{"id":397319,"date":"2026-01-07T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397319\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:53:07","slug":"tight-motogp-calendar-casts-doubt-on-jack-millers-suzuka-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397319\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Tight&#8221; MotoGP calendar casts doubt on Jack Miller&#8217;s Suzuka return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After finishing runner-up with the factory Yamaha team last year, Jack Miller says he\u2019s keen to return to the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2026, but admits the timing will be \u201ctight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike last season, when Suzuka took place during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> summer break, the 2026 event is scheduled for July 3\u20135.<\/p>\n<p>That means it&#8217;ll be on the weekend before Sachsenring, with the MotoGP break not starting until after Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ll see, I&#8217;d like to do it, but it\u2019ll be tight,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1452\/jack-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miller <\/a>told Crash.net.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s during the weekend off between Assen and Sachsenring, and takes a little bit to recover from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not saying I can&#8217;t do it, but whether or not they want me to do it is another thing!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ll ask &#8211; the more racing for me the better, but we&#8217;ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller teamed up with Andrea Locatelli and Katsuyuki Nakasuga last year, finishing second behind Honda\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/889489\/johann-zarco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johann Zarco<\/a> and Takumi Takahashi.<\/p>\n<p>LCR Honda star Zarco will face the same scheduling issues as Miller should he attempt to win a third Suzuka crown in a row in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>While Miller was Yamaha\u2019s sole MotoGP representative at the 8 Hours last season, former world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911998\/fabio-quartararo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Quartararo<\/a> insists he will \u201cone day\u201d enter the iconic endurance race.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuzuka for me is a legendary race,\u201d Quartararo said. \u201cAnd Suzuka is a track that is one of my dreams to ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think right now is not the correct moment for me to go, but for sure one day I will do the 8 Hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After finishing runner-up with the factory Yamaha team last year, Jack Miller says he\u2019s keen to return to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,16230,3555,806,805,803,804,7188,85,73217,3561],"class_list":{"0":"post-397319","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-fabio-quartararo","11":"tag-jack-miller","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-prima-pramac-yamaha","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-suzuka","19":"tag-yamaha"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397319","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=397319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}