, Rossi, Pedrosa, Vermeulen, Capirossi)
990cc:
2006: 7 (Rossi, Capirossi, Melandri, Hayden, Pedrosa, Elias, Bayliss)
2005: 5 (Rossi, Melandri, Capirossi, Hayden, Barros)
2004: 4 (Rossi, Gibernau, Tamada, Biaggi)
2003: 4 (Rossi, Gibernau, Biaggi, Capirossi)
2002: 4 (Rossi, Biaggi, Barros, Ukawa)

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