168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco heads into his first Honda MotoGP race since 2019 admitting that a top ten finish in this weekend’s Qatar season opener “would be a♌ very good result.

“It's more possible I think in Sprint than in the lon⛦g race. So we'll try to catch it on Saturday,” explained the former Pramac Ducati race winner.

Pre-season testing at the same Lusail circuit last month finished with the four Honda riders grou♓ped from 17th (+1.2s) to 20th (+1.7s) on the timesheets, headed by the Frenchman.

Zarco, pla🎃ced at LCR on a two-year HRC contract, said his feeling on the bike is not bad, but confessed that the lap time isn’t coming. However, with so many parts to test, the 33-year-old feels there is plenty of margin to improve the set-up.

“We could confirm a package to start the season,” Zarco said. “So they ꦕcan hom✃ologate the aero package and also there were some big things that we cannot try during a race weekend.

“Then during the Grand Prix we will really push, and be more focused, to do a better lap 🍬time and work on some setup.

“But I'm really confident with [Honda] because the feeling on the bꦡike is quite good. ꧂I can enjoy on the bike. Just sometimes the lap time is not coming.

“There's a good feeling but not a good answer with the lap ꦓtime, but at least this helped to keep working well and give the best feedback as possible.

“As I say, really confident with Honda because already from Sepang to Qatar, there were some big changes that were interesting and that's why with the help we have with the [concessions] rules for🐻 2024, we need to be patient because some opportunities will really come.”

Casting his eye outside of Honda, last in the 2023 constructors’ standings, Zarco e💮choed the thoughts of 🐭many in tipping Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia as the clear favourite.

“I’m impressed by the way Pecco is really showing even more speed than last y𝓰ear and impressed by the way he's controlling the situation,” he said.

F▨ree practice in Qatar begins on Friday afternoon.