Jack Miller participated in the MotoGP official test day that took place last Monday in Jerez. He finished with the 17th fastest time, which is naturally a secondary data considering that it is a test to work on the bike and not to attack the stopwatch as in a competitive context.
The Red Bull KTM rider summed up the test day and his impressions: ‘It was a reasonable day for us. It’s the day after the race, there is a lot of rubber on the asphalt, the track is extremely fast. The areas where we had difficulties in the race, we tried to work on that. I think we made some progress in some areas, and definitely gathered a lot of data in others. I think we got some information for Le Mans and hopefully we can turn things around, we keep working and trying to find our way. Let’s see what we can do next week‘.
Regarding the vibrations, Miller mentioned that changes were experimented, admitting that it will be necessary to find a balance: ‘We were trying to work on that obviously, trying to find our way a bit. Whether yes or no, we ended up with more questions than answers, but that’s how it goes. We will analyze the data, obviously we made some very radical changes throughout the day just in terms of geometry – some better, some worse. So we’ll just try to understand; it’s obvious that when you change the bike a lot to compensate for a problem, it affects it in other areas. So we’ll just try to find that balance, I think it will be crucial. But we were able to correct the braking a bit, which we had difficulties with in the race. And in the slower corners by having a slightly larger bike‘.
A track with more grip does not worsen the problem of vibrations, according to the Australian: ‘It does not worsen. It obviously raises the bar, so to speak. I wouldn’t say it made it worse or better. It just shook it up a bit, but it was still there, very relevant from the start’.
