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Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Jack Miller scored his best result of the season so far with a superbly judged ride into sixth place in Sunday’s Dutch TT.

In tricky, low-grip conditions with a late race rain shower, Miller stayed calm and played a waiting game in his controlled charge from 13th on the gird.

The performance shows that Miller is back to the form that produced a string of top 10 results in the opening races of the season. Despite falling back to15th place in the traffic of a frantic opening lap, Miller did not panic as he engaged fellow Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow in a mid-race battle for 10th.

The Australian’s patience and wet track skills were rewarded on lap 20 when he moved into sixth place as rain showers swept across the Assen circuit. Miller elected not to take the option of a pit stop for a bike swap and wet weather tyres, the same strategy employed by race winner Valentino Rossi.

“The first lap was not good, from my grid position I got stuck on the outside through all the right hand corners and lost time, but once the group flattened out I got up to 10th in a group with Dani and Cal,” Miller commented.

“I was a having nice fight with Dani and then the rain came. I kept my pace to keep temperature in the slick tyres and pushed through to sixth. With more risks I might have been able to challenge for the podium but I wanted the points, this was a good result for me. I never thought about changing bikes, there wasn’t enough rain for wet weather tyres.”

Miller’s result now sees him positioned 11th in the world championship standings following eight rounds, 11 points outside of a top 10 place following the Assen race weekend.