{"id":380562,"date":"2025-12-30T14:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T14:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/380562\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T14:16:07","slug":"jack-millers-praise-of-yamaha-motogp-bike-it-rates-high-up-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/380562\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Miller\u2019s praise of Yamaha MotoGP bike: \u2018It rates high up there\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pramac MotoGP rider Jack Miller says the Yamaha M1 \u201crates pretty high up there\u201d of the bikes he has raced in the premier class during his career.<\/p>\n<p>The popular Australian has a wealth of experience in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a>, having ridden Honda, Ducati, KTM and now Yamaha machinery since making his debut in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Winning races on the Honda and the Ducati, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1452\/jack-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Miller<\/a>\u2019s switch to Yamaha marked his first season on an inline-four bike in MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p>He endured a mixed campaign in 2025 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/prima-pramac-yamaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pramac<\/a>, earning a best of fifth at the Americas Grand Prix on his way to 17th in the standings on the M1.<\/p>\n<p>Miller enthused all year about the M1\u2019s front-end performance, and labelled it a \u201cspecial motorcycle\u201d when asked to rate the Yamaha compared to other bike he has ridden.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it\u2019s a good motorcycle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s different eras and different times. The times we are doing now on this bike, three years ago, it\u2019s null and void.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say. Every year we go faster and faster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s cool to be on this bike, obviously, you know the strengths and weaknesses of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some areas where I\u2019d like to improve, for sure, as we all do.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it rates pretty high up there. The M1 is a pretty special motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very fortunate to be able to ride it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd happy that my transition over to the Yamaha was what it was and that I\u2019m able to make it work, because on paper it\u2019s not a bike for my riding style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019ve made it work. This season we\u2019ve had some really strong results and some really shitty results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller will remain with Pramac for the 2026 season, where he will help spearhead the development of Yamaha\u2019s new V4 bike.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Facing an uncertain future in the early part of 2025, his vast experience of V4 machinery ultimately helped him to a contract extension with Pramac.<\/p>\n<p>He will partner with three-time World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, with Miller\u2019s experience also being called on to help the Turkish superstar adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pramac MotoGP rider Jack Miller says the Yamaha M1 \u201crates pretty high up there\u201d of the bikes he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,3555,806,805,803,804,7188,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-380562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-jack-miller","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-prima-pramac-yamaha","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}