Australia MotoGP: Jack Miller on Enea Bastianini during Ducati battle - “taking photos and celebrating after one podium…”

The stresses of Jack Miller, Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin as they publicly fought for the same 2023 factory Ducati seat have been laid bare in The Ducati Decision.
Jack Miller , Enea
Jack Miller , Enea

Bastianini eventually won the fight and will be in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP rider line-up alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia, who is currently second in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings and has the championship in his sights.

The Ducati Decision filmed a scene after the French MotoGP which Bastianini won, at the height of the competition between teammates ꦚfor a single seat.

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“Tꦑaking photos and celebrating after one podium? I don’t think that means anything,”꧋ Miller said.

“I’ve been working with these people for five years. When the results come, they comeꦺ.”

Miller later hinted at the deꦡcision that w▨as to come, that he had opted to leave Ducati for KTM next season.

He claimed that🐼 his pe💜rformances this season were “not to keep my job - to do the best that I can, for myself, personally”.

Jack Miller MotoGP race, Thailand MotoGP 2 October
Jack Miller MotoGP race, Thailand MotoGP 2 October

This season Miller is partnering title contender Bagnaia in the Lenovo Ducati Team, Bastianini is with Gresin♈🐟i Racing and Martin is with Pramac Racing.

Miller, speaking earlier this season, said about his chances of bein🅘g retained by Ducati: “I do the best I can for the co𓄧mpany. I am a liked person, people like me a lot.

“I sell a lot more motorcycles than other people do. And th🍨at’s a big thing in this business.

“So, for sure, I have a lot of faℱctors coming in my way.”

Miller heads into his home race, the Australian MotoGP, this weekend. Since confirming that his days with Ducati are numbered he has registered his best results of the season - the Aussie♓ won the Japan🍃ese MotoGP and finished second in Thailand in consecutive races.

Bastiaꦡnini, though, has had a breakthrough season with four victories (Qatar, America, Fraꦍnce, Aragon).

Enea Bastianini, MotoGP, Thailand MotoGP, 1 October
Enea Bastianini, MotoGP, Thailand MotoGP, 1 October

“If you look at results, Enea deserves the p♋lace and I don’t,” said Martin, who has been on the podium three times in 2022, earlier this year. “But if you look inside, I think it’s a different story. He has a really good bike. With that bike, I did those things last year.”

Ducati boss Davide Tardozzi described their three-way d𒆙ecision between Bastianini, Miller and Martin: “It’s a problem that everybody would like to have.

“Some people may say that we are managing a pro📖blem. But it is such a nice problem to manageꦗ.”

Miller then revealed how he broke the news to his Ducati bosses that he would switch to KTM: “What makes me hungry? What will moti𓃲vate me the best in the years to come?

“I went to speak with them🌟 all after I made my decision. 𓄧I explained that I won’t be here next year. I have decided to go elsewhere, and that’s it.”

Miguel Oliveira, whose KTM seat Miller will iꦬnherit when the Portuguese rider move🐼s to Aprilia, teased Miller: “I hope you enjoy it more than me!”

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