Jack Miller: ‘I was asked for my opinion and made it known’

Jack Miller’s outburst against riders persistently complaining about their MotoGP machines caused plenty of headlines post-Sachsenring.
Jack Miller, MotoGP, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June
Jack Miller, MotoGP, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June

While the Red Bull KTM star wouldn’t na♌me any names, many deduced that words such as “They kicked out 99% of the engineers, to get his engineers. His guys in there” pointed towards Marc Marquez and 🐷Honda.

Miller stood by his comments at 💦the following Assenꦑ round but insisted those that reported he was only targeting the #93 were misrepresenting his words.

However, the Australian also warned that struggling manufacturers being publicly criticised 🍨by their own riders cou꧟ld be at greater risk of leaving.

Explaining further to , Miller said: “I was asked after the race in Germany because some riders have ꧟‘bad bikes’. I ▨then replied: ‘Yes, [but why do] they have bad bikes.’

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“You have to decide who I meant... If you say it's about [Marquez], that's your interpretati🀅on.

“It's not my place to give anyone advice. I was just giving my opinion on the situa🍸tion. That's all.

“I have been asked for my opin✅ion and have made it known.

“Not only did I give my thoughts on Honda's situation, I spoke about the situation of the entir🍒e MotoGP paddock.

“Because the reason why we are here is the many different manufacturers [present]. If we contin🔯ue like this and do the [development] work badly, we will not have a championship [like this]. As simple as that.”

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