Nationality debate in MotoGP after Jack Miller “passport” comment

"I don’t want to be here just because of my passport," Jack💞 Miller says

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller’s second-chance to revive his MotoGP future has coincided with a debate about nationaౠlities in the premier class.

Sixteen current MotoGP riders are from Spain or Italy, and🔥 there i꧅s nobody from the UK or America either currently or on the horizon.

Australia’s Miller looked set to be axed from MotoGP after losing his KTM ride in 2025 but is now in talks with Pramac Yam♏aha to extend his stay.

Miller told : “Obviꦐously Spain and Italy have extremಌely strong riders at this point in time, but I don’t want to be here just because of my passport; that doesn’t give me any interest at all.”

A debate about whether MotoGP should give a helping hand to🅷 riders from various countries aroun🦋d the world has started up.

Aleix Espargaro told : “Obviously it would be ni📖ce to have 🍷14 different nationalities in MotoGP, but this is the elite and the best have to be in the elite, wherever they are from.

"This is not som𒀰ething new, it'꧂s been known for years.”

Espargaro even insisted that riders 💖from Spain or Italy🍃 can be overlooked because there is so many of them.

“When I was in Moto2, if I had been of another nationality I would have m✃oved up earlier, but if you're Spanish or Italian there aren't that many spaces. It's the re🅺ality,” he insisted.

“The championship is investing in Asia and other regions by creating promotional cups so that people come fಞrom there, but luckily in Spain and Italy they don't need to invest because we already have verꦕy good championships from the federations, and many riders come up.

“You can't fꦅight against th🍸e nature that the best riders are from certain countries.

“And if you look at the bottom [c꧑ategories], it's even worse, because all the riders coming up are Spanish and Italian.

“It woulꦰd be ideal if the 14 fastest riders in the world were from 14 different countries, and you can help with promotion championships so that one day it will be like that, but you can't fight against the nature that, at the moment, the best riders are from where they come from.”

Any hope of an American rider joining Mo🎐toGP in 2025 were abruptly ended when Trackhouse ♉- the only US-backed team on the grid - chose to sign Japan’s Ai Ogura instead of Joe Roberts.

Jake Dixon is the only Brit i♋n Moto2 and will not move up to MotoGP next year either.

Since Australia’s Mick Doohan’s dominance ended in 1999, the MotoGP champion has only come 🐬from outside of Spain or Italy on five occasions.

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