After making contact with Fermin Aldeguer in the Sprint Race, Jack Miller was handed a 'ridiculous' penalty.

Jack Miller was left raging after being handed a penalty in the MotoGP Sprint Race at the Valencia Grand Prix for his collision with Fermin Aldeguer.

The Australian was told to drop three spots after making contact with Aldeguer at Turn Two, which he says he chose to ignore as it was 'ridiculous'.

After he ignored the initial penalty, the MotoGP stewards upgraded his penalty to a long lap penalty, which ended up dropping the Australian three places to 12th, behind Aldeguer.

"I could see the dashboard, but three positions at that point when you are two seconds in front of the next bike is kind of ridiculous," he said.

"So, I was not going to do it. And then when the long lap came, I understood that a long lap can go into tomorrow’s grand prix, so it was better to do it.

"I lost three positions anyway, so you be the judge. The penalty is not, in my opinion, valid. It’s impossible to pass someone if they release the brakes on top of you.

"I passed him already once in the last corner. He continued to ride over my front tyre. We exited onto the straight together, but of course, the bike is a rocket ship.

"So, he goes away. I spend the next lap and a half deciding when to make the best move.

"I got the best possible drive I could out of Turn 1 into Turn 2. I had everything under control, and as soon as I got side by side with him, he started to release.

"I then had to go tighter and tighter and tighter. At some point, you're going to make contact because we’re both releasing the brakes.

"The smart move, if he believed he was going to pass me back, would be to release the brake and cut under.

"But if you ride like this, you are forcing contact and it’s not correct.

"Then you take wings off a rider last week, you T-bone me last week [in Portugal], and nothing. And then this week you force the contact and I get the penalty."