Jack Miller undoubtedly learned from his last weekend in Misano. He then spent his first part of the race exhausting himself fighting back against the Yamahas. At the end of the race, he had to get back into line, even seeing his teammate Bagnaia pass him to better move towards the podium. Since then, there has also been a test day at the circuit. For this deadline, equivalent to a second round, the Australian shows another face…
Since the start of this seventh meeting of the season, and the second in a row at Misano, Jack Miller left the hand to his teammate bagnaia, which will undoubtedly also be in 2021 on the Ducati red. But the decisive moment of qualifying was his. In fact, here he is second Casa Particular in Viñales while Pecco is fifth. Certainly, he should have been first, but history will only remember that he was not…
Jack Miller is therefore in the starting position needed to develop its strategy. And here it is… “ Last week I got carried away chasing Franky and Vale in the first ten laps. Tomorrow, I want to drive at my own pace and not let myself be rushed towards ruin. I have to manage my tires and manage my resources. Then we'll see what comes out of it in the end ».
« When it comes to tire distribution, we're all in this together. This track puts a lot of pressure on the tires. But I'm much happier with my setup before the race than last week. We always do very well at the start, it's one of our strengths. Then we have to wait. It remains to be seen what the balance of power will look like over 27 rounds » analyzes the third in the championship.
“I had to put it all in one shot”
The fact remains that before arriving at this second plot of the first line, Jack Miller had to fight. He made a mistake in FP3 on Saturday morning and therefore had to make the unpleasant detour via Q1 to Q2, of which only the two fastest pass. “ It wasn't ideal that I had to go to Q1. In FP1, I only missed the direct entry into Q2 by one position. In Q2, I only had a soft rear tire. So I had to put it all in one shot. But we handled it well ».
For the race, he develops: “ since last Sunday we have been working to find a better racing pace ", explained JackAss. “ Because last Sunday I didn't have the best pace for the race. This is why we are trying to get closer to the regularity of the drivers in front ».
« The Yamahas are always super consistent in testing, you can see it in the results lists. I have to work hard to keep them within firing range. This is our main objective. We also need to understand how tires behave. Because in all honesty we did a lot of rounds with all the mixes, but I haven't found one for the race that suits me 100%. This has a lot to do with the temperature of the asphalt. So we still have to make a plan for Sunday ».
Everything remains to be done in a situation where many are designating bagnaia like the big favorite...
MotoGP Misano2 J2: qualifying
