Jack Miller is fed up with tire problems at the MotoGP qualifiers

Australian Jack Miller finished qualifying for the Grand Prix of America on Saturday in tenth place. The Ducati racer was the fastest in the third free practice, where he set a time of 2: 02.923, which put him in the role of the favorite for the highest places, and in the qualifications he was 0,797 seconds behind his time, which was only enough for the tenth place, meanwhile when his teammate Francesco Bagnaia won the best starting position.

For Miller, this is not the first time that he showed good form in training, which then disappeared in the qualifiers or the race, and indirectly he blamed the Michelin tires for that. “It’s certainly not my fault that I didn’t try hard enough,” Miller said. “We know the problems are recurring and I can tell you that I have had enough of this. Let’s move on, and hopefully the problems won’t happen again in the race. Although I would like to say what I think, we will not do that at this time. I just couldn't repeat the lap I was able to take in training, even though I did everything exactly the same. ”

At Michelin, however, they pointed out in their defense that Miller drove the prep lap 20 seconds slower than usual in the final attempt, which could be to blame for his problems. “After Q2, we heard a complaint, but based on the data we had immediately after qualifying, we have to point out that the preparation lap was 20 seconds slower than usual, which can be attributed to the loss of grip. We will have more data available later and we believe that the slower preparation cycle is to blame for the drop in temperature and tire pressure. ”