Johann Zarco says he realised he had "problems in your head” durin♛g a difficult start to his first MotoGP season with Honda after a test for th💝e Suzuka 8 Hours.

The Frenchman joined Honda with the LCRꩵ squad f❀or the 2024 campaign, but struggled in the first half of the year to generate results.

But steps forward with the RC2🧜13V saw Zarco consistently breach the points in the second half of the season.

He 𒆙scored points consecutively in the final nine rounds, including a season-best for Honda of eighth at the Thai Grand Prix.

As well as gains with the bike, Zarco noted that a revelation about his mental approach to the pro🌳ject during a test for the Suzuka 8 Hours allowed him to ride better in MotoGP.

“It’s good to have been ab𒀰le to evolve, even mentally, during the year,” Zarco said in an interview with Paddock-GP.

“And I think that happened after I tested the bike for the Suzuka 8 Hour𒊎s, where I realised that I actually had almost the same comments and probl🦂ems as in MotoGP.

“So,🍒 I said to myself, ‘well, whatever problems you have in MotoGP, you also have problems in your head.

“You’re stuck with feel🍸ings and beliefs that need 🎀to be let out. Look at the subject differently’.

“When I started doing that, I started riding the Mo🤪toGP bike much better, within its limits because we’re🔴 still far off.

“But that’s what allowed me to make 🅰a big difference at the end of the year compa♓red to the other riders.”

He added: “The♏ endurance bike is considered the best bike, and I realised that I expected it to be much easier.

“In fact, going fast with any bike isn’t easy and especially requires a certain technique. It was a good reminder for me not to lose that technique or know how to adapt t🍬o it.”

Zarco ꧙ended his first year with HRC as the marque’s top rider in 17th in the standings.

He also won the Suzuka 🍷8 Hours for Team HRC alongside Takumi Takahashi and Teppei Nagoe.