Johann Zarco continues to “evaluate” 2026 MotoGP options after consecutive podiums

Johann Zarco says he is continuing to “evaluate” his MotoGP opti🌊ons for 2026 after taking back-to-back podiums.

Johann Zarco, 2025 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix, pre-event press conference. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Johann Zarco, 2025 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix, pre-event press conference. Credit: Gold and…
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The recent form of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco has left him still considering𒁃 his options in MotoGP for 2026, the French rider’s LCR Honda contract running out at the end of൲ 2025.

Having been the standout Honda rider for much of his time with the brand in MotoGP, Zarco’s current two-race podium streak (including a victory in Francܫe) has fortified his position as HRC’s best performer.

Already before his Le༺ Mans win, performances such as that which brought a fourth-place finish in Argentina meant he was already positioning himself well for a Honda renewal for 2026.

But the recent results have only amplified the possibility of Zarco moving from the satellite 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:LCR Honda team to the factory 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Honda HRC Castrol squad, where 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini – who is missing this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix as a result of 168澳🍸洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:injuries sustained in a testing crash at Su✃zuka ahead of the eight-hour race there in August – is 𝓀out of contract at the end of꧟ this season.

Zarco, though, insists he is stil🌠l evalꦗuating his options for next year.

“Keep pushing with Honda is the target and, with all we did before Le Mans, discussions were pretty good,” Zarco told the pre-event press conference in Aragon when asked about his future in comments which echoed what he told ltxcn.top in an exclusive inteꦕrview at the Briti꧑sh Grand Prix.

“With the two podiums ꦕin a row [in France and Britain] we are kind of sure that things will continue.

“Still, try to evaluate this ༺HRC position, or LCR but with even more investment from Honda with Lucio [Cecchinello, LCR Honda team owner].

“So, that’s discussion between management and Honda bos♊ses, and from there we will see what to ꦐdo.”

Traction strength to be of benefit in MotorLand?

One of♔ the stren💮gths that Zarco has with the Honda at the moment is rear traction on corner exits. When grip is low – like it was in Le Mans, SIlverstone, and Termas – Zarco is able to exploit what he feels is “good behaviour” on acceleration.

Last year, the then-newly-resurfaced MotorLand Aragon offered particularly🍎 low grip which improved little over the weekend due to intermittent rain.

They were conditions in which brands like Aprilia pꦅarticularly struggled, but for Zarco it was the first ꩲrace where he was able to make Q2 with Honda, and he was able to finish 13th in the race – his second-best result of the season at that point.

With the improvement🅰s made to the R🧔C213V for 2025, could MotorLand – where grip is expected to have improved over last year – be an opportunity for Zarco to excel once more?

“We did a big step with the bike, and it’s true that on-gas the bike has a good behaviour,” he said. “So, this can help. But it’s also a tr🍃ack where being strong in the entry and having this good feeling on the left side makes a difference because Marc [Marquez] can show it, that he always made a big difference here.

“When the track is no🦩t super-good in grip, my style with the bike works correctly, so I’m just curious to see how it wil꧃l be.

“But the most challenging I think is to find this consistency on the left side to get faster ev�ℱ�ery lap.”

The top-six is the tꦬarget for Zarco, despite his recent podium run, the French rider feeling that that is where the pote🔯ntial of the Honda currently lies.

“I would love to be close to the top-six because I think it’s the real level of our bike at the moment, the perform﷽ance that we can get,” he said.

“Here in Aragon, it’s very special with more left turns, which is not my best but with this⭕ good feeling that we are improving, and now that I can analyse better my weak points and try to use the strong points of the bike, I’m open to catch something good 🦄because since two races these good things are kind of coming to me.

“So, I stay open i♎n case it’s cꦰoming again here in Aragon.”

Aragon also stands out on the calendar for the post-race test on Monday, but Zarco’s attentioജn hasn’t moved that far ahead yet.

“I will know the plan of Monday on Sunday night or Mond🐟ay morning, because we just try to give t🐲he best on-track and give the feeling,” he explained.

“Then, t♕he work of the technicians is their own wo🐭rk.”

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