Nationality debate in MotoGP after Jack Miller “passport” comment

"I don’t want to be hereꦫ just because of my passport," Jack Miller says

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller’s second-chance to revive his MotoGP f♐uture has coincided with a debate about nationalities in the premier class.

Sixteen current MotoGP riders are from Spain or Italy, and there is nobody from the UK or Americ💦ℱa either currently or on the horizon.

Australia’s Mi🎃ller ಞlooked set to be axed from MotoGP after losing his KTM ride in 2025 but is now in talks with Pramac Yamaha to extend his stay.

Miller told : “Obviously Spain and Italy have extremely str💮ong riders at this point in time, but I don’t ⭕want to be here just because of my passport; that doesn’t give me any interest at all.”

A debate about whether MotoGP should give a helping hand to riders from various countries arouꩵnd the world has started up.

Aleix Espargaro told : “Obviously it woul🦄d be nice to have 14 different nationalities in MotoGP, but this is the elite and the best have to be in the elite, wherever th🀅ey are from.

"This is not𓃲 something new, it's been known fᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚor years.”

Espargaro even insisted that🍨 riders from Spain or Italy can be overloo🌳ked because there is so many of them.

“When I was in Moto2, if I had been of another nationality I would have moved up earlier, but if you're Spanish or Italian there aren't that many spaces. It'ꦗs the ൲reality,” he insisted.

“The championship is investing in Asia and other regions by creating promotional cups so that people come from there, but luckily in Spain and Italy they don't need to invest because we already have very good championships from the federations, and many riders💎 come up.

“You can't fight against tღhe🎃 nature that the best riders are from certain countries.

“And if you look at the bottom [cat🍸egories], it's even worse, because all the riders coming up are Spanish and Italiཧan.

“It would be ideal if the 14 fastest riders in the world were from 14 different countries, and you can help with promotion championships so that one day it will be like that, but you can't fight against the nat💧ure that, at the moment, the best riders are from where they come from.”

Any hope of an American rider joining MotoGP in 2025 were abrup꧙tly ended when Trackhouse - the only US-backed team ⛦on the grid - chose to sign Japan’s Ai Ogura instead of Joe Roberts.

Jake 💯Dixon is the only Brit in Moto2 and will not move up to MotoGP next year eit𒐪her.

Since Austr🍨alia’s Mick Doohan’s dominance ended in 1999, the MotoGP champion has only come from outside of Spain or Italy ⛎on five occasions.

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