Johann Zarco matched his best career finish of second in the opening MotoGP race of the sea🐽son and is looking to go one step further this Sunday. 

The French rider pointed to lacking a♔cceleration coming out of the corners as an advantage that Maverick V🌞inales and Yamaha had during last weekend’s race. 

With the incredible speed on the straights not playing as big a factor for Ducati due to losing time on corner exit, Za🔥rco is hoping setup changes and better managem﷽ent during the race will give him the chance to fight for victory

Asked during the pre event press conference about what i🐼t will take to turn second into first, Zarco said: "The construction of the tyre is always hard to manage. 

"My rac𓆉e🅺 staying second behind Pecco, and then trying to follow Maverick I think helped me a lot to be competitive until the end. 

"The one that can lead the race w⭕ill have more problems in the second half of the race, but at the same time we nee♏d to be fast. 

"Let’s see how to manage Sunday. Our target is to have more possibilities like Maverick did to be fast at the end of the race or another one, but be able to fight for the victor𓆉y and not the podium."

Ducati’s record at the Losail International Circuit has been well docu🅠mented with Andrea Dovizioso taking victor🍷ies in 2018 and 2019. 

Given the speed Ducati showed over the course of testing, practice and qualifying, not taking a vic🀅tory in either Qatar♑ race would be seen as a disappointment. 

However, the two-time Moto2 champion does not agree: "No. If we don’t get any wins in the two races here in Qatar we don’t need to be ♛worried because we are so competitive. 

"If we can be in the top three all the races and still🃏 finish on the podium, then it is a good sign for the future. 

"The target is to win and we kno⛎w we have the chance to do it, and we have to manage it to find some solution t🍰o have this chance and not struggle with the rear tyre."