Jack Miller’s 12th MotoGP season will be his last, with Yamaha confirming on Thursday that the Australian will not be retained by the Pramac Yamaha team for the 2027 season.
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Miller, 31, debuted in MotoGP for Honda in 2015, and has won four premier-class races across 210 starts for Honda, Ducati, KTM and Yamaha, his most recent victory coming for Ducati at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix.
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The Townsville native’s MotoGP future has been under threat for months, with Pramac likely to confirm Moto2 front-runner Izan Guevara in his place for 2027 alongside current teammate Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Miller sits in 19th place in this year’s world championship standings, with a season-best result of eighth place coming at the Hungarian Grand Prix in June.
He is expected to sign a deal to continue with Yamaha in the World Superbikes series in 2027.
“I’d like to thank Yamaha, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP, and everyone involved in the project for the opportunity we’ve shared since the start of the 2025 season,” Miller said in a statement.
“It has been a rewarding experience to be part of a group working hard to build for the future. We’ve all given everything to move the project forward, and I’m proud to have played my part in that journey.
“I still believe I have more to offer and more to achieve, and I’ll take that motivation with me into whatever comes next. I’m looking forward to the next chapter of my career and seeing where that journey will lead. But before then, there are still races left this season, and my full focus remains on finishing the year strongly with the team.”
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Yamaha Motor Racing managing director Paolo Pavesio paid tribute to Miller’s contribution to the Japanese brand’s seismic shift away from the inline-four engine project that won the 2021 MotoGP title with Fabio Quartararo to an all-new V4 engine for the 2026 season, ahead of MotoGP’s switch from 1000cc to 850cc engines next year.
“Jack joined Yamaha at an important stage of our MotoGP project and immediately became a valuable contributor,” Pavesio said.
“His technical understanding, openness with feedback, and relentless commitment helped us move forward in several areas.
“He approached every challenge with professionalism and enthusiasm. This same dedication was illustrated by his willingness to represent Yamaha at the Suzuka 8 Hours in addition to his MotoGP commitments.
“Beyond his contribution on track, Jack brought tremendous energy to our team. His positive attitude, team spirit, and ability to build strong relationships across the garage made him a pleasure to work with and a highly valued teammate for everyone involved in the project.”
Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team director Gino Borsoi praised Miller’s dedication.
“He has always given his maximum, and that is something we have to recognise and be thankful for, because even during the most difficult moments he never stopped pushing,” Borsoi said.
“Beyond the rider, Jack is a great person, and it is a real shame when the paths of a team and someone of his character and level have to separate. I want to send a very big hug to Jack.”
Bypassing Moto2 and arriving directly to MotoGP in 2015 as a 20-year-old, following a runner-up campaign to Alex Marquez in the 2014 Moto3 championship, Miller took a remarkable maiden win from 18th in on the grid in a rain-soaked Dutch Grand Prix in 2016, the first time he’d finished on a MotoGP podium, in just his 25th start.
After three seasons with Honda, Miller moved to the satellite Pramac Ducati outfit in 2018, taking a stunning pole position in his second race with the team in Argentina, and earned five podiums the following season, rising to third place on the final lap of his home Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
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Miller, along with Pramac teammate Francesco Bagnaia, moved to Ducati’s factory team for the 2021 season, where he won back-to-back Grands Prix at Jerez in Spain and Le Mans in France to finish a career-best fourth in the world championship.
His victory at Motegi the following season was the most dominant of his career, and was one of seven podiums before he left for a two-year deal with KTM for 2023-24, having previously employed on year-to-year contracts with Ducati.
Miller finished third in just his fourth outing for KTM at Jerez in 2023, but that remains his most recent Grand Prix podium; he was out of a job midway through 2024 when KTM elected to promote that year’s star rookie Pedro Acosta to its factory team for 2025, and Miller re-signed with Pramac, now aligned with Yamaha, for the following season.
While his results dried up – he had just five top-10 finishes in 2025 and ended up in 17th place in the championship, his worst finish since 2016 – Miller’s technical acumen and renowned development skills saw him retained for the debut of Yamaha’s V4 project this year, a move that has largely flopped with Quartararo (14th) the best-placed of Yamaha’s four riders in a 22-strong full-time rider field.
With 10 rounds remaining this season, Miller is likely to finish his career on 220 MotoGP starts; in the second round of the season in Brazil, he became the only Australian to reach 200 premier-class races.
By the end of 2026, only six riders – Valentino Rossi, Aleix Espargaro, Andrea Dovizioso, Alex Barros, Dani Pedrosa and reigning world champion Marc Marquez – would have started in more premier-class races than Miller.
Jack Miller by the numbers
MotoGP starts: 210 (48 for Honda, 89 for Ducati, 39 for KTM, 34 for Yamaha)
Wins: 4
Pole positions: 2
Podiums: 23
Best MotoGP championship finish: 4th (2021)
Full world championship career (Moto3 2011-14, MotoGP 2015-26): 266 starts, 10 wins, 10 poles, 33 podiums, best championship finish 2nd (Moto3, 2014).
Miller’s departure means Australia is at risk of having no riders on the premier-class grid for the first time since 1984, the year prior to Wayne Gardner’s arrival in the top flight.
Sydney’s Senna Agius, a four-time Moto2 race-winner, is widely expected to be promoted to MotoGP with the Tech3 KTM team run by ex-Formula 1 team boss Guenther Steiner next season, the first year of the move of the Australian Grand Prix from its traditional home of Phillip Island to a city circuit in Adelaide.
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