LCR Honda team boss Lucio Cecchinello admits Johann Zarco being a second-p𒁃er-lap faster than Marc Marquez in the wet MotoGP French Grand Prix “worried” him.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco was one of a handful of riders to stay on wet tyres for the start of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:the French GP when a large number of runners - including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez - pitted at the end of th💝e warm-🧜up lap for slicks.

Surviving a collision triggered by Enea Bastianini at Turn ൲3 on the first lap, Zarco eventually came through to lead the gr💟and prix on the eighth tour and would take the chequered flag almost 20 seconds clear of the field.

Marquez proved to be his nearest rivaꦜl in the race, who Cecchinello admits is usual൩ly the fastest rider in wet conditions.

And the fact Zarco was a🦋ble to gap him by around a second per l𓄧ap made LCR “really worried” the Frenchman would make a mistake.

“I mean, the problem is the second-fastest rider was Marc ▨Marquez,” the LCR boss told MotoGP’s After the Flag

“And nܫormally in these conditionsꦍ Marc is unbelievably fast.

“So, normally it’s the opposite - he is one second faster than everyone. The fact that we ꧟were one second faster than Marc, I mean we were really worried for some mistake.”

Zarco’s victory is t⛦he first for Honda since the 2023 Americas GP, when then-LCR rider Alex 𝔍Rins was victorious.

On the decision to start on wet tyres, Cecchinello says the team constantly tracked the weather radar and was “ab🤪solutely convinced” it was the right choice, which Zarco was swayed by.

“Of course, we planned it,” Cecchinello added.

“We paid a lot of attention to look at the weather foreca💖st evolutions, we have different radar applications.

“And then we, myself and 💃also my crew chief were absolutely convinced that in 20 minutes the situation would change.

“And then we said to him that for us, and I als🅷o showed him the radar, and I said ‘this is coming’.

“And then༒ I belie🅠ve that he was more convinced to stay on the grid on wet tyres while most of the riders changed.”