Jack Miller says he has “always wanted” to ride a Yamaha MotoGP bike h🔥aving followed the likes of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi🌊 on M1s earlier in his career.

The Australian has been thrown a lifeline for 2025 after Yamaha signed him on a one-year deal to return to the🍸 Pramac squad.

Miller, who previously raced with Pramac on Du🗹cati machinery between 2018 and 2020, will join Miguel Oliveira as the Italian team embarks on its first season 🎶with Yamaha.

Having at one stage this summer looked like his MotoGP career was finished, Miller is “extremely excited”🎃 to jump on the M1 having admired it since racing with the likes of Rossi and Lorenzo.

“It’s awesome tಌo have the opportunity to work with Yamaha,” he told TNT Sport.

“Such a prestigious brand, such an historic brand. They are pushing so 🃏hard to try and achieve what they did just a few years ago.

“To try and he💮lp those guys, and I’ve always wanted to 🐓ride one of those bikes since I hoped into MotoGP.

“I used to follow the Tech3 boys or Jorge or Vale back in the day when they were ဣon that, and thinking ‘that looks goo🐓d to ride’.

“So, extremely excited to finally get onboard the M1ಞ and see what it’s all about.ꦜ”

Miller’s two-season stint with KTM hasꦦ failed to live up to his race-winning performances of his Ducati days, with 2024 proving especially difficult on the RC16 as he is yet to get near the podium.

Reflecting on his time with KTM, Miller 🤪said: “The key thing would be the double podium in Jerez.

“Obviously the sprint pod🍌ium was really ni🍬ce the Sachsenring. But I would have liked there to have been more.

“There’s no getting around that. I would have liked a few moreﷺ highlights, that’s for certain, but t🐈hat’s the way the cookie crumbles.

“Like♕ I said, ꦆthere’s still plenty of opportunities this year, so fingers crossed we just hit our stride and finish the year out strong.”

What Miller brings to Yamaha

Miller’s signing raised some eyebrows as Yamaha elected to go for a se🤪cond experienced hand at Pramac instead of a rookie, as had been rumoured.

But his experience of the V4 engine, which Yamaha is currently developing for ꦑthe first time, is a 💮key attribute justifying Miller’s move to Pramac. 

“I think it will work really well, because Yamaha is in this development phase,” TNT pu✃ndit Neil Hodgson said.

“And Y✨amaha are developing a V4 engine. Jack’s got a lot of experience using the V4 engine.

“That’s really important because Yamaha’s number one ride♈r, [Fabio] Quartararo, he’s only ever ridden in M✱otoGP the inline-four, which feels totally different.

“They need experience. Jack’s got the ꩲHonda experience, Ducati experience, KTM experience - al💞l of them V4s. So, it’s a great signing all round.”