Every MotoGP qualifying, practice and race LIVE and ad-break free from lights out to the chequered flag. New to Kayo? Start Your Free Trial Today ><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCompared to Senna, I was a d***head kid, a ratbag, at 21,\u201d Miller tells Fox Sports in an exclusive interview at last weekend\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never met a kid with more work ethic than him when it comes to training, preparing himself, physical training and the training he does off the bike with the superbike or the motocross bike. He just does everything properly.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I came in, we were winging it because nobody was doing that. He\u2019s the modern MotoGP racer.\u201d<\/p>\n Miller will bid MotoGP farewell at the end of 2026, with Agius becoming the sole Australian on the grid. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n Agius, 21, will join the world championship\u2019s premier class with Tech3 KTM<\/a> next season, riding for team owner and F1 cult figure Guenther Steiner<\/a>. It\u2019s no less of a baptism of fire as Miller\u2019s 2015 MotoGP debut as a 20-year-old for LCR Honda after having leapt straight from Moto3 to MotoGP and skipping Moto2 altogether; it\u2019s simultaneously difficult, and different.<\/p>\n MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n TALKING POINTS<\/a> \u2018Selfish\u2019 Marquez defends skipping karting chaos, riders \u2018stupid\u2019 on tyres<\/p>\n RACE REPORT<\/a> Spaniard doubles up in Japan to slash title deficit, Aussie bites the dust<\/p>\n But where a wet-behind-the-ears Miller had to look elsewhere or internally in an attempt to find a roadmap that saw him mature and become the first Australian to surpass 200 premier-class starts earlier in his 12th and final season this year, he was determined to help whoever came next from Australian shores. <\/p>\n That latest someone is a kid from Camden in New South Wales who was nine when Miller\u2019s big-bike journey began. <\/p>\n It\u2019s something Agius remains grateful for.<\/p>\n Agius\u2019 winning ways across the past two years paved his way to a MotoGP promotion. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI wish there were the two of us [together in MotoGP] and I think that would have made for great racing \u2026 it was a goal of mine to be on the grid with someone as established as Jack, and he\u2019s not going to be there, which is a shame,\u201c Agius said at Motegi.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Jack \u2026 look, he\u2019s just not a s**t guy, and it\u2019s good to have someone that you look up to have your back in the paddock. He\u2019s offered his help and been a sounding board, and he didn\u2019t have to do that.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad that he\u2019s moving onto something new that\u2019s good for him. I\u2019m glad that he\u2019s slotted into a factory team in World Superbikes. I don\u2019t know how a character like Jack would go just staying at home \u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n Acosta claims MotoGP win | 01:42<\/p>\n LOOKING OUT FOR ONE OF YOUR OWN<\/p>\n Miller was, as he\u2019ll readily admit, nothing like the polished young adult Agius has become when he dived into the deep waters of the premier class in 2015. <\/p>\n The Townsville tyro\u2019s Moto3 rise came with wins celebrated with breakdance moves in gravel traps, celebrations or commiserations that he\u2019ll concede occasionally went on too long and became a little too boozy, and a combative approach that didn\u2019t endear him to everyone. <\/p>\n PIT TALK PODCAST: Michael and Matt review a wild \u2018Bahrain\u2019 F1 Grand Prix in Malaysia, reflect on Marc Marquez\u2019s perfect MotoGP weekend in Japan, and catch up with Chaz Mostert and Garth Tander ahead of this weekend\u2019s Bathurst 1000 | Listen to <\/a>Pit Talk<\/a> | Watch the podcast<\/a> on YouTube<\/p>\n Fast-forward to 2026, and Miller \u2013 now 31 and behind only Marc Marquez on the current grid for MotoGP races started (221 to 214) \u2013 has morphed into a rider with one of most technically-renowned minds in the business. <\/p>\n Yes, his unfiltered press briefings require a heavy use of asterisks to make it into print, and his larrikin nature \u2013 witness last weekend\u2019s latest instalment of \u2018Miller Taxis\u2019 at Motegi, when he collected Alex Rins and rode him back to the pits after the Spaniard\u2019s bike had broken down, pulling a wild rolling stoppie en route<\/a> \u2013 remains unmatched. <\/p>\n There’s not much Miller hasn’t seen across 12 seasons and 200-plus MotoGP starts (Pramac Racing Ltd)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n But there\u2019s not much Miller hasn\u2019t seen in a world championship career that began in the long-defunct 125cc category in 2011, and he\u2019s keen to pass on whatever he can to Agius. <\/p>\n \u201cI hope that maybe one day, he does that for another Aussie young guy coming through,\u201d Miller said. <\/p>\n \u201cLooking back, I didn\u2019t have that person \u2013 maybe [British rider and first MotoGP teammate] Cal [Crutchlow] was that for me. But in Moto3, I 100 per cent didn\u2019t have that person. I absolutely still had some people in my corner, people like [manager] Aki [Ajo], but I didn\u2019t have another rider. <\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t necessarily need to have one, but sometimes it\u2019s nice to hear that when you\u2019re doing good, someone says you\u2019re doing a good job, just to get that reassurance.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n AGIUS EXCLUSIVE <\/a> Australia\u2019s next MotoGP star opens up on promotion, and what F1 cult hero is really like<\/p>\n SPRINT REPORT<\/a> Reigning champ sails to Japan sprint victory as sibling skittles rivals<\/p>\n The nature of the world championship race day schedule \u2013 the entry-level Moto3 category race at 11am followed by Moto2 at 12.15pm, then the 2pm main event with MotoGP \u2013 means the sport\u2019s biggest riders can justifiably remove themselves from the public eye to prepare for their own races if they so choose.<\/p>\n Miller isn\u2019t as hyperactive as he was barely out of his teens \u2013 where even sitting still was a challenge \u2013 but he\u2019s still not one to shut himself off. If Aussie Joel Kelso is on track in Moto3, or Agius is taking to the grid for Moto2, Miller is standing on the pit wall or has eyes on a TV screen, locked in. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m always open to him asking questions, and if there\u2019s anything I\u2019ve seen with his riding or his race craft, you just try to pass that on if it helps,\u201d Miller said of Agius. <\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t tell someone how to do it \u2013 you have to let someone do it themselves \u2013 but I just want to help him if I can. It\u2019s not like a mentor or a rider coach, because I don\u2019t want to be that and he doesn\u2019t need that. <\/p>\n \u201cWhat I\u2019ve seen, watching the races because I watch all the Aussies, one little thing I\u2019ve noticed that he does well and I actually wish I could do is how he prepares and how he\u2019s never in a rush to get into a corner. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m always in a f**king rush \u2013 I always have been. I turn in early, but that has made me a good racer as I\u2019m able to block the line and still keep the same pace. <\/p>\n \u201cBut Senna, he always looks like he has time, and that\u2019s a really good sign for someone as young as he still is.\u201d <\/p>\n Agius\u2019 riding style has caught Miller\u2019s attention, and earned his admiration. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n KEEPING THE AUSSIE FLAG FLYING<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791328932_136_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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