Johann Zarco has likened the possibility of taking over Jorg🌌e Lorenzo’s seat inಌ the Repsol Honda team to an “exceptional dream” and stated “I hope I will have the chance to be there” in the 2020 MotoGP season.

The Frenchman was buoyed “just thinking about” a possible placಌe on the 2020 MotoGP grid, be it in Lorenzo’s place or with the satellite LCR Honda squad. At the time of speaking, 🍬it seemed Zarco was anticipating either he or Cal Crutchlow would be the names considered to be Marc Marquez’s team-mate.

But Marquez’s comments in the press conference inferred younger brother Alex is on the 💯list of riders that could wear Repsol blue and orange in 2020. Either way, Zarco said his first target remains securing a place in the MotoGP class for next year.

“For my future I don’t know yet. I don’t have too many words to say on the announcement of Jorge. It is kinda positive for me for next year. There is a place getting free for the 2020 season. Wher🌃e I don’t know but somewhere there is a free place.

“That’s a chance for me to ride next year and just thinking abo🃏ut this gives me a smile. Since August I don’t know what I can do for next year. I still don’t know noಌw but now on the paper there is a possibility.

“The first target is the MotoGP category for sure. I am discovering a super team here with Lucio Cecchinello on a good bike too. It is all a bonus where I can be. For sure the Repsol Honda team is the best one a♋nd the factory team and just from that would be an exceptional dream to catch in this complicated season.

“But, as I say, but from the moment that I did not know where I co𝄹uld race to now wh⛦ere I almost have a choice from factory to Lucio, it is almost no price. It doesn’t change the target for this weekend.

“I’m really focussed to do the right job on the Honda bike. I got good feelings in Malaysia and I catched back the right way to have a strong level of riding and I want to restart at this level in FP1 and I can maybe still grow-up ♍and find the base for a strong race on Sunday.

“I w꧒ill keep focussed on a simple target like this and this will help me to do a good job and show a good capacity to Honda.

🐼“For all the steps [involved] with a factory team it is still the dream place, this is logical. We heard Cal say he is the lo✃nger time in Honda so he deserves the bike more than me.

“I don’t know if we can use th🐭is word ‘deserve’, as I said I took a lot of risks this season and I am still in risk and consequence for my career and I showed at least that I can still bite very strong to catch a dream like t🔯he factory team, learning things for sure.

“It doesn’t mean I can be at the level of Marc immediately. Even in the last fifteen days Marc is the strongest one on the Honda, but from what I can see and learn. I bel♑ieve I can push myself as teammate to be close to him. I hope I will have the chance to beꦉ there.”

When does Zarco expect to learn of Honda’s decision? “I live day after day,” he said. “And this has not broug🐠ht me bad things at the moment. I’m living well and I am kind of happy since I flew back from Malaysia and there is no price that I could get back from good feelings on a race bike.

“From this I am happy, even if I don’t know what to do next year yet. I remove⛦d a lot of doubt on myself and this doesn’t have a price. First target this weekend is to do a great job and then have the opportunity to test. If I test in Valencia then I will test in Jerez – I think this is logical – but let’s see with which colour.”