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Miller’s double Le Mans MotoGP DNF “not adequate”

Miller tumbled out of the dash race at Le Mans final weekend and was combating for the highest six having led briefly within the grand prix when he crashed at Flip four.

This has seen the Australian slip 45 factors again within the championship standings, with Miller “kicking myself” for not capitalising on unhealthy days for quite a few title contenders within the grand prix.

“Only a weekend of errors from my behalf, which isn’t adequate,” Miller mentioned when requested by Autosport if dropping factors or hindering his KTM adaptation via his crashes annoyed him extra.

“I apologised to the crew and everybody for that, and we’ll attempt to be higher in Mugello.

“We’re nonetheless 45 factors again. We’re not that far again from the lead.

“And on a day when Pecco scored zero, and a few different guys too, it might have been a superb day for factors and we didn’t take any.

“So, I’m kicking myself for that.”

Miller’s dash race crash was right down to him operating the medium entrance tyre and never feeling assured sufficient on it, whereas his Sunday spill got here as he took an excessive amount of kerb at exiting the Dunlop chicane.

Jack Miller, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

Jack Miller, Crimson Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing

Photograph by: Marc Fleury

“Not the weekend we needed, nevertheless it’s what we acquired dealt,” he added.

“I used to be making an attempt actually onerous, I led a couple of laps there within the race, type of sat at my tempo.

“I didn’t have the best of emotions on the left rear. I used to be simply actually making an attempt to nurse the left a part of the tyre, particularly in the direction of the tip. I type of caught round my tempo, however when [Marco] Bezzecchi got here previous he had clearly extra pace than me – he simply rode away from me.

“I didn’t really feel snug spinning it up that a lot.

“I began pushing with seven to go. I simply set my greatest lap after which, like a f***ing fool, I simply minimize the kerb at Flip four a bit an excessive amount of and it was over.

“I simply modified course a little bit bit too aggressively, minimize an excessive amount of of the kerb and he or she went away. There wasn’t a lot I might do with it.

“I attempted to hold onto the bike, and ended up getting shit-whipped.”

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