ROAD RACE
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JUNE 26, 2016
TT CIRCUIT ASSEN / ASSEN, THE NETHERLANDS
P50
surface, Miller produced a land-
mark performance, becoming
the latest in a small but select
group of Australian riders to win
premier-class races, and the first
since Casey Stoner triumphed in
his last home GP in 2012.
He led an admittedly circum-
spect championship leader Mar-
tradition for this year's Dutch TT,
but the weather remained as
notoriously fickle as ever. And the
Estrella-Galicia/Marc VDS Honda
rider rose above it like a giant.
In a race with only 13 finish-
ers, with riders of all levels pay-
ing the price of tricky Michelin
front wet tires on a treacherous
MOTOGP
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
Twenty-one--year-old Jack
Miller's first win in the premier
class came after a bad start to
his second season, and on a day
when just staying upright was an
achievement. Assen broke with
90 years of "Never on Sunday"
