The MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix was far from easy for Johann Zarco, who didn’t go beyond 15th place in the main race. Nevertheless, the LCR Honda rider continues to trust the work done by Honda, drawing from the experience gained from the second round of the season.
The Frenchman explained: ‘I really trust Honda. I see they are working so hard and, at least, step by step, we know what is not good to do. Maybe we don’t know yet what is good to do, but the more kilometers we do, the more we know what’s not working. So it could be always useful to go forward’.
The Portuguese GP fell short of Zarco’s expectations, mainly extracting the experience he got: ‘I expected something good in Portugal, I couldn’t do it. I get more experience, but I could not really get a satisfaction in the feeling, so it was not a weekend where I could enjoy a lot’.
The #5 considers that Joan Mir (Repsol Honda) had a good performance considering the conditions, but reiterated his disappointment with the race in Portimão for himself:
– Joan Mir did a king of a good race with the bike that we had, because he managed to be very constant and thanks to the consistency he got back the guys in front. And I was not able to do anything, so I was suffering and I’ve been very lucky to have a few crashes in the end to at least catch a point and feel that I didn’t do all the weekend for nothing. It’s just like a psychological satisfaction.