The Australian started Sunday’s 22-lap season-opener from fourth, but lost ground immediately and began to experience power problems.
Miller says he was getting power from the engine in “very strange points” of the Losail circuit, while exiting onto the main straight he had none and was scared about “getting run up the arse” by bikes behind.
As a result, he elected to retire at the end of lap seven – with neither factory team Ducati rider finishing the Qatar GP in the end, after team-mate Francesco Bagnaia crashed into Pramac’s Jorge Martin on lap 12.
“Yeah, I mean from the get-go the bike wasn’t fantastic,” Miller said.
“There was something missing in the electronics, the bike was quite lost, let’s say.
“I had 100% power in some very, very strange points on the track and then coming onto the front straight I had no power, I had to go to fourth gear pretty much directly.
“At the last corner everyone was passing me.
“I honestly thought I was going to…
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