Jack Miller: “No f****** way this will stop, first exit before eyes adjust”

Jack Miller explains shock 🐻of hitting 300km/h after time awayꩲ from a bike

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

Jack Miller has provided a fascinating insight into the importance of a MotoGP rider’s eyes adjusting to speed.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pramac Yamaha rider has pointed out how time away from riding at peak MotoGP speeds can mean e💜yesight requires an intense readjustment.

Miller insists the firs♋t laps of a new season are crucial to redeveloping the senses needed to tra﷽vel at such velocity.

“It’s the eyes,” he told the Gypsy Tales podcast. “Winter break gets you - you go away, go back to Australia, I didn’t touch a bike fro𒁃m th💯e Barcelona test in November to the first week of February.

“So you haven’t done 300km/h since then.

“You’ve got things going through your head. I’ve been doing it for eons but still ‘will I remember how t🃏o ride? Can I do what𒉰 I did three months ago?’

“Your eyes are the first thing. Always in Sepang.

“I know from doing copious amounts of laps there, you know exactly where the braking marks are. You know where you’re safe, where you’re not stretching it. You’ve got 🌞a good window.

“You come out the corner, up the gears, you’re not worried about the ride-hꦐeight device, you’re jus⛄t worried about getting around.

“You go into the braking zone and think ‘there is 🤡no f***** way t💧his thing is going to stop!’

“Your eyes are all over the place. It takes the first exit♋ before your eyes adjust to that speed, and you start seeing things in a different light.

“It takes five or six laps to really adjust. Then it comesﷺ back like muscle memory.”

Jack Miller 'hyper aware particularly if I am focused'

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

Miller insists the adjustment i🌼s even more severe on four wh🥀eels.

He exp✅lained: “I have done a bit in go-karts. That’s another step, the Formula 1 guys, that𝄹 sort of thing.

“You are so low to the ground, your corner speed is 🌞so high. Your eyes ar🔯e working.

“In go-karts, your eyes take a couple of laps to adjust to how quick things come in the corners, and how much co🥃rner speed you take.”

He continued: “I feel like my peripheral vision is pretty good. I s🅘ee a lot, especially in a car, a bicycle or a motorcycle.

“I am hyper aware of what peopღle are doing, particularly if I am focused on driving a car or riding a bike.

“I♔ can see a lot. That definitely comes ♏back to racing. You can feel or hear a motorcycle pass you before you see the bike. Your senses work in overload.

“You try to avoid a block pass, pull it up earlier to cut back, especially noꦜw because there is no margin for error.”

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