• 2024 Official Qatar MotoGP Test results - Day 1

Jack Miller was among the MotoGP riders who crashed on the opening ꦡday of the Qatar test but it still didn’t wipe the smile off his face.

The KTM rider ended the opening day of the preseason test on Monday dropping hints t𒉰hat his bike hasn’t yet shown its ജpotential.

Miller was 14th-fastest on Monday in Qatar, while t💦eammate Brad Binder was 🎀fourth.

Miller explained his minor c𝕴rash: “I had a slight fall at Turn 6ꩲ. Nothing major.

“Coming in, as I down-shifted it started vibrating, I committed to it anyway. I du𒀰mped it.

“I picked the 💞bike up, she was a bit twiste🌠d, but I was still able to put a lap together.

“I wasn’t going 🐲to go back to the box with two new tyres in it!

“So we managed to put a la🍸p together with bent ꩵhandlebars.”

The KTM has been id﷽entified by many interest💛ed observers as the likeliest bike to compete with the dominant Ducatis in the early rounds of the 2024 MotoGP season.

♉Miller couldn’t hide his optimism when speaking on Monday after the first of two days testing.

“The bike is working well here,” he said.

“I’m very happy with how the 🍰aero worked today in tricky, windy conditions. It’s pꦫretty exposed here.

“To have that ticked off the list is good.

“[We are💝] going over what we found❀ out in Malaysia.

“I’m really happy with the dire💃ction of the bike and I reckon we’ve got a little more in the pocket…”

With just one day left of preseason testing b♍efore the season begins in Qatar on March 8, how ready are KTM?

“We’re ready. I think so,” Miller insisted.

“Malaysia was a lot more hectic than here.

“Here it’s pretty settled. We’ve made♏ most of the de𒈔cisions.

“Now it’s just a case of making sure the💞 decisions are the correct ones so we’re not second-guඣessing ourselves.

“Hopefully, in a perfect world, the bike shouldᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ stay the same. And we don’t havꦍe to rip this out, that out…

“I’m pretty happy with the base package today.

“The e꧑lectronic upgrades have been a massive boost tܫo the performance, for sure.

“Not only on the♏ used tyre, but in time attack mode𝄹 as well.”

The early hours of Monday were a frustrating wait for some MotoG🙈P riders who didn’t want to make use of 🌞the dusty, daylight hours.

“I didn’t mind. Everybody was in the same🎀 boat,” Miller said.

“We had to get out there and clean the track.

“The front tyres had massive graining on the right-hand side, everybody that I saw coming in, myself incl🐎uded.

“It’s just a necessary evil around here.

“The conditions got to be pretty 💟good towards th꧋e end of the test.

“I had a little go at a time attack at the end.”