In his final race with Prima Pramac, Johann Zarco secured a podium finish at the Valencia MotoGP. Victory seemed within reach, but on the final lap, he lost a position to Fabio di Giannantonio (Gresini/Ducati) and finished in third place.
In the interview with the official broadcast, the Frenchman said: ‘Amazing, yes. It’s a pretty nice podium. The start has been better than the one I did yesterday and overall I could have a better control of the race. KTM was pretty strong, but with the two mistakes from KTM and Jorge [Martín] out I said: «OK, I have my chance also to fight for the victory»’.
When he was trying to overtake Francesco Bagnaia, Zarco was surprised by di Giannantonio and couldn’t respond, as he explained: ‘I tried to prepare this overtake on Pecco. He had an amazing pace, but I could have this control to be a bit faster in the last lap. But di Giannantonio arrived too quickly and I’ve been surprised when he attacked me on turn four. And then I couldn’t get any doors to attack him again and try to win. It’s a nice podium to close this Pramac chapter. Now I can really go forward and enjoy this new project with Honda’.