168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Just as he had pledged, Johann Zarco refus🤡ed to be intimidated by some of MotoGP's biggest stars as he slugged it out for the race lead in Sunday's 💛Phillip Island thriller.

The Monster Ya𝓡maha Tech 3 rookie had seen his front row qualifying go to waste when he was forced to back off at Turn 1, leaving him in seventh position.

But Zarco spec🦋tacularly fought his way forwards, snatching the lead from world champion Marc Marqu🎉ez by lap 9 of 27.

The Frenchman remained in the thick of an incredible 300km/h battle to the chequered flag, leading for a total of seven 🤡laps while trading places - and occasionally tyre rubber - with the likes of Marquez, Valentino Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Andrea Iannone and Cal Crutchlow.

"Amazing. A good feeling to be abl๊e to fight, to overtake," said Zarco, speaking behind the Tech 3 pits. "I didn't start well, then when Miller ove♚rtook me I had to close the gas because we could touch.

"I wanted to be back with the top guys. I felt I could do it, so I had to fight and overtake. Then I was leading the race, tried to go away but ওmanaging the traction on this track is quite difficult when you are in first position and then I was fighting again.

"They overtook me and there were some hard moments with Marquez. It's part of♕ racing and I lived some moments I've never lived before. Fight🔯ing at this speed is so incredible.

"It was like a Moto3 race, but we are 100km/h more! Yo𒉰u need to live this emotion to believe it."

Pressed on the contact with Marq♓uez at the hairpin, Zarco explained:

"Maverick overtook him in Turn 4 and I was almost at the sam꧅e speed so I came into the corner, but Marquez we know is strong on corner entry. It was 🧜not possible for me to slow down more and I had to touch him.

"But he was clꦗever because when he felt that💞 something is wrong from the rear of his bike, he picked up the bike and we saved it.

"So it was hot b⛦ut then he did the same to Valentino and Iannone did the same to me into Siberia, Corner 6. And then even Crutchlow t﷽ouched me on the knee. But we are all fighters and we must keep fighting."

With Marquez later edging clear, Zarco spent the closing✅ stages in an intense 🌜fight with the factory Yamahas of Rossi and Vinales.

Zarco exited the last corner in third and within arm's 🍸reach of Rossi. But a tighter line on the exit instead saw Zarco overtaken by Vinales in a photo-finish at the line. Zarco was 1.8s from Marquez and 0.050꧙s from both factory M1s.

"I tried to get seꦗcond place because I was feeling good behind Rossi. He is so strong on the brakes, closing the line well and you can see he has the experience. So I tried to have better acceleration by changing the line in the last corner, but instead of second I had fourth.

"But not to worry. After th﷽is kind of fight and kind of day I can just enjoy and take this fantastic moment.

"To be𒅌 disappointed about the final result would be the wrong way to analyse the race. 1.8s from the winner, nearly second 🐼place, no way to be disappointed!" he insisted.

But Zarco did admitඣ to being scareᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd, "more than once!"

"It is an emotion to be fighting at over 300km/h, you can fight on other circuits but here I think you are really not many times under 200km/h𝓀. It's incredible and I want to call my coach and see the race with him!"

Zarco chose to raceꦜ with soft tyres, front and rear.

"It was a good choice for me and today - the꧒ bike and me – were able to fight for victory. Marquez went away because he could manage even better, but we were ready to fight for victory."

Asked what he had l💟earned in his duel🌊s with multiple MotoGP champions Marquez and Rossi, Zarco answered:

"I saw it before, but I had confirmation again that they are in a different planet 💖these guys, because they can fight and analyse so many things at🎉 this speed and it's quite incredible."

Nonetheless, the race has also shown🌄꧟ Zarco that he can 'think about victory'.

"I didn't expe♔ct to be strong and comfortable like today in Australia. So I need to come in Malaysia and go for the same target. Fight with the top guys and, if I feel good, think about victory. So that's a good point for the confidence."