Like the rest of his colleagues, Jack Miller is done with this thrilling 2020 season. This winter break will therefore be appreciated, hoping however that it will not be as long as the previous one, which lasted until July... After going under the knife to relieve some plaques buried in his body, the Australian takes stock of his campaign. With a dominant feeling: that of a missed opportunity…
Un Marc Marquez injured and finally absent for the year has undoubtedly given rise to great vocation for succession on the rest of the field MotoGP. A feeling that lived Jack Miller, but the latter stalled during the second part of the season. So, if he claims three second places and a third position, he also and above all regrets four retirements. Which are not mainly his fault.
Jack Miller was thus struck by Brad Binder at Jerez-1 and he also experienced two mechanical failures due to an engine failure at Le Mans and... to the protective visor of fabio quartararo, swallowed by his GP20 on the straight.
Jack Miller: “perhaps it was the season of missed opportunities”
Jack Miller finished seventh in the championship with an average points collected of 9,4 points, compared to an average of 8,6 points the previous year. Not bad, however, he is disappointed not to have been able to finish first in the clan Ducati. A privilege which has once again returned to Andrea Dovizioso, fourth overall with only one retirement to regret.
On his 2020 performance, the one who, at 25 years old, will be part of the factory team in 2021 Ducati comments: “ there are so many positive aspects », he begins. “ But many of us racing drivers will look back and ask, 'What could have been possible?' Perhaps it was the season of missed opportunities. I've had my share of bad luck and I've had some bad times. Like everyone. But I finished seventh in the championship. Not too bad when you consider that I had four clean results and therefore failed to score on four occasions ».
He finishes : " we will try to straighten out this number 7 a little next year ". A work that effectively transforms it visually in 1…
