MotoGP Argentina: Miller hit with grid penalty

Ducati Lenovo’s Jack Miller had a difficult day at Termas de Rio Hondo after qualifying 11th for Sunday’s Argentina GP.

The drama didn’t end there, however, after post-session sanctions saw the Australian hit with a three-place grid drop. Leaving him lining up in 14th of the 25-lap race, behind teammate Pecco Bagnaia - who also suffered across Super Saturday.

Miller’s crime? ‘Riding slow on the line and disturbing another rider at the entry of turn seven’ during the second qualifying session. The rider in question was Monster Energy Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, with the duo seeming to continue their on track squabbles from Indonesia.

“When you have someone in this kind of corner, when you arrive in fourth gear really fast and you have someone, not in the middle but basically the racing line, is disturbing,” Quartararo explained. “So, for me it’s not fair when you’re racing like that and that’s it.

“For me, I’m not complaining but you know even what’s happened in FP2 with Pecco and all the bikes, [The second Ducati man was seen becoming more and more frustrated by the touring riders around him, before hitting the gas, then the brakes off-line down the main straight to try to avoid being used as a tow. He did, however, avoid punishment despite being called to the stewards] is about safety and I think that we need to be fair in these moments.

“You’re trained to go the fastest as possible and at the end, he was not really in the middle but he is disturbing.

“That’s the only thing I was angry because, for me the first lap was the best opportunity and I get disturbed on my first lap. If it was on my third lap, maybe I don’t get that angry. But is like that, we cannot change nothing and in any case, I think that the second row was