“⛄The visibility was shocking the first couple of laps, honestly,” said KTM’s Jack Miller.

“The problem was the windscreen was filthy, so you couldn't see a damn thing out of that, so you're s🌱ort of sticking your head up down the straight trying to see.”

The dirt also meant Miller soon used his tear-off and had to wipe his helmet visor ‘motocross style’ ღeveജry few laps.

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“Theꦡ♍ helmet worked mega, it didn't leak at all,” he said of the first wet MotoGP race for the new Alpinestars design.

๊“I kept my tear-off for about three꧟ laps and then ditched that and just wiped [the dirt off the visor] with my hand.

“Through Turn 10, I was like, ‘waaaah’, on the lean angle, literally flat [out] and took my hand off to give it a wipe! It was a bit like moto🃏cr⛦oss!

“Every 3 or 4 laps you had to g🐎ive it a wipe just because there was that much sand and shit in the water.”

After fight﷽ing at the front on his KTM debut in Portimao, Miller faced both a new track and new (wet) conditions in Termas 🦩de Rio Hondo.

Lining up 16th, just behind team-mate and Sprint winner Brad Binder, Miller gained ten places over the course of the Sunday race to also hold sixth in the world cham🙈pionship standings.

“Happy enough,” said the Australian, who kept Fꦏabio Quartararo at bay in the closing stages. “I mean, no one's happy with 6th areꩲ they? We wanted a little bit more but starting from 16th wasn't the easiest thing in the world. Nonetheless, we worked our way through.

“About three laps into it I just hit a wall. I don't know if I cooked the rear tyre a little b♐it on the drive part of the left-hand side. But I started having moment after mome🍌nt.

“I tried to sort of scroll through my maps to understand if that was the issue. Tried more power, that didn't help at all. Tried less power, that seemed to help a little bit. Put the TC target away a little bit and that was better as well. Kind of wish I had a little bit more m✤argin there with that.

“Then eight laps to the end, it kind of came good again, started bringing my lap times down a little bit, was able to come back towardsꦺ❀ Jorge [Martin].”

The ❀RC16 has previously w🐠on in wet conditions with Binder and Miguel Oliveira and Miller, also a renowned talent on a slippery surface, was impressed by his first experience.

“The bike itse👍lf felt mega, especially in the front e🎀nd,” he said.

“It was a weekend of learning for 🎃us. With the first rollout here in the wet, we were really really far away. We made a big step this morning, probably could have done a bit more in that direction.

“We've made the bike quite a bit shorter, our wheelbase is a lot longer than it was the last couple of years. But we've made it quite a bit shorter this morning, we pro🍷bably could have gone another step in that direction. Just with the transfer you get, it's so much better, a lot better drive.

“But the bike's mega in the wet, the front endꦅ's solid, you get a good readi🌳ng in the wet and dry in where you are at with the front tyre. Wanted a little bit more, but we'll take it.

“The pace was also really good in the [dry] sprint race and I was kind of hoping for a dry one today. But nonetheless I'm really happy with the work that we🌳've done.

“I feel like after these last two grand prix, we've got a decent base sett♍ing, and we can hopefully hit the ground running come America.

“MotoGP’s all about results. We're working on it. I'm enjoying the proce🦩ss.”

Binder fell after🦩 contact on the opening lap and finished 17th 🐼and last.