Jack Miller on leaving Ducati for MotoGP rivals KTM: “I’m an outsider here - sick and tired of justifying”

The Australian rider will swap the Ducati Lenovo Team for KTM’s factory team in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP rider line-up, signing a two-year contract.
He has lifted the lid on his frustration at continually being offered only one-year deals at Ducati, and being a teammate of Italian riders 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini inside an Italian team.
“It’s a good dynamic⛄, Pecco and myself sharing the box together,” he told M☂otoGP’s official website.
“He has really taken the role of team leader. He stole the reins off me and has ta🌳ken it strongly - I’ll admit to that. He’s done better ✱than what I could in these past couple of years, not through a lack of trying, obviously.
“But, you know, with the two Italians in an Italian team? I mean, I don’t wa♎nt to say too much…
“I think both those boys know what’s imp🔴ortant. They know what they want!

“I think you’d struggle to find a t💫eam-mate as easygoing as me. At th🌌e end of the day, I’m an outsider here.
“I’m an Australian i𓆏nside an Italian team. I don’t speak the language so you do ge𝔉t put on the outside.
“It makes it easier for the team. I’m very open and talk to th♓e team and I think the team really enjoys having me around, but iജt’s never the same – the same culture, same everything.”
Bastianini will move from Gresini Ducati into the factory team to partner Bagnaia who, this season, sits only two points behind leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2022 MotoGP standings.
“It will spice things up a bit,𝓀” Miller said about next year’s partnership between Bagnaia and Bas💯tianini.
“I think the vibe, th⛦e atmo💧sphere in the box, definitely will be different next year. They will be very competitive.”

Rumours had started circling aꦉround the paddock that Ducati were considering replacing Miller for 2023, when his existing contract expired.
He opted to take a decis♉ion into his own hands by signing a two-year deal with KTM, and has now revealed his frustration at being unable to settle at Ducati.
“ I’m not going to sit here and 🧸lie and say eve𝔍rything was rosy,” Miller said.
“I was getting tired of one-year contracts. Having to justify myself in Qatar every single year, why I deserve the job🌞, why I deserve to have my position, and getting questioned by not only the media, but everybody.
“I was sick and tired of justifyi🌞ng why♉ I should be wanted.”
Miller is currently in his best form of the season having won in Japan, and comไing second༺ in Thailand.

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