MotoGP Aragon: Miller surprised by lap, ‘threw everything at it’

Four MotoGP front row starts in succession, Jack Miller was denied a second pole position by his Ducati Lenovo teammate at Aragon on Saturday.

Just 0.09s split Miller from Pecco Bagnaia at Motorland after the Australian bettered his previous best by almost a second with his late-session 1’46.159 lap, having led a Ducati lockout of the top five in the morning’s FP3.

“Yeah, I’m pretty happy with how Saturday went,” Miller said on Saturday afternoon. “I wasn’t particularly happy yesterday avo, I was struggling a little bit but we sort of analysed what we needed to work on and made some adjustments overnight and immediately this morning I felt more comfortable with the bike. I was able to improve immediately in FP3 and then yeah, did the lap time.

“I threw everything I had at it. I thought it’d be enough to be honest.

“I went over and I saw second soon as I looked at the screen so I thought ‘haha’ I don’t know what the lap time had been because I kind of surprised myself when I went through sector three. I think it said I was under by six-tenths on my best lap time. I was pretty surprised with that but no, the boys were all pushing. I mean, even on the first tyre, the times had dropped immediately from what we had in the morning. I feel good, feel like I’m ready, so we’ll just wait to see what tomorrow brings.”

Miller was joined by his current teammate Bagnaia, and the rider who will replace him in the factory Ducati team for 2023, Enea Bastianini, for the third race weekend in a row. The might of the Desmosedicis on show once again with four of the top five claimed by the Bologna manufacturer.

“I think it’s just sort of coming to us all as the season’s progressed,” he said of the ongoing domination. “I think we’re all