You Ask The Questions: Jack Miller

Who is the best rider you have raced against? -  Paul Messenger

Jack Miller: I don't know, I've been fortunate enough to share the track with many legends, Dovi, Vale, Marc, Fabio. The list goes on and on. 

Some very memorable battles with Marc, so I'm going to have to say Marc. I was fortunate enough to share the podium with Vale once, which was like a bucket list thing for me, but definitely battling with Marc. 

The past weekend we saw a cancellation of Phillip Island due to rain, preventing a proper send off for the circuit. As an Aussie rider, what do you think the impact it could have on Australian motorsport in order to move away from this racetrack in the long term? -  Alberto Ruiz

Australians love motorsports regardless. The fans that go to Phillip Island, albeit some are from Melbourne and Victoria in general, most of them came from a very, very long way away. Some travelling upwards of 3,000 kilometres by motorcycle, one-way. Them moving the track, it's not going to change that too much. It's the start of something new with what they're doing there in Adelaide and I look forward to seeing how that takes off.

You must be really happy with how you performed at Phillip Island, both in qualifying and the sprint?

Yeah, with qualifying and the sprint… I had a good weekend. I felt like with the rain on Sunday, I really had that feeling in my belly, but sometimes it's just a feeling you will never know. We don't know now.

Do you think the new riders lack charisma to connect with sponsors and older fans? - David Ruiz Varona

I don't know. Everybody was a young rider coming up at some point, so to say they lack charisma or something, I don't know. They need a chance to flourish and understand where they fit into the world, what sort of role they want to be. So, it's too early to tell. I think there are some extremely talented young kids out there and I'm sure their future will continue to change as it goes. The ‘charisma riders’ and so on and so forth, I see any of them coming through, but at the same time, I see some extremely talented young riders. So, that's a positive in the riding side of it.

What advice would you give to your countryman Senna Agius?

Just to be yourself. It is the biggest thing. Show your real character because that's what people want to connect with. 

Jack Miller, Pramac Racing with Rachit Thukral

Photo by: Qian Jun / MB Media via Getty Images

Given the extraordinary physical and emotional demands of your sport, do you ever dream about racing?  - James Oglethorpe

Yeah, all the time. All the time. And even crashing sometimes and you wake yourself up. It's the strangest thing because it seems so real at the moment. But yeah, absolutely. 

So, does it feel a bit like falling from a cliff?

Absolutely. Like when you fall over. But I have it with racing. Generally it's losing the front and you really wake yourself up in a fright. But yeah, even like fighting, racing, battling. I dream about that more often than not. 

Is Marc Marquez human? - John Andrew Quinlivan

I think there's somewhat of….maybe before 2020, I would have said no. But after 2020, we kind of saw the human side of Marc and what he's been able to overcome now. So, he's definitely human.

Do you ever take satisfaction from the fact that you helped Ducati become the team that it is now?

It's a big, big, big achievement. I'm only a small part in such a big, big wheel. But happy to have played my part and to see obviously them succeeding now. I think Pecco is one of the last ones from that older era on the bike and soon he will be gone too. 

You said that you are moving WSBK to become the best rider you can be, not to chase a MotoGP return. But after nearly 12 years fighting for every seat, contract, every factory ride, what does the ‘best I can be’ look like to you now, when the pressure of proving yourself in MotoGP is gone?  - Suppiah Ramachandran

When I said that, I mean more like the best superbike rider that I can become. I've chased the last 12 years trying to become the best MotoGP rider that I could become. And the next chapter kind of looks like what I can do over there. Not thinking about here, just trying to become the best version of me I can become over there. 

What’s going to be the biggest challenge with the class switch?  -  Paul Messenger

I think learning the new championship, the calendar, the way that the weekends work, trying to pick up the flow of the weekend is something you need to learn along the way. But you kind of can't really figure it out until it starts, I guess. Learning the new bike and so on, it's just another bike to learn. But more that, learning such a different strategy throughout the weekend.

Are you a bit worried about doing three races and three starts at every round?

I'm looking forward to that. I like the start. I like the [WSBK] format; a lot of racing. You're quite busy over the weekend, so not a lot of sitting around, it's kind of nice. 

Q Would you consider trying other forms of motorsport, like WEC or so on, if an opportunity opened up?  - Quinn Earl-Tester

Absolutely, I would do absolutely every kind of racing there is. I love racing, I think racing is the best form of sport there is. So anything motorsport related, I would 100% put my hand up for.

Have you thought about doing Dakar, maybe on bikes?

Absolutely, but unfortunately at the moment I'm still racing. Especially in MotoGP, it's impossible to do absolutely anything else other than race MotoGP bikes. But in the future, who knows what can happen. 

What is a question you don't want to be asked? - Milla Ács

My life is pretty much an open book, so there's no real question that's sort of off the table. Honestly, I don't mind. I live a pretty open book, so everything's out there already.