This press conference before the British Grand Prix had a surreal moment. While Jorge Lorenzo had set himself as a line of communication to never confirm his approach with Ducati, instead insisting on his still strong faith in the Honda project, the one who should have given him the place within the Pramac team confirmed it completely. made while assuring that he had no hard feelings towards anyone…
Two weeks ago, Jack Miller experienced doubt about the extension of his contract with Pramac – Ducati. Behind the scenes, there was this very insistent rumor that Jorge Lorenzo might be able to get his place. Ultimately, Pramac announced the contract extension with the Australian for the 2020 season in the days following the Austrian Grand Prix. He will receive a GP20.
« I am now more relaxed » commented the teammate bagnaia whose fate was already assured with the same material. “ Maybe I'm not so angry anymore, let's put it that way. I have to thank Paolo Campinoti because he defended my arguments and Francesco Guidotti. They supported me throughout the situation.”
The situation is different with the Ducati bosses, however. “ They were 50/50 there » said coldly Miller. " I know that, but I can't say more, it's like that, the main thing is business and they try to win races, I understand it completely, I hope I can prove to them that I can also ". Two third places were his best season results.
Jack Miller now wants to forget this story that Lorenzo swears it never existed… He wants to focus on the future to show his performance. “ Let's sweep this story under the rug and leave it » dit “Jackass” d’une manière franche. « If you take all this to heart in this paddock, you won't be here long ».
But shouldn't Ducati have been more loyal to him instead of talking to Lorenzo in his back ? “ He is a three-time MotoGP world champion and has already achieved victories with this bike, but he is 32 years old and he missed many races last year and again this year " said Miller. " You need to be realistic about where he is in his career. I feel like I'm starting ».
The 24-year-old Australian specifies: “ that’s business. Many such decisions are made in this paddock – every day and I don't care ". Incidentally, the agitation around his handlebars led him to solicit the interest of KTM who had just learned from his pilot Johann zarco his desire to put an end to the RC16: “ of course I had to think about it, KTM is a great company. I have had great success with them and have a good relationship with Mr. Pierer and Pit Beirer, we get along well ". In 2014, Miller had fought for the world title with the Ajo – KTM team in the Moto3 class and finished the season as runner-up.
« In my career, I always seem to take a risk when things start to go in the right direction – like podiums. By throwing myself off the train I would have faced a new challenge, now I want to sit on the same train for a while » ends a Miller clear, like John Zarco. But far from a Jorge Lorenzo on the contrary very opaque.
