RiderTua.com – For Jack Miller, the pressure is increasing in the official Ducati team garage. The Australian rider was eliminated in the first race of the 2022 MotoGP. Competition from Bastianini and Martin began to pressure his position. Miller was very disappointed to have to return to the pits during the race due to a technical failure on his Ducati Desmosedici GP22. On the other hand this has weighed on and put pressure on him, fueling rumors of the possible arrival of Jorge Martin or Enea Bastianini. But Jack Miller tried to stay calm..
Until now, Jack Miller remains the favorite to retain his seat in the factory team as well for next year. 4th place in the standings in the 2021 season, two wins and an experience that no competitor (Martin and Bestia) can boast of. “I may have had unrealistic expectations last year.. Sometimes I feel calmer, whatever happens, I gained experience last year. Nobody said I finished fourth in the championship, people forgot about it as soon as Christmas was over”. But Enea Bastianini’s win in Qatar, was an unexpected new pressure, Bestia was also intent on taking Miller’s seat at the factory with all his might.
Electronic issues on the Ducati GP22
In the Indonesian GP, it is forbidden to make mistakes. Outside of the electronics issues, Jack Miller’s weekend was never smooth, as was the case with other riders with the factory Ducati, problems arose from the first laps.. “The bike didn’t run at full speed, I was very slow, and the other riders overtook me easily. There’s a problem with the electronics. In some places I have 100% engine power and on the straights there is a drop in power. Everyone overtook me at the last corner. I was afraid of being hit from behind by people when I came out of the last corner and entered the last straight”.
The Australian Ducati racer tried to tinker with three different engine mappings, but to no avail. “After that I also turn off and turn the motor back on. But in the end it was better to give up. We certainly can’t learn anything from this. The only positive thing is that Ducati knows the problem: we know what happened and we hope it won’t happen again.
The start from fourth place earned in Qualifiers had given hope for a better result, but for Miller the Qatar 2022 series was a weekend to forget (Luca Marini also complained of electronic problems). Except for Enea Bastianini who drives the Desmosedici GP21. “I hope to take the important points first,” concluded Miller.
