🗣️ 'I wasn’t expecting a 1m37.7s but, hey, I’ll take it' Jack Miller surprised by his own MotoGP lap record in PortugueseGP practice ⬇️
After five years as a Ducati rider, Miller joins the factory KTM squad for 2023. But the transition was a difficult one of the winter, as the RC16 lagged behind its rivals throughout testing as all riders struggled for rear grip.Miller made a shock jump in lap time of almost 1.9s to produce a 1m37.709s in FP2
to end up as the only KTM rider progressing directly through to the pole shootout qualifying session on Saturday.“[I’m] not [surprised by] the improvements, but of the time. I wasn’t expecting a 1m37.7s but, hey, I’ll take it. “We’ve been working extremely hard, and when I say ‘we’ I mean mainly the engineers. I’ve done fuck all in Australia for the last four months.“And already with the new engine we made a big step, and then with the new chassis, and also with the change in philosophy in terms of electronics and stuff.
“We’ve made a massive step, and exit by exit, session by session I feel like I can make this bike my own and start to exploit the strong points of the KTM.“On entry, the front feeling gives me a great sense of confidence in the front, lap by lap, corner by corner because you get an amazing reading off the tyre.
“I had a couple of moments today, the bike really gives you an amazing feeling and I’m able to save these crashes.”
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