SuperBike Magazine June 2020

6
NEWS
Jack Miller
BECOMES OFFICIAL
DUCATI RIDER FOR 2021
MOTOGP SEASON
Ducati Corse is pleased to announce
that Jack Miller will be
one of the two official Ducati
Team riders in the 2021 MotoGP
World Championship. The company
from Borgo Panigale and the 25-yearold
Australian rider have reached an
agreement for next season with an
option to extend the contract also for
2022. Miller, who made his MotoGP
debut in 2015 at just 20 years old, joined
Ducati in 2018 with the Pramac Racing
Team, the factory-supported team of
the Bologna manufacturer, and finished
last season eighth overall in the
standings, taking five podiums during
the year.
Jack Miller: “First of all I want to
thank warmly Paolo Campinoti, Francesco
Guidotti and all the Pramac
Racing Team for the great support I
have received from them in the two
and a half years spent together. It is an
honour for me to be able to continue my
MotoGP career with the Borgo Panigale
manufacturer and I would like to thank
all the Ducati management, Claudio,
Gigi, Paolo and Davide, for having
trusted me and given me this incredible
opportunity. I look forward to starting
riding again this year, and I am ready
to fully commit to the responsibility of
being an official Ducati rider in 2021.”
Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati
Motor Holding: “Since he arrived in the
Pramac Racing Team, Jack has grown
steadily, proving himself one of the
fastest and most talented riders in the
championship. So we are happy that he
has agreed to ride the official Desmosedici
GP bike of the Ducati Team
next year. We are convinced that Jack
has all the right skills to fight continuously
for the positions that matter, in
every race, starting already this season
with the Desmosedici GP20 of the Pramac
Racing Team, and taking a further
step forward next year thanks to the
support of the Ducati Team.”