168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco a🦄ppears to have made a U-turn in his wishes for a 2026 MotoGP contract.

The in-form rider sensationally won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on home soil, then followed it up🍬 with a podium at Silverstone.

Those results, coupled with his consistent improvement, proved the quality of MotoGP’s oldest rider🐠 - but also indicated the new competitiveness of the Honda.

LCR satellite rider Zarco insisted after winning in Le Mans that he hoped it would help earn him  a factory Honda promotion&nbsܫp;in 2026.

Current factory rider Luca💖 Marini is out o🍬f contract at the end of this year, creating a coveted vacancy.

Zarco already receives factory support while in the productive LCR garage so a promotion would be somewhat for prest꧃ige only.

LCR owner Lucio Cecchinello 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:hi💦nted that Honda might look e💎lsewhere, away from Zarco, for a star rider in 2026.

Now Zarco appears to have admitted he💎 would prefer to stay put.

"My relationship with Honda and Cecchinello is very good,” he told Sky𒉰 Italia at Silverstone.

“Even in Lucio's tea🧸m we can have even more support and be a third factory bike.

“It would be ideal, we are thinking about how to stay here and be the real number 1 in the Honda team.”

Zarco is fifth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings, the highest-placed non-Ducati rider.

His efforts have helped create interest in the potentially vacant factory Honda next year, if they opt against ke𒅌eping Marini.

Marini, incidentally, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:claims he is also in talks to ▨stay.

But Zarco staying a﷽t LCR would open the door to Jorge Martin, should he leave Aprilia .

It✱ would reunite Martin with best mate Aleix Espargaro, who is now a Honda test rider.

But Espargaro has denied ever urging Ma💙rtin to quit Aprilia and jump ship to Honda.

Honda boss Alberto Puig also stated 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:they would not approach Martin, or any rider, who is contracted to a rival.

Pedro Acosta, who is tied to KTM in 2026, has also been mentioned as a dream🐼 signing for Honda.