Jorge L𓃲orenzo's wait for a top-ten finish at Repsol Honda ꦿcontinues.

The triple MotoGP champion crossed the line in eleventh place at Sunday's♉ French MotoGP, for his best result o🦄f the season so far.

While nothing to be satisfied about, the Spaniard pointed to🌊 signs of progress at Le Mans and insists 'it is just a matter of time' before things fall into place with&nbs🦄p;the RCV.

"We cannot be satisfied with the final result, obviously. Eleventh p🔯lace is not where we want to be, but I saw progress and this makes me happy and gives me even more enthusiasm for the next races," said Lorenzo, 🍨who began the weekend denying rumours of an ultimatum by Honda to improve his results.

"It was the first weekend I finished a day in the top five, qualified in the top eight and, apart from Qatar, which was a very slow race - which is why I finished 14-seconds from the🔴 winner - this is the race where I finished closest to the winner.

"I also set a best race lap only seven tenths from the fastest lap and started 🤡t💙o fight with faster riders than the previous races. We’re learning more each weekend and race, it is just a matter of time.

"Thanks to t෴he Repsol Honda Team for continuing to work hard🌠 and congratulations to Honda for 300 wins.”

Team manager Alberto Puig (who had angrily denied talk of a Lorenzo uꦕltimat🔯um) said of the weekend: "The positive point is the victory by Marc and that Jorge made a step in the right direction."

While Marquez leads the world championship standings, Lorenzo is 14th𒐪 heading to the scene of his first Ducati victory, at Mugello, later this mon🌳th.

Jorge Lorenzo: Margin to victory in 2019

Qatar: +14.307s (13th place)

Argentina: +27.497s (12th place)

Texas: DNF (technical problem)

Jerez: +18.473s (12th place)

Le Mans: +15.003s (11th place)