Australian Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Jack Miller has taken time to adapt to the new specification Michelin front tyre introduced at this race with his pace not helped by lingering discomfort in his right hand, an injury suffered in Le Mans two weeks ago.
A lack of braking power and confidence with front feeling finally took a positive turn in FP4 with Miller's crew chief Ramon Aurin making important geometry changes to the front set-up.
Miller is confident he has now made a step forward with his preparation for the 23-lap race, with his qualifying lap of 1'47.961 his fastest of the weekend so far, but only good enough for 19th place on the grid.
“It has been a difficult start to the weekend,” he said. “I've been pushing really hard with this new front tyre and I think we found a good feeling in FP4 and then in the Q1 session made some further progress.”
‘I think missing the test in Barcelona last week cost us set-up time. In practice on Friday and this morning I could not push the front enough, I was sliding in the corners. We've made a lot of geometry changes and my crew chief Ramon has some more ideas for the race. Finally it was nice to crack into the 1'47s.”
