KTM's Jack Miller says it feels like he "can't push anymo🍬re" on the RC16 at Misano after struggling to 15th in the MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint having qualified 19ꦇth.

The Australian endured a disma🐼l Q1 on Saturday morning when he ended up 19th on the grid, while team-mate Br﷽ad Binder topped the session and went on to put his KTM fourth.

From the ⭕back row of the grid, Millꩲer couldn't do much to make progress as his march took him to 15th and almost 20 seconds off the win.

Miller feels he is "stuck" in terms of pace around Misano compared to what he did at the Sa🎐n Marino GP and that he is "on the wall for my riding".

“It’s like a tenth off what I did last week in the spr𝓰in𓆉t, so it seems like we’re sort of just stuck around that number and that’s how it feels,” he said.

“I feel like I can’t push anymore, I feel like on the wall for m𝓰y riding, for my feeling with the bike. So, we’ve got to try and find something to move that bar.”

Tyre warm-up thwarts Binder

Off the line, Binder jumped up to second ahead of eventual winner Francesco ꧒Bagnaia, but by the end of the opening lap he had been relegated to fifth and then to sixth on the nex🎉t tour.

By the end of lap three, Bindꦛer was already 2.5s off the lead and would end up ꦅ8.1s back at the chequered flag in sixth.

He blamed this on not being able to get his mediu🌜m front tyre up ജto temperature quick enough and nearly crashed twice on the first lap.

“My speed was decent and to do a 1m30.6s in Q2 was my quickest lap around here,” Binder sa✱id.

“I messed up the sprint because it 𝕴took too long for the front tyre to come up to ♑performance and I almost crashed and went wide in Turn 11.

“I needed two laps ꦿto get my feeling and then I could ride OK.

“It still wasn’t fast enough but at least I could push and I’m happy enough with the result because I thought I had ruined the race by the time we go to Turn 6 for the fir෴st time.

“Tomorrow I definit♌ely need to work on that tire situation, and we should be pretty good.”

He added: “Honestly, I was really lucky to save a crash at Turn 6 on lap one, and then agᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚain at Turn 11 I almost crashed again.

“So, super lucky to stay on the bike.”

KTM team manager Francesco Guidotti called it a “bittersweet Saturday”, stating: “Brad took P1 and then P4 in the two qualifying sessions, one of the best outcomes this year and we cannot co🥀mplain 𒉰about that.

“He also had a great start but then struggled with the front tyre teꦺmperature for the first laps and missed the chance to go with the leading group.

“Jack missed Q2 on Friday by😼 a few milliseconds. He couldn’t find a lap today and then a Sprint race from the back is a tough deal. We’ll try to be better tomorrow.”