Jack Miller called for “drastic changes” at Yamaha after the Austrian MotoGP Sprint, saying electronic problems had severely restricted his acceleration. The Pramac Yamaha rider had qualified 21st and was already at the back of the field after the start. He said the motorcycle was working adequately under braking, but traction control and wheelie control were cutting in too heavily whenever he tried to drive out of corners.

Miller said the issue had been present since Friday morning and was still unresolved by the race. After Turn 3, he estimated that he was losing roughly a quarter of a second through the first three gears. He could recover some of that deficit under braking, creating what he called a repeated “yo-yo effect”, but that recovery eventually stopped being enough. His main complaint was therefore the bike’s drive out of corners, rather than its ability to brake late.

A difficult Yamaha result

Fabio Quartararo was Yamaha’s leading rider in 12th, 13 seconds behind race winner Jorge Martin. Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alex Rins finished 17th and 18th, while Miller was classified 20th. All three were more than 20 seconds behind Martin, underlining the scale of the manufacturer’s difficult Sprint.

Miller praised Quartararo’s performance and described the Frenchman’s 1:28.6 qualifying lap as exceptional. He also acknowledged that he had not extracted his own best from the motorcycle, but did not consider that a sufficient explanation for the electronics problem. The team would have five laps in the following morning’s warm-up to try to understand and improve the situation.