168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco says he “expected to stay” with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez throughout the MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix sprint as “I knew I could🦩 have the pace foꦓr the podium”.

The LCR rider delivered Honda its first front 🐭row in MotoGP since the 2023 Italian GP when he qualified his bike third on the grid.

Strong all weekend at Termas de Rio Hondo, Zarco was confident he could battle for the podium in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:the 12-lap sprint on Saturday afternoon.

However, he was forced into an early battle with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta after dropping to sixth off the line, and was too far 𓃲adrift of third by the time he got back up to fourth.

Zarco was just 1.167s away from Ducati’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia at the chequered flag for Honda’s best sprဣint result since Marc Marquez was third in Valencia in 2023.

“I must be happy with the fourth✤ position today,” he old MotoGP’s off🔯icial website.

“Already the first row in qualifyin🌃g was a good present for me and the team.

“And then I knew I can have the pace for the podium. I expected to stay with Alex and Marc, ♏but I had to fight a bit with Acosta and Quartararo.

“So, it was 🍰good to overtake them and🧸 try to chase Pecco.

“But Pecco managed well the beginning of the race, the first five laps he took this third position and then he kept it, and then even if my pace was good it was💝 tough to come back on him.

“That’s why I can be very happy with the P4 a꧃nd still hope tomorrow with a differenꦡt tyre choice to get some advantage and play for the podium.

“For sure with a 𓄧better start, if I can stay in third position then I guess just having a few tenths better in the first three or five laps it would make a difference.

“B𝓰ut step by step I’m coming back to th🎶e top and at the moment I enjoyed it a lot.”

Joan Mir: Honda is in a “completely different story” to 2024

Honda managed to get two bikes in the points in Saturday’s sprint in Argentina, as factory team rider Joan Mir took eighth after a late battle with Acosta.

Though admitting the Honda’s lack of powe🔴r means he can’t be “fully happy with this package”, he is “able to fight and this is something great”.

“Satisfied but not full🌺y happy because I think we have a bit o🐓f margin to do something more,” Mir said.

“I made a bad start, I lost a bit of positions at the start. Then it was difficult to overtake, but we were able to have a consistent pace and being able also to be quit📖ꦆe fast.

“Missing something still, missing something in the exit of the corners to be fully happy with thi♑s package.

“But the reality is we♈ are getting there, I felt better than yesterday, w🎃e made a step today.

“But something happened in the sprint. I think we have a little bit more, to do a little bit more, in terms of pace. But we have to be happy because it’s a completely different story as the 🦂last season.

“We are able to fig♒ht and this is something great. I’m able to enjoy it on the bike and hopefully tomorrow we can make a small step forward to try to get into the top six.”