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British MotoGP at Silverstone: What caused Jack Miller to say ‘don’t be an idiot’ on the final lap? | MotoGP

British MotoGP at Silverstone: What caused Jack Miller to say 'don't be an idiot' on the final lap? | MotoGP

Miller, who spent the entire Grand Prix inside the top three positions, was arguably the fastest Ducati rider despite Francesco Bagnaia ultimately winning his fourth MotoGP race in the last seven rounds.

Faster than his team-mate at the beginning and end, it was the middle part of the Grand Prix where Bagnaia took advantage of finding more performance.

Although he lost out to Maverick Vinales with three laps remaining, Miller closed in on the top two during the final lap as he began lining up a move on the Aprilia rider. But after seeing Vinales protect the inside heading into ‘Brooklands’ [turn 16]Miller instead settled for third.

Speaking to BT Sport post-race, Miller said: “I ran out of steam towards the end. I started suffering a little bit with the front end. When Pecco came past I thought: ‘Alright, I’ll settle in here for a bit’. I felt stronger than him for the majority of the race but I wasn’t going to put anything silly on. We were 1-2 [at the time] so there was no need.

“Six laps from the end, I started losing the front massively. Then I used the rear to finish the corner off. Then I started losing the rear everywhere. Honestly, I was panicking with three to go!

“On the second-last lap, I calmed down and understood how I could ride around the issues that I was having. I had a big kick on the chicane on the back straight, lost all my drive, and waited for three bikes to come past!

“Every time I checked the TV in the second-last corner, there were 15 bikes on the screen, all on the same corner that I was in! I found a bit more speed on the last lap so I was annoyed.

“I thought about having a look-in at Maverick [Vinales]on the last chicane where I looked at Aleix [Espargaro] last year, but he was so protective. I thought ‘don’t be an idiot, just bring it home!’

“I was panicking because, at Turn 1 and Turn 12, you hear bikes! It’s like a guy is on the inside of you! I don’t know what it is, with the walls and echoes!”

Silverstone ‘one of the best’ MotoGP circuits in the world, says Miller

Silverstone played host to the second closest top ten finish in MotoGP history on Sunday, proving once again that this year’s field is closer than ever.

However, it’s not just the performance throughout the grid that’s making the racing close in 2022, as Miller also believes the right track can play a big part in how well you can race one-another.

“I can’t speak highly enough about it [Silverstone]. It’s one of the best in the world,” said Miller when asked how highly he rates the British venue.

“It’s a proper old school Grand Prix track, long lap and has a lot of different elements. That’s why you see the top ten so close together.

“It shows the depth of the field but it also shows the race track because even riding with some of the Suzukis in the race or even the Aprilia at the back end, you can see the different lines. It makes for great racing so for sure , it’s a great circuit.”

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MAFS’ Jack Millar and new girlfriend Courtney Stubbs look loved-up on the way to the vet

They call it puppy love! Married At First Sight's Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs looked loved-up on the way to the vet in Sydney on Friday

They call it puppy love! Married At First Sight’s Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs look loved-up on the way to the vet after groom’s split with Domenica Calarco

By Jade Watkins for Daily Mail Australia

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Married At First Sight groom Jack Millar’s relationship with new girlfriend Courtney Stubbs is going from strength-to-strength.

The couple looked loved-up while walking through the backstreets of Surry Hills, Sydney, on their way to the vet on Friday.

Arm-in-arm, the pair were all smiles as Jack’s little dog scurried alongside them.

They call it puppy love! Married At First Sight's Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs looked loved-up on the way to the vet in Sydney on Friday

They call it puppy love! Married At First Sight’s Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs looked loved-up on the way to the vet in Sydney on Friday

Love Island star Courtney showed off her flat tummy in a white floral corset top teamed with baggy jeans and sneakers.

She went makeup free and tied her brunette locks in a high ponytail, and accessorized with a white handbag and designer sunglasses.

Meanwhile, Jack was dressed in a cozy brown sweatshirt and matching shorts.

The brunette beauty showed off her flat tummy in a white floral corset top teamed with baggy jeans and sneakers

The brunette beauty showed off her flat tummy in a white floral corset top teamed with baggy jeans and sneakers

The duo debuted their romance last month sharing identical posts to Instagram to unveil their romance.

In one photo, Jack was seen protectively putting his arm around Courtney at the beach day.

In another photo, the couple posed on the streets of the Gold Coast.

Meanwhile, Jack was dressed in a cozy brown sweatshirt and matching shorts

Meanwhile, Jack was dressed in a cozy brown sweatshirt and matching shorts

‘Pics I felt my mum this week,’ the post was captioned.

A number of the couple’s reality star friends excitedly posted under the photos.

‘Cute!!!’ Samantha Moitzi wrote, before Taku Chimwaza added, ‘My gah’.

‘Cuties,’ Brent Vitiello chimed in.

The duo debuted their romance last month sharing identical posts to Instagram to unveil their romance

The duo debuted their romance last month sharing identical posts to Instagram to unveil their romance

Jack was seen kissing the bombshell brunette on the beach

Jack was seen kissing the bombshell brunette on the beach

The pair made it clear they were an item holding hands

The pair made it clear they were an item holding hands

Jack sparked rumors he was off the market when he went skiing with Courtney at Perisher the same month.

The pair couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces as they posed together in their ski gear.

Courtney found fame on Love Island Australia last year, dating emergency respond Noah Hurah during her time in the villa.

Jack was also seen indulging in a red while out and about

Jack was also seen indulging in a red while out and about

Jack’s ex-‘wife’ Domenica Calarco suggested the pair were indeed dating.

During an Instagram Q&A, Domenica responded to a fan who asked: ‘How do you feel about Jack and Courtney? Be honest.’

Domenica replied: ‘I’m so happy he is happy.’

Jack confirmed he and Domenica had called it quits when they arrived at the Married At First Sight reunion separately in April.

Jack confirmed he and Domenica had called it quits when they arrived at the Married At First Sight reunion separately in April

Jack confirmed he and Domenica had called it quits when they arrived at the Married At First Sight reunion separately in April

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MotoGP Silverstone: Jack Miller ‘can’t feel anything’ with new aero, grateful not to be ‘locked out’… | MotoGP

MotoGP Silverstone: Jack Miller 'can't feel anything' with new aero, grateful not to be 'locked out'... | MotoGP

Making headlines throughout the British MotoGP at Silverstone has been Ducati’s new ‘Stegosaurus-like’ aero package on the rear of its bikes.

Whether it’s the factory team, Pramac, Gresini or the Mooney VR46 outfit, Ducati has given all of their riders the chance to test the new aero package.

And while Enea Bastianini claimed it was helping him under braking following Friday practice, Miller is unconvinced after stating he feels ‘no benefit’.

Miller said: “I don’t know about benefit. It’s definitely not the easiest thing on the eye but they seem to be happy with it. I mean, I’m the donkey that sits on the bike.

“In my honest opinion I can’t feel anything. Except I just have to watch it with my leg when I put my leg over the bike. I can’t feel anything while riding. We need to analyze it more obviously, but for the moment nothing.”

When asked if he wanted to test the new wings after they first appeared on Bastianini’s Gresini Ducati and Jorge Martin’s Pramac machine, Miller stated: “They [just] gave it to me.”

While it might not be making a difference to the feeling he has aboard his GP-22 machine, Miller is just glad to be receiving parts and not being ‘locked out’ of data, something that has happened before when riders have agreed to join another team following the current season.

“At the end of the day they were straight up with me,” said Miller when talking about Ducati providing him with the same treatment as all its other riders. “Once I told them [I was leaving] we had this discussion and as you say, it’s very unusual for a factory to give a rider updates especially when the rider is leaving.

“But they’ve been 100% honest with me throughout the whole lot and also you see what they do with all the bikes they have on the grid.

“They give them the maximum that they can. It’s in Ducati’s DNA and it’s a massive thing from Gigi [Dall’Igna] and they are really pushing for that.

“On that side of things I greatly appreciate it because there is nothing worse than not getting updates or being locked out of data etc. It’s nice to have that, for sure.”

Zarco ready for Silverstone ‘present’ – can he take his first MotoGP win?

Starting alongside Miller on the front row for Sunday’s Grand Prix will be Johann Zarco after the French rider secured pole with a new lap record.

Nearly a tenth clear of Maverick Vinales, Zarco’s main challengers for victory are potentially all on the second row as Fabio Quartararo will start directly ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaro.

Still bidding for his first win in MotoGP, Zarco said ‘why not’ at the prospect of taking home the spoils at Silverstone.

“From Friday I’ve been quite fast and I was able to build a good step from Friday to Saturday. It means that I have more chances than usual to think about the victory.” added the two-time Moto2 champion.

“The pole position was a good confirmation and also the pace in FP4 was quite good. Why not hope for this victory.

“I will not fully focus on it [to avoid] making any mistakes. Let’s see how the others will be in the race. I hope I will get this advantage with the hard rear and get this nice present at the end.”

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MotoGP Silverstone: Jack Miller ‘got a little trigger happy, fired it at the wall’ | MotoGP

MotoGP Silverstone: Jack Miller 'got a little trigger happy, fired it at the wall' | MotoGP

The factory Ducati rider lost the front of his machine on entry to Stowe, at the end of the back straight, the scene of several Friday accidents.

“A bit stiff now – from five weeks off, to riding into a wall ain’t great, but the rest is all good!” smiled Miller on Friday evening.

The several scares on the hard rear tire, the Australian had switched back to the medium.

“The medium felt fantastic, but I just got a little trigger happy at the end of the back straight,” Miller explained.

“There was a big cross wind, right as the track sort of goes up and drops off. Where everybody’s crashed. I came in there too fast and was trying to stop it, it wasn’t happening and I fired at the wall. I’m not ideal. I’m feeling pretty tender now!

“But I was able to come back in, swap leathers, get back out on the soft tire and post a decent time so I can’t complain too much. We’re inside the top 10. It’s job one done for the weekend. So now we just got to keep it going into tomorrow.”

Miller confirmed that he will raise the issue of the tire wall during Friday night’s Safety Commission meeting.

“It’s close. I’ll be bringing it up in the Safety Commission,” he said.

“I went into the gravel sliding backwards and I lost all sort of sense of direction of where I was. Then I just sort of went head first into the ground. Sort of bent my wrists back. And then as I flipped over, I hit the wall and then bounced back off the wall.

“So I made it to the wall and the bike was [lying] right next to me.

“I crashed kinda earlyish on the brakes, I saw for example [Darryn] Binder went down and he didn’t quite make it to the wall. But then Zarco did, some of the other guys did.

“So especially if there’s contact or whatever, it’s something that needs to be looked at, I think, in the future. Because yeah, it’s pretty scary.

“I also had a bit of a moment in there this morning and just trying to stop the bike before going in the gravel, even though you’ve got that runoff area, it’s pretty tight.

“Folger had his big moment there and sort of slammed the wall some years ago. I remember that.

“I was lucky…But if the bike’s followed me in it’s going to be a different story. There’s no air bag on it where I hit, so whether or not airbags need to be put around [the tyre wall] a bit further.

“We’ll discuss it this afternoon and try to come up with a solution.

It’s just one of those things. The sport’s getting faster and faster, the tires are getting better and better. That’s how it goes.

“These things can’t be changed immediately. It’s a massive facility and it’s not one of those points that is super dangerous yet. But of course the bikes are going to continue to get faster and the corners are going to continue to get faster.

“So it’s something that we need to look at. A lot of tracks are like that, Barcelona we’ve had discussions. It’s just one of those things.”

Miller finished 0.418s from Friday leader Fabio Quartararo, with Pramac’s Johann Zarco the top Ducati in fourth.

“The bike itself is working pretty decent,” Miller said. “Here you’ve got a lot of hard accelerating points with lean angle and, especially when I threw the soft in, I was having a big issue with the bike sort of pumping and shaking just with the amount of grip you’ve got.

“It cost me quite a bit of time on my best lap. And like I said, I was a bit rough and a bit rusty going back out on the bike, so I didn’t feel that great and then it was bucking and weaving like it was.

“That’s probably the main issue, we were chasing grip this morning and then we were able to find it and now we’ve just gotta understand how we can get it smoother. That’s it.”

Miller: New Ducati seat wings ‘pretty out there’

Asked about the new Ducati seat aero trialled by Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini on Friday, Miller joked that he’d have to be careful not to kick them off when getting on the bike.

“I had a look at it in the box yesterday. I mean it’s pretty out there, but they’ve got it on my list of things to try,” he said. “I’m flat out [trying] not to kick the camera off the back when I get on the bike, so I reckon I could probably do some damage to those wings! But we’ll see.”

Bastianini revealed the main benefit is in braking: “My first [impression] was good, especially on the brakes. It’s more stable. And also for the [top] speed, it’s not bad. And I think for tomorrow it’s good for the qualifying.”

Miller’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, who fell through the Maggots/Becketts section this morning, was eleventh fastest on day one.

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