Miller: "Next year's Ducati will dominate"

Despite the fact that Fabio Quartararo was the one who celebrated the title of the season that closed in Valencia a few days ago, and gave Yamaha back the crown that they had not won since 2015 ( Jorge Lorenzo ), the most general opinion among the grid is unanimous: The most balanced bike of the course was undoubtedly the Desmosedici, staged by the photo of Cheste’s hat-trick, the first in the history of the Borgo Panigale brand.

The numbers reflect this superiority, especially in the final stretch of the exercise, in which Pecco Bagnaia ‘s bike accumulated four wins out of a possible six. In total there are seven victories for the Bolognese manufacturer, with three different riders, for the six that Yamaha scored, five of them signed by Quartararo –the other was by Maverick Viñales before signing for Aprilia–.

No runner dares to question the Desmosedici’s hegemony, and most argue that the World Cup sign could have fallen elsewhere if Bagnaia had plugged in a little earlier.

In any case, the inertia is unbeatable for the legion of riders who in 2022 will compete with the eight Ducati that will fill a third of the grid, and who will be planted in the first round, in Qatar (March 6), with everything to face to win.

After testing the 2022 version at the Jerez test, Bagnaia was very optimistic and confident of tackling what lies ahead, to the point of classifying the bike he rides as “perfect”.

Miller, a companion of the runner-up in the official workshop of the Italian manufacturer, agrees with him and even dares to predict a dominance of the red motorcycle company.

“I think that next year’s Ducati will dominate, because with the GP21 the problems of the GP20 have been solved. At the end of this season we were able to dominate, and I’m not talking about me, I’m talking about Pecco and the others. We were upstairs most of the weekends”, agreed Miller from Jerez, before returning to Australia after a year away from his country due to the restrictions derived from Covid 19.

“Steps are being made with improvements [in testing the new engine, a fairing and exhausts, as well as other components were tested], so we have a good chance [to dominate],” the #43 added.

The one from Townsville will spend two months there before returning to Europe in mid-January. Before that, he will contest the last round of the Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), in The Bend, from December 3 to 5.

The best photos of Jack Miller in the Jerez test:

Jack Miller, Equipo Ducati