Johann Zarco’s good MotoGP Sprint start: “We don't put third gear here…”

“It's t🌳he acceleration from 150 to 250 where so💮metimes we lose a few tenths”

Johann Zarco, 2024 Thai MotoGP
Johann Zarco, 2024 Thai MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco held off Joan Mir for twelfth place and another top Honda finish in the Thailand MotoGP Sprint.

For ‘the ♔first time this year’, the LCR rider got off to a good s♌tart, only to be shuffled to 16th later in the lap.

“I struggled too much on the first lap but not at thꦰe start,” Zarco said. “At the start, I didn't lose any positions, which is the first time this year.

“But I got a bit unlucky on the first lap because I was behind di Giannantonio who had to brake twice. The first was maybe to avoid Bezzecchi, the s🌳econd to avoid Fabio Quartararo.

“I was really clo💃se behind Fabio and I had to brake also. So I could not use well the good start.”

Quizzed on what made the difference 🗹for his race start compared to previous events, Zarco☂ explained:

“I’m getting a good feeling with the clutch, but still we are not much faster and maybe the fact that I didn't lose positio💞ns is that we don't put th൩ird gear [before braking for Turn 1] here.

“We ju▨st put second gear. And you don't have time to have too much wheelie.

“So maybe we reach 200km/h but not much 🐟more. And it's the acceleration from 150 to 250km/h where sometimes we lose a few tenths.

“Here you quickly get 🀅to the ♔brake so that's why I think I could keep my position. But my reaction was also very good, so I was happy.”

Reflecting on the rest 𓆏of the race, the Frenchman felt they had not made progress from their F🌱riday set-up.

“For the pace, we were missing something,” he said. “I could notᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ get the good feeling from Fridౠay today.

“We have tried things, but it ﷽seems we did a lit🎶tle step back. So that's the situation at the moment.

“When we do well, it's hard to wish for better. As they say, som📖💝etimes ‘better is the enemy of good’!

“But th꧃at’s the philosophy of racing; you always want better. And we cannot wait for things ༒to happen.

“We have to work to make things better, but because the [margin for] my good feeling on thಞe bike ﷽is very thin at the moment, I lost it.

“But the positive is that I got it yesterday.”

Zarco is 17th in the world championship standings, 12 points clear oꦯf team-mate and next-best Honda rider Takaaki Na🍰kagami.

Nakagami finished 18th in the Sprint.

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