Johann Zarco sets himself “an important goal” at Honda for the end of the season

Yamaha and Honda are undoubtedly the two factories most in difficulty since the start of the 2024 season. In fact, the differences in performance between these two Japanese factories, and the European factories, are such that we sometimes talk about a championship parallel between the background classification machines.

A sort of internal competition between the six Asian machines which make up the starting grid, and which the drivers are keen to win. Engaged with LCR since the start of the current campaign, Johann Zarco closely monitors his counterparts. In Great Britain, he has regained the status of the first Honda driver. Comforting news for the Habs.

“Yes it’s good, it’s important, Zarco confided to the French-speaking media present on site. We will continue to collect points to make a difference and achieve this first objective.

It’s a status that reinforces my legitimacy with Honda, He continues. Added to the victory at Suzuka, and the bond we created there, it helps a lot for the future. I would have liked more points, I only got two, but it's already positive. At the Sachsenring (Germany), I had the balls to miss them. »

In the longer term, the objective obviously remains to be satisfied with more ambitious accomplishments.

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Ranking of points scored by MotoGP Honda riders in 2024:

1. Johann Zarco (LCR Honda): 14 points
2. Joan Mir (Repsol Honda): 13 points
3. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda): 11 points
4. Luca Marini (Repsol Honda): 1 point

If in general, we introduce the scores of fabio quartararo (49 points) and Alex Rins (8 points) in the following ranking, it is the Niçois who takes the lead, far ahead of the others.

At Silverstone, he was the first to cross the finish line with a Japanese machine. Eleventh, however, he was still more than twenty seconds behind Enea Bastianini. Its Spanish garage neighbor would rank 4th among Japanese motorcycles.

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