Jack Miller endured a irritating Dutch MotoGP at Assen, describing his race as being “caught in the midst of the group” as he crossed the road in 14th – the place he had began.
The Pramac Yamaha rider made early progress, briefly climbing to the sting of the highest ten, however then discovered himself unable to move Enea Bastianini and fell sufferer to the opposite KTM of Brad Binder.
In the meantime, Monster Yamaha’s pole qualifier Fabio Quartararo dropped behind Miller after taking to the grass to keep away from a fallen Fermin Aldeguer.
The Frenchman re-passed Miller – additionally racing in a particular red-and-white 1999 R7 livery – on lap 13 of 26, but in addition turned trapped behind Bastianini.
Quartararo finally completed simply 1.3s forward of Miller, in tenth place, with Binder, Johann Zarco and Alex Rins in between.
Bastianini, Binder, Miller, Quartararo, 2025 Dutch MotoGP
“It was just about a race caught in the midst of the group, battling away. I used to be behind Enea for a very long time and couldn‘t do a lot,” mentioned Jack Miller.
“Even when Fabio handed me, I used to be curious to see what he might do, as he appeared to be carrying a bit extra velocity, however he additionally bought caught there.
“With everybody operating related tempo, you principally have to attend for somebody to make a mistake to move – in any other case, it is actually troublesome; you‘re by no means actually able to do a lot.
“We struggled a bit with engine braking – I switched to Map 2 on lap 3, then to Map 3 on lap 10, and from that time, I used to be completed – I couldn‘t go wherever.”
Regardless of the overtaking woes, Miller mentioned: “We gathered some good data; there are positives on the bike and in addition areas the place we clearly want to enhance.
“Let‘s see what we are able to do in Germany.”
The Australian now travels to Japan to start preparations for August’s Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
In the meantime team-mate Miguel Oliveira, who retired with bike harm after an early tangle on Sunday, will be a part of a non-public MotoGP take a look at at Brno.
