An eighth place finish at Sachsenring after sta꧑rting from pole, has left Johann Zarco needing big points heading into the final MotoGP race before the summer break. 

Zarco started on pole for the𓃲 first time this season in Germany, but 🐼was unable to turn it into a podium or top five, while championship leader Fabio Quartararo took third and therefore increased the gap between the pair. 

Leading into the German GP the gap was 14 points - now 22, and Zarco 𓃲knows ‘it will be necessary for the championship’ to get a ‘good result’.  

Speaking ahead of the weekend, Zarco 💟said: "I hope because it will be necessary for the championship and before the summer break it would be good to catch a great visit here. 

"As I'm always saying, the Ducati has a huge potentia꧂l and I think the bike has the potential to be on the podium everywhere now thi𒆙s season. 

"Clearly I missed something in the Sachsenring𝓀 but the⛄ weekend was quite interesting and also in the race the first half, I was pretty happy to see many things. 

"I hope these things will be useful for this weekend and will make me strong to fight ⛎with Fabio, who I think wil꧑l be one of the best and if I can be fast enough I think I will enjoy."

While Ducati have made significant strides forward with this year’s package; especially at race tracks not considered favourable, the Italian manufacturer only has one win around Assen which came in 2008 thanks to Casey Stoner - whereas Yama🍃ha have been the team to beat of late in the Netherlands - four wins in the last eight Dutch TT’.