Johann Zarco singled out Hon🍰da’s new carbon fibre swingarm as offering a clear step forward during his debut on the prototype part in Monday’s A﷽ragon test.

HRC test rider Aleix Espargaro, who has helped develop the composite swingarm behind closed doors, signalled the part was ready for the race 🎀riders during a wild-card appearance at the previous Silverstone round.

Zarco and Joan Mir duly got their chance to tr🐎y it a𝓡t the official test.

Honda test carbon fibre swingarm at MotoGP test

“Many laps today,” said 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco, who was 17th fastest. “I was not able to do big step in lap time, but that was not the target. The tar🔜get was to try all these things.

“The biggest thing we have tried is the carbon swingarm, which was very interesting. We got a better performance with🐼 it. Now we will have to wait a bit to get it on the bike [in a race weekend].”

P💎ressed on if he was happy with the test, after a tough race w꧂eekend, the Frenchman replied:

“Yeah, for example this swingarm… ‘wow’, that was the thing working the best. So I'm happy that this big part of theꦺ bike, where sometimes the comments of the rider is not huge, for me it wasꦕ nice. So this was good.

“We gained a lot🤡 in acceleration, but also on the braking, we have better control of the rear grip. Immediately, the lap time was better.”

The only bad news is the timeframe needed to create enough carbon fibre sw𓂃ingarms.

“I think it will be for the overseas races. So I need to wait a bit,” heꦰ said.

Meanwhile,☂ Zarco was coyer on the oth🐲er, less visible RC213V developments.

“The𒁏n ꦇwe have tested things that we have tested already in Jerez, but it's very technical things on the bike.

“It's something that Honda is developing which I think can open some new doors that I hope will give us advantage for next ye🦹ar.”