Jack Miller said he felt like a “passenger” riding on slick tyres on a wet track during his shock charge to a maiden MotoGP pole position in Argentina. Pramac Ducati rider Miller gambled on a switch to a slick tyre-shod bike after the first runs in the pole shoot-out at a drying Termas de Rio Hondo. This meant he was close to crashing each time he went through a particularly wet patch of the circuit through Turns 7 and 8 – but the Aussie persevered, and finally capitalised at the chequered flag to snatch pole. Elaborating on why he was able to stay on the bike through the wet parts, Miller said: “It wasn't me. I was just hanging on. “No, I mean, this moment, I was a passenger....
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