Pramac confirms Miller for 2018 MotoGP season

Jack Miller will join the Pramac Ducati MotoGP squad for the 2018 season, the team has confirmed ahead of this weekend's Red Bull Ring round.

Motorsport.com revealed that Miller, who currently races for Marc VDS Honda, reached an agreement to move across to Pramac during the last round before the summer break at the Sachsenring.

However, the Australian's Suzuka 8 Hours commitments with the works Honda HARC-Pro team made an announcement impossible before the Japanese enduro took place at the end of last month.

Further negotiations then took place last weekend at Brno, where the final details of a direct one-year agreement with Ducati were firmed up.

Miller replaces Scott Redding aboard Pramac's year-old Desmosedici machine, while teammate Danilo Petrucci will ride a latest-spec GP18.

Having lost his seat to Miller, Redding now faces an uncertain MotoGP future, with a move back to Marc VDS thought to be his best option of staying in the grand prix paddock.

He is also believed to have an option join World Superbikes with the privateer Barni Ducati squad, but said last weekend that this was not his preferred option and that staying in MotoGP remains his priority.

Meanwhile, Honda World Superbike rider Stefan Bradl has been linked with a move back to MotoGP with Marc VDS in recent weeks.

2018 MotoGP rider line-up so far:

Team	Riders
Repsol Honda	Marc Marquez Dani Pedrosa
Movistar Yamaha	Valentino Rossi Maverick Vinales
Ducati	Andrea Dovizioso Jorge Lorenzo
Suzuki	Andrea Iannone Alex Rins
Aprilia	Aleix Espargaro Sam Lowes*
KTM	Pol Espargaro Bradley Smith
LCR Honda	Cal Crutchlow Takaaki Nakagami
Marc VDS Honda	Franco Morbidelli TBA
Tech 3 Yamaha	Johann Zarco Jonas Folger
Pramac Ducati	Danilo Petrucci Jack Miller
Aspar Ducati	Alvaro Bautista TBA
Avintia Ducati	Tito Rabat TBA