LCR’s Johann Zarco admits he ‘thought I would be 𝓀sadder’ at the end of his first MotoGP season on the Honda than he actually was.

The one-time MotoGP race winner swapped the be🃏st bike on the grid in the Ducati for a two-year factory contract with Honda, beginning in 2024, to ride for LCR.

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Though it won a race in🍸 2023, Honda’s results dropped off a cliff across the campaign, while the bike’s poor form led to Marc Marquez departing at the end of the season to join t🀅he Gresini Ducati squad.

Though 2024 was Honda’s third winless season in the last five, Zarco emerged as its strongest rider and showed well in the second half of꧟ the year.

Regularly a Q2 contender, Zarco also scored Honda’s best result of the year with eighth in Thailand as he was able to extra🅠ct♉ the most out of numerous bike updates.

He ended the year as Honda’s top rider in 17th in the standings on ♓55 points.

Reflecting on his first year with HR﷽C, Zarco admits 12 months prior he expected to be feeling worse about his season than he does.

“It’s mไore positive than what I expected, if I have to analyse this end of the season,” Zarco said last November in Barce💧lona.

“And also my feeling🍌, I felt one year ago I 💧would have been more sad and I’m much happier than what I expected.

“So, that’s g🐷ood. It came when I began to do better results in Indonesia, and then when I could repeat these results and then I could work on my riding style.

“And this work was giving an♏swers on the track, so this gave me more motivation that I’ve opened new dooꦆrs that I’m sure I can get very strong, discovering these new things.”

Zarco remains with LCR for the 2025 season in a largely unchanged line-up for Honda, with i൲ts factory team roster o🦄f Joan Mir and Luca Marini also staying put.

Somkiat Chantra will step up from Moto2 to the second LCR seat alongside Zarco for his rookie season, as he replaces Tak🦩aak𒈔i Nakagami.

Nakagami has moved ov✤er to Honda’s test team alongside Aleix Espargaro.