Johann Zarco: “I could not ride the bike any more”

Zarco forced to retire fꦬrom Qatar MotoGP Sprint after severe chatter ruins his soft tyre gamble.

Johann Zarco, 2025 Qatar MotoGP Sprint
Johann Zarco, 2025 Qatar MotoGP Sprint

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco’s Qatar MotoGP Sprint hopes ended in disappointment after severe chatter forced the LCR H💎onda rider to ret💎ire.

The Fren🍌chman, who qualified as the top Honda in seventh, was among ten riders to gamble on the soft rear tyre in Saturday night’s 11-lap Sprint. 

But the strategy quickly backfired for all of them, with grip🥃 dropping off far earlier than expected.

“We made a big mistake with the rear tyre choice,” Zarc🐠o admitted. 

“We expected to manage just the wear drop-off, but I experienced a lot of chattering an🦩d couldn’t play with the throttle properly.

“I could not ride the bike any more. I'd lost too many positions and almost crashed a few times. I preferred t🃏o go back to the box instead of crash and get injured.

“We expected to maybe struggle but only for the last three laps. Inste𒈔ad, we only had two good laps.

“I'm quite disappointed because qualifying was good, I enjoy 💮this track and starting seventh was a chance to get points already in the sprint. But I missed it."

Despite his frustration, Zarco is hopeful that switching to the m♒edium rear on Sunday can turn things around - providing the vibration stays away.

“I hope with the medium rear to get better control bu♓t the vibration is still our limit.

“So I just cওross my fingers to fix this for🙈 [Sunday] and, in that case, I believe I can be in the top six.”

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