I feel like Yamaha doesn’t want me

Jack Miller has openly admitted that he’s tired of waiting for Yamaha to confirm it will renew his contract so he can stay at Pramac next year – and says he has other options beyond MotoGP.

Yamaha’s management has a huge problem following the last grand prix in Austria last weekend, as the manufacturer’s four bikes finished in the last four spots in Sunday’s race.

Amid this sporting slump, Yamaha must also pay close attention to the rider market, as it has four riders in completely different situations.

Fabio Quartararo, the key player in the project, is under contract until the end of 2026, as is fellow factory rider Alex Rins. Pramac’s Miguel Oliveira’s deal is contingent on his performance, meaning in essence that he has no guaranteed contract extension for 2026.

His team-mate Miller, whose contract expires at the end of the year, has been linked both to leaving Pramac and to staying with the satellite team. Despite Yamaha’s denials in Austria, he has also been rumoured to be replacing Rins in the factory team. It’s a roller coaster of options that the Australian doesn’t fully understand.

“I know as much about what Yamaha plans to do or what their strategy is as you do,” Miller said on Thursday at Balaton Park.

Through his representative, Aki Ajo, Miller asked Yamaha to give him a solution regarding his future after the Austrian GP last Sunday, but to no avail.

“I have options outside of Yamaha, and I’m going to move there. It will be outside of this paddock, clearly; there are no bikes available here right now,” noted Miller, who has an offer from BMW to compete in the World Superbike championship.

“I have a deadline that I won’t say. I’ve had enough patience with Yamaha. If you want me, you want me; if you don’t, I don’t,” added the Queenslander, clearly trying to put pressure on Yamaha, which, after losing the signature of Diogo Moreira to Honda, now definitely has a place to confirm at Pramac alongside Toprak Razgatlioglu.

“I feel like Yamaha doesn’t want me. Especially because of the number of names that are appearing on the list of candidates.”

Yamaha’s main focus is on making a new bike to make Quartararo happy – a V4 machine that has yet to arrive.

“I wanted to contribute to developing the V4 engine and work with them, because I think I have a lot of useful information that can help them with this project,” said Miller. “But if they don’t see it that way, I’ll move on and try something else.”