Huge U-turn in Johann Zarco’s Honda 2026 hopes
Johann Zarco previously said he wanted a promotion from LCR to factory𝔍 Honda

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco appears to have made a U-turnไ in his wishes for a 2026 MotoGP contract.
The ওin-ꦚform rider sensationally won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on home soil, then followed it up with a podium at Silverstone.
Those results, coupled with his consistent improvement, proved the quality of MotoGP’s oldest rider - but also indicated the new competit🔯iveness of the Honda.
LCR satellite rider Zarco insisted after winning in Le Mans that he hoped it would help earn him ♈ a factory Honda p𓆏romotion in 2026.
Current factory rider Luca Marini is out of contract at the end of this year, creating 💎a coveted vacanඣcy.
Zarco already r๊eceives factory support while in the prod♏uctive LCR garage so a promotion would be somewhat for prestige only.
LCR owner Lucio Cecchinello 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:hinted that Honda might lo𝔍ok elsewhere, away from Zarco, for a star rider in 2026.
Now Zarco appe🔯ars to have admitted he would prefer to stay put.
"My relationship wi꧃th Honda and Cecchinello is very good,” he told Sky Ital🧜ia at Silverstone.
“Even in Lucio's team we can have even more support and be a thirdܫ factory bike.
“It would be ideal, we are thinking about how to stay here and be the real number 1 in the Honda team.”
Zarco is fifth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings, the highest-placed non-Ducati rider.
His efforts have helped create interest in the pဣotentially vacant factory Honda next year, if they opt against keeping Marini.
Marini, incidentally, 168澳洲幸运5官ꦇ方꧂开奖结果历史:claims he is also in talks to stay.
But Zarco staying at LCR would open the door to Jorge Martin, shoꦓuld he leave Aprilia💖 .
It would reunite Martin with best mate Aleix Espargaro, 🐻who is now a Honda t🎀est rider.
But Espargaro has denie🦩d ever urging ꦡMartin to quit Aprilia and jump ship to Honda.
Honda boss Alberto Puig also stated 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:they would not approach Martin, or any rider, who is contracted to a rival.
Pedro Acosta, who is tied to KTM in 2026, has a🐓lso been mentioned as a dream signing for Honda.

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