MotoGP, Qatar J3 Test: Jack Miller missed the Petrucci target by 33 thousandths…

It’s a Jack Miller satisfied who finished with tests at Qatar who nevertheless asked more questions than provided answers to the Ducati clan, of which he is a part. But the Australian has his own challenge. And it consists of being the poison of the official drivers of Borgo Panigale to settle there next year. In this sense, its target is Petrucci. And he just missed it.

That being said, the same Ducati which were in the first four places at the end of the last tests in Malaysia this time did not disturb the leading men in their quest for the best time. A situation that did not make the Borgo Panigale staff laugh. From then on, to have a smile, you had to turn to Jack Miller. The teammate of bagnaia was only 0,033 seconds behind Monday Danilo Petrucci and he only lost 0,643 seconds on the fastest time.

« It was a very good last day in Qatar " commented Jack Miller. " Every day we worked diligently on race pace and spent a lot of time using worn tires. Today we planned a racing simulation. I was really happy with the pace. I always rode in the mid 1'55s, the bike was excellent. I think we are in a good position. In addition, my personal best time of 1' 54,8 min pleased me, I have never been so fast. We drove quite late this time, the track condition was still good. Honestly, it was the only time in three days that we went clock hunting. I am happy with this test. And especially with the data in race condition ».

He specifies : " in race conditions, I rode with a medium front and a soft rear, with these two options, I have no complaints. Due to the strong wind and relatively cool temperature, we were a little worried about the simulation, which we started at 20 p.m. local time, because at that time the race will start on March 10. I was wondering if the medium before was the right choice. But this compound has proven itself perfectly. I got used to it in the first few laps and then got better. Even the soft rear tire didn't heat up too much ».

Where does Jack want to improve until the Grand Prix? “ Of course, there are small areas where we can optimize something else. For example, at turns 10 and 11 we are looking for even more traction when accelerating. We have to stay calm at the Grand Prix. Then we could start the season with a decent result ».

MotoGP, Qatar J3 Test: times

1	12	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha M1	1:54.208
2	20	fabio quartararo	Yamaha M1	1:54.441	0.233	0.233
3	93	Marc Márquez	Honda RC213V	1:54.613	0.405	0.172
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha M1	1:54.651	0.443	0.038
5	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda RC213V	1:54.653	0.445	0.002
6	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha M1	1:54.660	0.452	0.007
7	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM RC16	1:54.770	0.562	0.110
8	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda RC213V	1:54.789	0.581	0.019
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati GP19	1:54.818	0.610	0.029
10	43	Jack Miller	Ducati GP19	1:54.851	0.643	0.033
11	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:54.852	0.644	0.001
12	36	Joan mir	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:54.997	0.789	0.145
13	63	Francis Bagnaia	Ducati GP18	1:55.074	0.866	0.077
14	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati GP18	1:55.229	1.021	0.155
15	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati GP19	1:55.233	1.025	0.004
16	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia RS-GP	1:55.343	1.135	0.110
17	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda RC213V	1:55.690	1.482	0.347
18	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM RC16	1:55.773	1.565	0.083
19	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia RS-GP	1:55.814	1.606	0.041
20	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia RS-GP	1:56.072	1.864	0.258
21	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati GP18	1:56.121	1.913	0.049
22	5	Johann zarco	KTM RC16	1:56.162	1.954	0.041
23	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM RC16	1:56.371	2.163	0.209