Jack Miller was forced to race with “blind faith” amid the tricky conditions at the Americas MotoGP.

The chaos on the starting grid at the Circuit of the Americas - highlighted by Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales remarkably sprinting off their bikes and into the pits - was tipped to favour Miller.

The new 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pramac Yamaha rider has earned a꧂ reputation for riding in conditions that some🌠 rivals cannot master.

From ninth, Miller has exp⛎lained the treachery of the opening laps at COTA.

"The bike was working well,” he said.

“We got away to 🃏a decent start, which is half the battle here.

“Especially that first lap here was kind of chaotic with all of the patche♕s.

“And when you've got all the bikes in a💝 row, you can't see what's coming up, you're just following with blind faith.

“But I g🍃ot a good sta🐠rt and then settled into my rhythm."

Miller finished the grand prix in fifth - he was the top Yamaha rider in bot💙h qualifying, and when it counts most on the Sun🔯day.

It was another step in the right direction for th💃e experienced rider whose MotoGP future was at-risk when he lost his KTM ride last year.

His gap🌳 to the COTA winner was 11 seconds, compared to 22 seconds last year.

So far, Pramac’s decision to recruit Miller is paying dividends for the overall Yamaha project which☂ is desperately trying to rejuvenate itself.

But he knows Ducati remain firmly at the front, afte𒈔r getting his close🦩st look at them for a while.

"We're cha🔯sing the red bikes at the moment,” Miller said.

“Obviously, they hit the nail on the head with last year's package because that's really strong 🌟as well.

“But, like you say, 𓄧we've got ex🐭tra testing and all the things to try to improve. So, as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day."

The fourth round is in Qatar on April 11-13.