Jack Miller (motorcyclist)

Jack Peter Miller[1] (born 18 January 1995) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for being the championship runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 World Championship.[2] Miller won the 2016 Dutch TT on a privateer Honda.[3] In 2020 he signed a factory contract at Ducati for 2021 and 2022 seasons.[4]

Jack Miller
Miller at the 2019 Australian Grand Prix
Nationality	Australian
Born	18 January 1995 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Current team	Ducati Team
Bike number	43
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2015– Manufacturers Honda (2015–2017) Ducati (2018–) Championships 0 2020 championship position 7th (132 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 99 1 10 1 2 544 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2014 Manufacturers Honda (2012) FTR Honda (2013) KTM (2014) Championships 0 2014 championship position 2nd (276 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 6 10 8 1 403 125cc World Championship Active years 2011 Manufacturers Aprilia, KTM Championships 0 2011 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 0

Career

Early career

Born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Miller grew up on a property outside the city. A tropical city where he made his own fun, riding his motorbike and quad bike, water skiing and lending a hand with fencing and cattle mustering. His parents and siblings have supported his racing career every step of the way helping reach the goal of racing in the World Championship series. Miller has been racing motorbikes and winning since he was eight years old. He started on dirt, and was the Australian Dirt Bike champion in the 65cc category in 2003. He went on to win five other Australian championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and numerous other local and state titles in dirt bike racing and motocross events.

2011 was his breakout year in Europe. A string of strong performances saw him win the championship in the German IDM 125cc category at the age of 16. This result won the attention of Caretta Technology's Forward Racing, an Italian race team who signed Miller to ride in the 2012 Moto3 Championship.

Moto3 World Championship

2012 was Miller's first year in the Moto3 World Championship. That year had Miller riding for Caretta Technology Forward Racing on a Honda chassis. Whilst the bike was not competitive it allowed Miller the opportunity to learn the circuits he would be racing in the coming years. He finished 23rd in the Moto3 Championship that year, with a best finish of 4th at the German Grand Prix, at the Sachsenring.

Miller moved to Racing Team Germany for the 2013 season, riding an FTR Honda chassis. Miller achieved thirteen points-scoring finishes during the season, and finished in seventh place in the final championship standings. His best result was a fifth-place finish – on two occasions – at the San Marino and Australian Grands Prix.

Miller moved to a factory-backed KTM motorcycle for the 2014 season, joining the Red Bull KTM Ajo squad. During the season, Miller recorded his first fastest lap, pole position, podium finish and victory during the season; in total, he won six races during the season and finished the season as runner-up – to Álex Márquez – in the championship, missing out on the title by two points.[2]

MotoGP World Championship

Jack Miller at the 2015 Catalan Grand Prix

Team LCR (2015)

For the 2015 season, Miller graduated into the MotoGP class, forming a part of an expanded two-rider Team LCR outfit, partnering Cal Crutchlow. Miller competed on an open specification Honda RC213V-RS motorcycle. He achieved his best finish with 11th at Catalunya. At the British Grand Prix, Miller moved up the order in the early stages, but collided with teammate Crutchlow on lap three.[5] Miller finished the season in 19th place with 17 points.

Marc VDS Racing Team (2016–2017)

For 2016, Miller moved to the Marc VDS Racing Team.[6] Miller finished in 14th-place at Qatar. At Catalunya, he finished the race in a career best 10th-place. On 26 June at Assen, Jack was running strongly in the top 10 before the race was red flagged due to heavy rain. The race restarted for a 12 lap shootout, and Miller clung on to the leaders in the early laps. He was running in fourth by the end of lap 1, and inherited third when Andrea Dovizioso crashed, right behind factory Honda rider Marc Márquez. On lap 3 race leader Valentino Rossi crashed out, and a lap later Miller overtook Màrquez for the race lead. He held his nerve for the rest of the race and pulled away to claim his first premier class victory. He was the first Australian to win a MotoGP race since Casey Stoner in Australia 2012, and the first satellite rider to win a race since Toni Elias in Portugal in 2006. Miller's odds of winning going into the race were said to be 750–1, making it the biggest winning upset in MotoGP history. The rest of his season had mixed fortunes, with occasional speed being blighted by injuries, including a fractured vertebrae in Austria. He claimed three more top 10 finishes to end the year 18th in the standings.

Jack returned to the team for 2017, and although he sometimes lacked the raw pace from the previous season, he appeared to have matured and became a consistent points scorer. This fact was recognised by Honda who gave him a chance to ride their factory bike at the Suzuka 8 Hours. He recorded nine top-10 finishes during the season, with a best finish of sixth coming twice at Assen and in the wet at Misano. Despite breaking his leg whilst training before Japan, he returned for his home race in Australia and led the early laps. He finished the year 11th in the standings.

Pramac Racing (2018–2020)

In 2018 Miller moved to Pramac Racing, now riding a Ducati, siding Danilo Petrucci, however, unlike the Italian he had to stick with a GP17. Nevertheless, the Australian scored two fourth places and a pole position and finished the season in 13th position.

In 2019 Miller was riding a GP19 after Petrucci moved to the Ducati factory team. His teammate is 2018 Moto2 champion Francesco Bagnaia. The season started very strong for Miller in Qatar, he qualified 4th, but was forced to retire in the race due to a broken seat while battling for the lead. Miller finished 8th overall in 2019 and scored 5 podiums in Austin (His first podium since his 2016 Assen win), Brno, Aragon, Phillip Island and Valencia.

For 2020, in his final season with Pramac Ducati, Miller has finished in the top-10 in seven races with a best finish of second at the Styrian GP. However Miller incurred a DNF at Andulucia due to error in the intense July heat at Jerez. Another DNF occurred at Misano 2 due to a tear-off from Fabio Quartararo's visor being sucked into the air intake, causing a reduction in power. A suspected engine failure also occurred while fighting in the lead group at Le Mans.

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2011	125cc	Aprilia	RZT Racing	73	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		KTM	Caretta Technology	8
2012	Moto3	Honda	Caretta Technology	8	14	0	0	0	0	17	23rd
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	Caretta Technology – RTG	8	17	0	0	0	0	110	7th
2014	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	8	18	6	10	8	1	276	2nd
2015	MotoGP	Honda	CWM LCR Honda	43	18	0	0	0	0	17	19th
2016	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	43	13	1	1	0	0	57	18th
2017	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	43	17	0	0	0	0	82	11th
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing	43	18	0	0	1	0	91	13th
2019	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing	43	19	0	5	0	1	165	8th
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing	43	14	0	4	0	1	132	7th
Total					154	7	20	9	3	947

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2011	2011 Germany			6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moto3	2012–2014	2012 Qatar	2014 Qatar	2014 Qatar	49	6	10	8	1	403	0
MotoGP	2015–present	2015 Qatar	2016 Netherlands	2016 Netherlands	99	1	10	1	2	544	0
Total	2011–Present				154	7	20	9	3	947	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER Ret	CZE	IND									NC	0
		KTM												RSM 24	ARA	JPN 16	AUS 23	MAL 16	VAL Ret
2012	Moto3	Honda	QAT 25	SPA Ret	POR	FRA Ret	CAT 15	GBR Ret	NED DSQ	GER 4	ITA 21	IND DNS	CZE	RSM Ret	ARA 19	JPN 19	MAL 13	AUS 21	VAL Ret			23rd	17
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	QAT 16	AME 6	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 10	CAT 7	NED 7	GER 7	IND Ret	CZE 7	GBR 7	RSM 5	ARA 13	MAL 6	AUS 5	JPN 6	VAL Ret			7th	110
2014	Moto3	KTM	QAT 1	AME 1	ARG 3	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA Ret	CAT 4	NED Ret	GER 1	IND 3	CZE 5	GBR 6	RSM 3	ARA 27	JPN 5	AUS 1	MAL 2	VAL 1		2nd	276
2015	MotoGP	Honda	QAT Ret	AME 14	ARG 12	SPA 20	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 11	NED Ret	GER 15	IND Ret	CZE 19	GBR Ret	RSM 12	ARA 19	JPN Ret	AUS 15	MAL 17	VAL 21		19th	17
2016	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 14	ARG Ret	AME DNS	SPA 17	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 10	NED 1	GER 7	AUT DNS	CZE	GBR 16	RSM DNS	ARA	JPN Ret	AUS 10	MAL 8	VAL 15		18th	57
2017	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 8	ARG 9	AME 10	SPA Ret	FRA 8	ITA 15	CAT Ret	NED 6	GER 15	CZE 14	AUT Ret	GBR 16	RSM 6	ARA 13	JPN	AUS 7	MAL 8	VAL 7		11th	82
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 10	ARG 4	AME 9	SPA 6	FRA 4	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 10	GER 14	CZE 12	AUT 18	GBR C	RSM 18	ARA 9	THA 10	JPN Ret	AUS 7	MAL 8	VAL Ret	13th	91
2019	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	ARG 4	AME 3	SPA Ret	FRA 4	ITA Ret	CAT 5	NED 9	GER 6	CZE 3	AUT Ret	GBR 8	RSM 9	ARA 3	THA 14	JPN 10	AUS 3	MAL 8	VAL 3	8th	165
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 4	ANC Ret	CZE 9	AUT 3	STY 2	RSM 8	EMI Ret	CAT 5	FRA Ret	ARA 9	TER Ret	EUR 6	VAL 2	POR 2						7th	132

References

1. "Campeonato de España de Velocidad, Circuito de Jerez – 7ª Prueba: Clasificación Final". CEV Buckler. Dorna Sports. 21 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
2. "Marquez clinches title in third as Miller wins final race". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
3. "MotoGP: Jack Miller wins rain-affected race at Assen". BBC Sport. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
4. Puigdemont, Oriol (27 May 2020). "Miller secures 2021 Ducati factory seat". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
5. "Miller apologises to Crutchlow for wipe out". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
6. "Jack Miller joins the Marc VDS Racing Team for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

External links

• Profile on motogp.com