Jack Miller reacts to “pain in the arse” moments in Mandalika practice

“We tried to carry more corner speed and lost the grip from the edge of the tyr🐻e"

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller had “strange moments” on his KTM during Friday practice ahead of the Indonesian MotoGP.

Miller was🌌 17th in the morning session then 16th in the after𓄧noon.

But it was a particularly part of the c🍷ircuit which cost him valuable time.

“It was a positive day,” Miller reflected. “We had g𒐪ood pace in t🌠he afternoon, we did a long run and felt good. The bike worked okay.

“When I nee꧋ded to🍌 push a lap time at the end, I had a couple of moments… strange ones…

“After the back straight at Turn 10 and 11. I was in control to carry corner speed but, for some reason, both timౠes going in, mid-way through the apex, the rear locked.

“It does some strange things like that, someti🌠mes.

“We tried to ✱carry more corner speed and lost the grip fro♋m the edge of the tyre.

“In general the bike wꦺorks 𒐪well in low-grip conditions.

“If we can fix that Sector 2 tomorrow, have more speed through ther𓆏e…

“We made a massive step t♔oday, we’re getting better and 🧜better.”

Miller was asked if engine braking was th🉐e cause of his problems controlling the rear of his KTM.

“I don’t knowꦚ if it’s a matter of slip. I’m unsure on t🔯hat,” he said.

“We’re trying𝄹 to fix it now, the boys🦹 are trying to understand what went wrong.

“But it’s a pain in the arse, espꦑecially when you’ve put a new tyre on and you’ve put together the first half of the lap well.

“The problem here is, if you have a moment like that, especially in that seq💯uence of corners, you then hit the dirty shit between Turn 11 an🙈d 12.

“The bike loses speed, you’re running off-li🔜ne at the next one, and instead of losing eight tenths you end up losing three tenths.”

Pedro Acosta was the fa🌊stest KTM on Friday at Mandalika, going eighth-quickest.

Miller’s factory teammate Brad Binder was 14th on Fri🔴day afternoon.

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