MotoGP – Miller sees Honda too lost to turn to Kalex

October 7, 2022

The Ducati rider made his debut in MotoGP in 2015 with the constructor of the golden wing, who made him do a double somersault with a pirouette, by promoting him directly to the heavy bike category from Moto3, and without going through Moto2.

It was with Honda that the Australian got his first victory in the premier class, in 2016 ( Assen ), before signing for Pramac (2018), to later move (2021) to the official Ducati team. Dressed in red, Jack Miller has offered his best version. The one that a couple of weeks ago, in Japan , led him to win overwhelmingly and the one that, last Sunday, in Thailand , made him add his seventh podium of the course.

Based on what he experienced during his time at Honda, the #43 is very surprised that a giant like the one in Tokyo had to resort to an external supplier, such as Kalex , to manufacture the aluminum swingarm that Marc Márquez has been using. lately, combining it with the carbon one in the test sessions held on a wet track.

“I find it hard to understand that, for example, Honda is using a Kalex swingarm. Does Honda Racing Corporation have to go to an outside vendor to make a swingarm? It does not make any sense. We are talking about Honda, the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. I don’t even know how many titles he has accumulated,” Miller told Motorsport.com in the Buriram paddock.

“That shows that Honda is very lost since Marc got injured. We Australians say you sleep in the bed you build, and Honda has built it all around a single rider. Not only the factory team, but also the satellite. And now he has that: a rider who is capable of riding that bike”, added the man from Townsville , who, after finishing second in Thailand, went directly to his country, where he will get married this weekend.

“Honda has been in a very dark place in the last two years. I hope they can get out of there and, being a Honda, I’m sure they will, “said Miller.