After finishing fourth in the sprint raceไ at Mugello, Zarco went one better during today’s Italian MotoGP after💙 finishing behind Francesco Bagnaia and teammate Jorge Martin.

With fantastic race pace in both the sprint and Grand Prix, especially in the ꦏlatter stages, Zarco’s impressive run of results has kept him within touching distance of second in the standings. 

• Marc Marquez: “Friday Mir, yest💃erday Rins, today me - I was lucky” 
• Bagnaia: “If we look at the past I’m alw🅠ays 𒉰one of my main opponents”

Whatever the track Ducati seems to be a good bet for at👍 least one win as several of their ridꦉers have claimed victory already this season.

One of those who 🍸hasn’t done so however, is Zarco, which co﷽uld change at Sachsenring although Marquez is expected to be the favourite given his stunning record.

Marquez has not been beaten in 11 years at Sachsenring - Fabio Quartararo won last season’s race while 🌞Marquez was absent - which is why Za🦋rco brought up his name immediately when discussing next weekend’s races.

"It would be nice [to fight for the podium]," began Zarco. "I guess Marc [Marquez] who is fast on every track even if he has some mistakes or crashes in the r♍ace - in Sachsenring he will maybe have something extra that he always had in the past. 

"He will be one to fight with and if I can be competitive I will be happy. It’s a different track a༒nd is a small one so we 🔥will have to find a different strategy. 

"Pecco [Bagnaia]🀅, last year, was ready to fight for the victory but had a crash. There are so many riders that are alreadꦏy fast there."

Whether Zarco fights for a maiden MotoGP ꦚwin or not, the Pramac rider should be one of the contenders for the podiu𝓀m, especially after his Mugello performance which he claims has given him a heap of confidence.  

Zarco added: "Fighting for the podium yesterday [in the sprint] brought me good confidence. I knew that on Sund🌳ay with the medium rear tyre I could be more competitive. 

"But starting in ninth position is always a bit tricky. The breaking 💦point is not my strongest area so you have to calculate a lot to gain the position and not get overtaken by the others. 

"I was happy to have the pace [that I did] and the others with the soft rear tyre were also pretty fast, li🍒ke Luꦬca Marini and Alex Marquez. 

"I could not have an advantage on them but with Luca I knew he would want to fight for the podiu🅰m. 

"When I over👍took him I did my best to focus and try to catch Jorge because he had the soft rear and maybe he would drop the pace. Trying to catch Jorge was a good way to try and have a little gap from Luca."