Jack Miller at MotoGP Sepang test on KTM bike: “Weak point in the dry is a strength in the wet, but any of these blokes can win”
Last year 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira profited from the KTM bike’s proficiency in the wꦗet, winning in soaking weather in Indonesia and Thailand, and Miller has now had his first small taste of that experience.
The second day of the Sepang test, with🌸 Miller getting accustomed to new machinery after his switch from Ducati,﷽ played out amid rain.
“It was a𝓰 really productive afternoon,” Miller said. “I didn’t play with the wet setting but the bike has big potential in the wet, as I saw last year followin𒅌g Miguel.
“A weak point in the dry becomes its strength in the wet. It’s about understanding what it does in the 🎶wet, and transferring it over to the weakest point of the bike, which is acceleration off the straights.
“The aquaplaning was deཧcent, the bike han𓆉dled the wet.
“I’m not saying the others are not fast. On any given day, any of these blokes can🧔 win in the we💞t. But it’s one of the areas we’re looking at. Not only that - we want to be fast in the dry.
“But to have that in our arsenal? If it rains on a Sunday, we’re ready to h🧜ave at it!
“We💯 would have liked to be fu🎉rther up the timing table.”
Miller was 19th-fastest on Saturday, and teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder was 10th. Pramac rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin was the fastest.
“The day was still﷽ very useful for us,ꦺ” Miller said. “I got out first-thing this morning, the track was greasy, but I tried to kickstart the day.
“I got pretty comfortable on the used ty🍸res from yesterday. Then I did the back-to-back with the new engine, and tried to understand that.
“Once we got comfortable on the old bike, we swapped over. I was🌼 comfortable, convinced by the direction that we’re heading in. The bike is working really well.
“Th💫ere are some little things that we need to iron out, which there always are when it’s a brand new engine, but nonetheless it’s a really positive step.
“It’s a matter of getting the rest of the things sorted out. It wasn’t all useless this afternoon - we tested things𝔍 that didn’t require a dry track.”
James was a sports journalist at S✨ky Sports for a 🉐decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
