168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco says he “expected to stay” with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez throughout the MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix sprint as “I knew I could have the pace for t🃏he podium”.

The LCR rider delivered Hond🎃a its first front row in MotoGP since the 20ౠ23 Italian GP when he qualified his bike third on the grid.

Strong all weekend at Termas de Rio Hondo, Zarco was confident he could battle for the podium in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:the 12-lap sprint on Saturday afternoon.

However, he was forced into an early battle with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta a🐬fter dropping to sixth off the line, and was too far adrift of third by the time he got back up to fourth.

Zarco was just 1.167s away from Ducati’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia at the chequered fl🃏ag for Honda’s best sprint result since Marc Marquez was third in Valencia in 2023.

“I must be happy with the fourth position today,” ✨he old MotoGP’s official website.

“Already the first row 💞in qualifying was a good present for me and the team🌄.

“And then I knew I can have the pace for the podium. I expected to stay with Alex and Marc, but I ha👍d to fight a bit with Acosta and Quartararo.

“S🎐o, it was good to overtak🍸e them and try to chase Pecco.

“But🦹 Pecco managed well the beginning of the race, the first five laps he took this third position and then he kept it, and then even if my pace was good it was tough to come back on him.

“Thaဣt’s why I can be very happy with the P4 and still hope tomorrow with a different tyre choice to get some advantage and play for the podium.

“For sure with a better s♔tart, if I can stay in third position then I guess just having a few tenths better in the first three or fiౠve laps it would make a difference.

“But step by step I’m coming 🐭back to the top and at thꦓe moment I enjoyed it a lot.”

Joan Mir: Honda is in a “completely different story” to 2024

Honda managed to get two bikes in the points in Saturday’s sprint in Argentina, as factory team rider Joan Mir took eighth after a late battle with Acosta.

Though admitting the Honda’s lack of power means he can’t be “fully happy with this 🤪package🀅”, he is “able to fight and this is something great”.

“Satisfied but not fully happy because I think we have a bi🧸t of margin to do somethinꦏg more,” Mir said.

“I made a bad start, I lost a bit of positꦚions at the start. Then it was difficult to overtake, but we🥃 were able to have a consistent pace and being able also to be quite fast.

“Missing som🦋ething still, missing something in the exit of the corners to be fully happy with this package.

“But the reality is we are getting therꦿe, I fe⭕lt better than yesterday, we made a step today.

“But som💙ething happened in 𒊎the sprint. I think we have a little bit more, to do a little bit more, in terms of pace. But we have to be happy because it’s a completely different story as the last season.

“We are able to fight and this is something great. I’m able to enjoy it on the bike and hopefully tomorrow we can make a small step forward to try to get into the top ꦿsix.”