Australian MotoGP: Johann Zarco: ‘Problem on the start, full tank, could not bring the bike anywhere’
Zarco, who at one stage was the fastest rider on circuit, managed to claw his way back into the lead group before battling the likes of MotoGP title contender 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder, which ultimately cost the trio an♚y chance of fighting for the podium.
Starting sixth after dominating free practice, Zarco immediately went backwards as he struggled on the first💫 t𝐆hree laps.
Zarco wasn’t the only Ducati rider to suffer a poor start as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia also lost places after faꦯiling to deploy the holesh🍬ot device.
But🐭 unlike Bagnaia’s starting problem, Zarco’s issue༺s went on for much longer which led to him riding the remainder of the race flat out.
Zarco told : "I got a proble𓂃m on the start, plus the first corners on the full tank, I could not bring the bike anywhere. It was pretty hard to ride the bike and I could see that the others were having really high confidence.
"It was pretty hard to fight and I lost too many positions. But after three laps the others began to get a few problems and then I could start my race and come back𒅌 to the first group.
"That was amazing and it was pretty inten💟se to try and go fast every lap. Also to overtake many riders.
"Then being with the front group I had to fight with Aleix Espargar﷽o and Brad Binder, also a bit with Bastianini - it was nice but clearly with four laps to the end we have lost the contact to the top six with this fight. I had to finish in eighth position."
0.8 seconds from the win ‘killing me’ - Martin
Zarco’s team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin was a contender f♐or victory for much of the race as he led the early stages from pole position.
But while Zarco got stronger, Martin began to fade compared to the likes of Bagnaia, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and eventual race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins.
Although Martin still had good pace and finished within a sec𒐪ond of the win, the Spaniard felt he needed to be more aggressive, while also citing a lack of front grip as 🍎a reason why he could not fight for the win.
Martin added: "It’s a pity that I didn’t have extra in braking [zones] to fight for the victory becaus𓂃e you know, 0.8 [seconds] from the victory is killing me today.
"I was super close, I was competitive, I was fast and the first part of the race I was managing a lot the tyres to have a gooౠd tyre at the end.
"I ha🅺d a good r💙ear tyre but with the front I was struggling. It’s a pity but we need to improve our fighting. We have the speed."
