No decision on Miller's 2017 crew chief

Jack Miller says there hasn’t been any firm decisions made about who will replace Cristian Gabarinni as his crew chief for the 2017 MotoGP season.

Jack Miller, Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS, crash

It was confirmed last week that Miller’s current crew chief, ex-Casey Stoner head mechanic Cristian Gabarinni, will leave Honda in order to head back to Ducati to partner up with Jorge Lorenzo next season.

That means Miller is on the hunt for a new crew chief for the 2017 season, telling Motorsport.com in Austria that it is still a work in progress.

“We haven’t made a decision yet, that’s why I am on the phone all the time trying to organize meetings to find out who will use for next year,” said Miller.

“It’s a real shame that we lost Cristian, because I really learnt a lot of him in the last two years. I wish him the best for his future and maybe we will work together again in the future. You never know.”

The likes of Patrick Unger – Miller’s Moto3 crew chief from 2014 – and Dani Pedrosa’s current engineer Ramon Aurin are rumoured to be in the frame, although Miller went as far as to say that he hadn’t even heard of Aurin when asked about potential replacements.

“Who? We haven’t made a decision yet. As you hear, I don’t even know who that is,” said the Australian.

Miller hopeful of Czech comeback

After missing last weekend’s Austrian GP thanks to a fractured wrist and T6 vertebra sustained in a nasty warm-up crash, Miller took to social media to confirm that he is still hopeful of being fit to race at Brno this weekend.

“Not the way wanted to start the 2nd part of season fracture to both my T6 vertebra and redius in my wrist,” he wrote on Facebook. “Very blessed to only have this after tumble I had. Feeling very bruised!

“What doesn't kill you can only make you stronger. Hope for a good couple days recovery and try pass the fitness test in [the] Czech [Republic].”