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43 JACK MILLER 1ST MOTOGP "The last two weeks have been tough for me; I couldn't trust myself and what I can do on the bike," Jack Miller said. "Today, when I saw Quartararo struggling, I thought I could try to take the lead, even though I wasn't so confident that I could stay in the lead for so many laps. But finally, I did it and took my first win with Duca . I can't thank Duca enough for giving me this opportunity. Wearing these colors is a dream come true for me, and it means a lot. Thank you, Gigi, Paolo, Davide, Claudio and the whole team for having always believed in me." MYOWNRACE 20 FABIO QUARTARARO 13TH MOTOGP "The arm pump problem was clear today," Fabio Quartararo said. "For more or less 10 laps I could hold Jack Miller at bay by one second, but then I suddenly had no more feeling in my right arm. We were in a great posi on to win here. I could have even gone a bit faster. Our strong point of riding on the used re was finally not necessary, because I didn't have any power le in my arm." The Australian was the ultimate opportunist as he pounced all over a serious problem that saw pole sitter Fabio Quartararo (Mon- ster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) fall from a comfortable two-second lead to outside the top 10 in just a handful of laps. Joining Miller on the podium was new MotoGP World Championship leader Bagnaia, making it the first Ducati 1-2 in three years, and Petronas Yamaha SRT's Franco Morbidelli. Miller led for the first four laps but lost the lead to Quartararo, who began to pull a gap of over one second, but that would be as good as it got for the Frenchman. By half race distance, Quar- tararo started suffering major MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4 / APRIL 30-MAY 2, 2021 CIRCUITO DE JEREZ—ANGEL NIETO/ JEREZ, SPAIN P96