Johann Zarco's historic victory in numbers

At the end of a French Grand Prix of MotoGP A completely crazy Johann Zarco claimed his second MotoGP victory. Starting from eleventh on the grid, the Frenchman took advantage of unprecedented weather conditions and a perfectly honed strategy to push Marc Marquez 20 seconds off the lead and cross the finish line, taking the time to greet the French fans at Le Mans.

A historic victory from a sporting perspective, but also in terms of numbers. It's an opportunity to look back at some of the statistics from a French Grand Prix that will remain etched in our memories.

First, Johann Zarco won the first victory by a French driver at the French GP since Pierre Monneret's victory at Reims in 1954, 71 years earlier. This was therefore the first French victory at Le Mans.

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Johann Zarco's victory at La Sarthe is none other than the 100th for a Frenchman in the world championship, and the 16th in MotoGP. He achieved this victory in his 150th start in the sport.

After the first place achieved in 2023, during the last round of the Australian GP, ​​when he was racing with Ducati, he wins for the first time with Honda. Johann Zarco thus becomes the fifth rider on the starting grid to win with two (or more) victories, and to win with two (or more) different machines in MotoGP. He joins Maverick Viñales (Suzuki, Yamaha, Aprilia), Alex Rins (Suzuki, Honda), Jack Miller (Honda, Ducati) and Marc Marquez (Honda, Ducati).

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For Honda, this is the brand's first victory since Alex Rins at the 2023 GP of the Americas. The Spaniard was also involved with the LCR team at the time. That's not all, as Johan Zarco gave the Japanese factory the first non-Ducati victory since Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) in Austin last year, ending Ducati's run of 22 MotoGP victories.

While the Borgo Panigale brand equalled the Japanese factory's record at Jerez, Honda and Ducati will remain tied for the longest consecutive Grand Prix victory streak.

A record number of people attended this historic victory, as for the first time in history, MotoGP welcomed more than 300 fans during a Grand Prix weekend. Le Mans has therefore set a new attendance record for the third consecutive year.

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Compiled statistics by Dr. Thomas Morsellino