JAKARTA – Prima Pramac’s driver, Jack Miller, was confirmed to have received a five-minute penalty in the second free practice of the Austrian 2025 MotoGP for irresponsible driving.

The second free practice 2 (FP2) of the Austrian 2025 MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring Circuit will take place on Saturday, August 16, 2025, evening at 15.10-15.40 WIB.

Australian Miller was barred from taking part in the first five minutes of the session after the incident in the practice session which took place on Friday, August 15, 2025, yesterday.

According to Crash’s report, the sanctions were issued after Miller continued to be on the race track despite smoke billowing from the back of the YZR-M1 motorbike he was driving.

The MotoGP watchdog considers the 30-year-old racer to have violated several articles of sports regulations related to driver responsibility and safety.

After the incident, Fabio Quartararo and Miller teammate Miguel Oliveira both had an accident at Turn 6. The accident occurred because it was suspected that there was fluid above the track.

“I don’t know why I had an accident, whether it was oil or something else, but I saw officers putting something on the track [to absorb the liquid]. So, there must be something there,” Quartararo said.

The incident experienced by the French racer made officers fly the red flag. According to an official statement from the MotoGP watchdog, the incident began when Miller had technical problems at Turn 1.

Miller did not deny that there was a problem on the motorbike he was driving. However, he refused Quartararo and Oliveira’s accident due to oil splashes coming out of his motorbike.

“There is no oil. I went off track, tried to avoid the line and I kept on confirming whether there was oil or not, but saw nothing,” Miller said.

In addition to a five-minute penalty in the second free practice, Miller was also fined 1,000 euros, equivalent to Rp. 18.9 million in the current exchange rate.

The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language.
(system supported by DigitalSiber.id)