Jack Miller has revealed he was set to step into fill the injured Jorge Lorenzo's place at the factory Ducati team for the Australian Grand Prix, but this plane went “pear-shaped” during the Motegi race. Lorenzo suffered a fractured wrist in a heavy FP2 fall in Thailand, which ruled him out of the Buriram race and subsequently the Japanese and Australian Grands Prix.  Writing in his post-race column for redbull.com, Miller revealed it had been decided with Ducati that he would replace Lorenzo for his homecoming and race the works GP18 at Phillip Island.  However, after Andrea Dovizioso's crash on the penultimate lap at Motegi all but ended the Italian...
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