Jack Miller: “They tell you ‘you may be killed’ - I lost friends, broke bones”
The KTM MotoGP rider has been riding bikes💦 since he was two, and racing since he was a seven-year-old.
He has offered a startling revelation of the mentali🌠ty needed to conquer fea꧃r.
“In Australia, where I grew up, ဣbefore every race, you do a rider’s br🧔iefing,” Miller told .
“And they tell you: ‘You may be kilᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚled or injured; your machine may be damaged or ꦦdestroyed’.
“That’s something that burns itself in the back of your brain - and I’ve𝔍 brok♍en well over 30 bones, and lost some really great friends.
“But did I ever think about quitting the sport🎀? Does it even pop into my mind? Never.
“That 🌜can happen with the thiඣngs you love: You’re scared about it, but you don’t really think about it.”
Miller’s ex-Duc♍ati teammate and his friend Francesco Bagna🤡ia added: “Fear is part of our sport.
“It’s part of our job: When you c🅘rash at high speed, you feel fear - you’re arriving to the gravel ve🧜ry fast and approaching the barrier very fast - but before that, you don’t think about it.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, the 2021 MotoGP champion and Yamaha rider, went further: “You need to put your balls on the 🌸bike and give your🀅 best.”
Quartararo described Turn 1 at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas 🌄to 🅷underline the speed and bravery of MotoGP riders.
“Right here, after the backstraight,” he said, “we arrive there at 340 kilometers [211 mph] and we take the꧙ corner at 60 [37 mph] - that’s 280 kilometers [174 mph] difference in only 250 metres.”
Quartararo has paid a🌸 physical toll over the years.
“I broke my foot, my back, my wrists, my fi🐷ngers. . . many things!
“Actually, my left wrist is re🌺allyജ bad - I broke it in more than 20 parts.
“[It’s in the] past - now w🅺e need to focus on the present.”
The 2023 Mot🌼oGP season, which has feat𝕴ured a new format introducing sprint races at every round on Saturdays, has been littered with injuries.
Marc Marquez has notably failed๊ to complete a grand prix yet, in part to hand issues.
Pol Espargaro has missed the entire season after a crash on the fir💯st Friday left him with a broken jaw, a serious ⛦back injury, and a lung problem.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coverไing everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
