Jack Miller continued his run of top ten finishes in Sunday afternoon's Grand Prix of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
The Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider fought off an intense late race challenge from German rider Jonas Folger to finish just 0.5s behind three-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo who was ninth.
Miller made a strong early race dash from 12th on the grid to be eighth on lap three and spent the remainder of a frustrating 21-lap race stalking Lorenzo, who controlled the gap on the fast straight at the Circuit of The Americas.
“I had good speed from the start of the race but it is just so difficult to overtake, I was losing so much time off the slow corners and it is not easy to make it up in the braking zones,” the Aussie said. “All I could was wait and hope Lorenzo made a mistake and then towards the end of the race I lost some feeling with front. It was another solid result, I got some points with a top ten finish and learnt a lot.”
This result consolidates Miller in 10th place in the points standings.
