Aussie star facing MotoGP demotion after rookie's surge

KTM team boss Pit Beirer has suggested Jack Miller isn’t performing at the level required to keep a MotoGP seat with the factory team — and a replacement is looming.

Miller joined KTM in 2023 off the back of a two-year stint at the factory Ducati team, pairing up with Brad Binder who has been a staple at the orange squad since 2020.

The Austrian manufacturer has a relationship with Tech3 Racing, which runs under the KTM sister brand GasGas, supplying them RC16 bikes.

Spaniard Pedro Acosta has been a standout for GasGas this year and sits sixth in his rookie campaign with 73 points, recording a season-best second at the United States Grand Prix.

Binder is the next best KTM rider in seventh on 67 points with a year-high second in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix.

Miller, meanwhile, is a lowly 13th on 24 points with a best finish this year of fifth at the Portuguese Grand Prix. He has failed to finish the most recent two races.

Acosta’s teammate Augusto Fernandez is only 17th and has yet to crack the top 10 in a race this year.

With Acosta a standout performer, Beirer has intimated he is looking at the KTM’s options to lead the way in 2025.