Jack warns he will pursue other options if a contract offer is not forthcoming soon
Jack Miller has put Yamaha on notice before the Hungarian GP, stating he will look elsewhere if a firm contract offer does not arrive soon. “I’ve been more than patient enough. If you want me, you want me, if you don’t, you don’t. It’s as clear as that,” he said in a fiery media scrum on Thursday.
Miller’s future with Yamaha is uncertain, with his current deal set to expire at season’s end. Pramac Yamaha have already locked in two-time WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu for 2026, while teammate Miguel Oliveira is contracted beyond the current campaign. That leaves Miller vulnerable despite flashes of form in 2025 that have him as the second-best Yamaha rider in the standings.
The Australian acknowledged the saga has dragged on and stressed that while he is eager to keep contributing to Yamaha’s MotoGP project, his patience has limits. “Your guess is as good as mine at the moment, in terms of what their strategy is and what they plan on doing. I have options, and I’m going to move forward with those options if it doesn’t come quickly.”
Pressed on timing, Miller chose not to reveal his exact deadline but doubled down on his position. “I have one in my mind but I’m not telling you guys. I’ve been more than patient enough. If you want me, you want me, if you don’t, you don’t. It’s as clear as that.”
Miller also made a case for the value he believes he brings to Yamaha. “I was looking forward to developing and moving forward with them to try and help them. I feel like I have a lot of information to give, a lot of input to give, and can help in a project like that. If they cannot see the value in that, well then I understand and I will move on to something different.”
Jack Miller sits 17th in the 2025 MotoGP championship on 52 points, with his strongest weekend coming in Germany, where he scored 13 points thanks to a fifth-place Sprint and eighth in the Grand Prix, while his best main-race result so far is fifth at the Americas GP. Yamaha started the season with some promising results from both Quartararo and Miller, but have struggled more recently. The Austrian GP marked a new low point for the Iwata factory, with all 4 riders missing out on points in the Sprint Race and only Quartararo able to score a single point in the main race. All 4 riders have mentioned rear traction being a major issue for the YZR-M1, but Yamaha have seemingly frozen development of the inline 4 in favour of the new V4 engine, which Alex Rins tested recently with promising results.
The rider market is primed to shift as the Hungarian GP weekend unfolds, and further developments on Miller’s future are expected very soon.
