Johann Zarco: I wasn’t ready at KTM, I’m ready at Honda

Johann Zarco: “I’🌳ve stayed calm and seeing the big work by Honda gives me motivation to keep improving, to be ready when the bike is ready.”

Johann Zarco, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April
Johann Zarco, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April

A year ago, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco arrived at his home Le Mans MotoGP round with a best finish of second place an⛦d 46 points for Pramac Ducati.

The French round then kicked off a run of three successive Sunday rostrums and, helped by a mem🍒orable P𒐪hillip Island victory, he climbed to fifth in the final standings.

Zarco returns to Le Mans this weekend with just five points to show for his efforts at LCR Honda this year, but insists - unlike during his ill-fated 2019 move toꦐ KTM - he’s ready to deal with the tough times.

“It's a nice experience to live [trying to take Honda back to the top] and, as I knew, the challenge is going t꧂o be tough,” Zarco said. “I'm ready to live it and although in the moment sometimes there is some frustration, then you understand that the work is done and you really tried the 😼best.”

Zarco, who had to rebuild his career after♍ leaving the factory KTM team after just half a season, added: “Five years ago when I went to KTM, I was not ready to accept having less performance and trying to develop [the bike], stayඣ calm and analyse the potential of the rider and of the bike.

“Now with this experience, I have more confidence in myself and can analyse better 🌠what I'm doing on the bike, so that's why it's a way to re-try what I missed fiv⛎e years ago and get involved with this development.

“[So far] it's what I was ex🎐pecting. When it's getting hard and you cannot finish the race or you cannot even follow the others, that's the 🌸worst thing as a rider feeling.

“But I’ve stayed calm and really I'm seeing th𒐪e big work of Honda and that gives motivation to also keep improving myself to be ready when the bi💜ke is ready.”

Until then, a top 🌸ten would be a ‘great’ result 𒈔this weekend.

“I didn't expect to have already yesterday evening and today so much support from the cro🦹wd,” Zarco said. “And this, I 🐽hope, will give a little extra.

“The real𓆉istic goal will be to get those few points around the 10th position. That will be already a great result and I will be glad to take it here to give a new push to our team, to Honda.”

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