Starting the COTA MotoGP weekend just 20th place in Friday practice, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco🅺 made aꦏ ‘huge’ last-minute breakthrough on Sunday morning.

The Frenchman beat his qualifying time on the w🌺ay to third place behind only the factory Ducatis of Ma🌱rc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia in the warm-up.

“Huge change, huge step”

“I'𝔉m so happy that from Saturday to Sunday we made a huge step forward. I could show it in the warm-up and then had confirmation in the race,” Zarco said.

“We did a huge change in set-up. I cannot say if we went🌠 in the direction of Joan [Mir] or Marini, but we did s꧟omething that worked for me. 

"I'm so happy for that. We tested it in morning and straight aওway I had a better lap time than qualifying.

“This possibility to move from one set-up to another and find the performance will be so im♌portant for us for the rest of the✱ season.”

“Good overtakes, good fights”

After t💙he delayed race start, Zarco charged from 15th on the grid and was in the thick of a gruelling figh💙t for fourth place, as the top Honda rider, when he crashed with three laps to go.

“Good overtakes, good fights, and I even thought I could catch Jack Miller [in fifth],” Zarco said. “Because I expec⛦ted that with a used tyre, I can be better than him.

“But the fight with Aldeguer was too 🐟tough. I lost energy and time. And then Bezzecchi and Bastianini got the opportunity to pass me too.

“When I tried to close the line in Turn 12, I completely los🌳t the rear grip. I didn't expect that. So for sure disappointed, but from where we started on Saturday, slow and with zero feeling, I've been very competitive.

“So that's the good thing of today, and a good sign𒈔 for the next🧔 races.”

Despite failing to score for the first time this season, Zarco retains his position as the top Honda🙈 in the world championship, albeit dropping to seventh and only five points clear of HRC’s Luca Marini.