Jack Miller (motorcycle racer)

Jack Peter Miller^[1] (born 18 January 1995) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for being the championship runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 World Championship.^[2]

Career

Domestic racing

Born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Miller grew up on a property outside the city. A tropical city where he made his own fun, riding his motorbike and quad bike, water skiing and lending a hand with fencing and cattle mustering. His parents and siblings have supported his racing career every step of the way helping reach the goal of racing in the World Championship series. Miller has been racing motorbikes and winning since he was eight years old. He started on dirt, and was the Australian Dirt Bike champion in the 65cc category in 2003. He went on to win five other Australian championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and numerous other local and state titles in dirt bike racing and motocross events.

Move to Europe

2011 was his breakout year in Europe. A string of strong performances saw him win the championship in the German IDM 125cc category at the age of 16. This result won the attention of Caretta Technology's Forward Racing, an Italian race team who signed Miller to ride in the 2012 Moto3 Championship.

Moto3 World Championship

2012 was Miller's first year in the Moto3 World Championship. That year had Miller riding for Caretta Technology Forward Racing on a Honda chassis. Whilst the bike was not competitive it allowed Miller the opportunity to learn the circuits he would be racing in the coming years. He finished 23rd in the Moto3 Championship that year, with a best finish of 4th at the German Grand Prix, at the Sachsenring.

Miller moved to Racing Team Germany for the 2013 season, riding an FTR Honda chassis. Miller achieved thirteen points-scoring finishes during the season, and finished in seventh place in the final championship standings. His best result was a fifth-place finish – on two occasions – at the San Marino and Australian Grands Prix.

Miller moved to a factory-backed KTM motorcycle for the 2014 season, joining the Red Bull KTM Ajo squad. During the season, Miller recorded his first fastest lap, pole position, podium finish and victory during the season; in total, he won six races during the season and finished the season as runner-up – to Álex Márquez – in the championship, missing out on the title by two points.^[2]

Move to MotoGP

For the 2015 season, Miller graduated into the MotoGP class, forming a part of an expanded two-rider Team LCR outfit, partnering Cal Crutchlow. Miller competed on an open specification Honda RC213V-RS motorcycle. He achieved his best finish with 11th at Catalunya. At the British Grand Prix, Miller moved up the order in the early stages, but collided with team-mate Crutchlow on lap three.^[3]

In 2016, Miller is riding for the Marc VDS Racing Team.^[4] Miller finished in 14th-place at Qatar. At Catalunya, Miller finished the race in 10th-place. On 26 June, Jack Miller won his first GP in Assen having started from 19th on the grid. After torrential rain the race was red flagged and a shortened 12 lap race followed. Following crashes from Rossi and Dovizioso, Miller began to work his way up the grid before passing Marquez to claim his maiden victory in the premier class and become the first Moto3 alumnus to win a MotoGP race, the first Australian rider to win a MotoGP race since Casey Stoner at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix and the first non-factory rider to win a race since Toni Elias at the 2006 Portuguese Grand Prix.

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2011	125cc	Aprilia	RZT Racing	73	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	125cc	KTM	Caretta Technology	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Moto3	Honda	Caretta Technology	8	14	0	0	0	0	17	23rd
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	Caretta Technology – RTG	8	17	0	0	0	0	110	7th
2014	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	8	18	6	10	8	1	276	2nd
2015	MotoGP	Honda	CWM LCR Honda	43	18	0	0	0	0	17	19th
2016	MotoGP	Honda	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	43	13	1	1	0	0	57	18th
Total					86	7	11	8	1	477

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
125 cc	2011	2011 Germany			6	0	0	0	0	0
Moto3	2012–2014	2012 Qatar	2014 Qatar	2014 Qatar	49	6	10	8	1	403
MotoGP	2015–2016	2015 Qatar	2016 Dutch TT	2016 Dutch TT	31	1	1	0	0	74
Total	2011–Present				86	7	11	8	1	477

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER Ret	CZE	IND								NC	0
2011	125cc	KTM												RSM 24	ARA	JPN 16	AUS 23	MAL 16	VAL Ret		NC	0
2012	Moto3	Honda	QAT 25	SPA Ret	POR	FRA Ret	CAT 15	GBR Ret	NED DSQ	GER 4	ITA 21	IND DNS	CZE	RSM Ret	ARA 19	JPN 19	MAL 13	AUS 21	VAL Ret		23rd	17
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	QAT 16	AME 6	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 10	CAT 7	NED 7	GER 7	IND Ret	CZE 7	GBR 7	RSM 5	ARA 13	MAL 6	AUS 5	JPN 6	VAL Ret		7th	110
2014	Moto3	KTM	QAT 1	AME 1	ARG 3	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA Ret	CAT 4	NED Ret	GER 1	IND 3	CZE 5	GBR 6	RSM 3	ARA 27	JPN 5	AUS 1	MAL 2	VAL 1	2nd	276
2015	MotoGP	Honda	QAT Ret	AME 14	ARG 12	SPA 20	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 11	NED Ret	GER 15	IND Ret	CZE 19	GBR Ret	RSM 12	ARA 19	JPN Ret	AUS 15	MAL 17	VAL 21	19th	17
2016	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 14	ARG Ret	AME DNS	SPA 17	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 10	NED 1	GER 7	AUT DNS	CZE	GBR 16	RSM DNS	ARA	JPN Ret	AUS 10	MAL 8	VAL 15	18th	57

References

↑ "Campeonato de España de Velocidad, Circuito de Jerez – 7ª Prueba: Clasificación Final" (PDF). CEV Buckler. Dorna Sports. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
1 2 "Marquez clinches title in third as Miller wins final race". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
↑ "Miller apologises to Crutchlow for wipe out". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
↑ "Jack Miller joins the Marc VDS Racing Team for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

External links

Profile on motogp.com

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