Jo⛎han𝓀n Zarco thought that another rider could emerge at the surprise French MotoGP winner midway through the chaotic race.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:LCR Honda rider Zarco becam🐼e a popular - and hugely unexpected - victor on home soil at Le Mans last weekend.

His strategic decision to c𒉰ommit to wet tyr🐲es, when many of his rivals did not, helped his cause in an eventful race.

Johann Zarco: 'I was very worried about...'

But Zarco looked ahead of himself to see another rider who he feared could become the under꧟dog winner.

“It’s just magiღc the way that things happen💧ed,” Zarco told TNT Sports.

“We knew it would rain. Other riders decided to start with slick tyres. They were🌱 fasteꦐr than the rain tyres.

“Slicks plus rain drops? I don’t feel good.

“I saw Jack 𝓡Miller who also꧃ had rain tyres and was going quite fast. I didn’t want to burn my tyres.

“I said ‘just be patient, the ⭕guys with the slicks will go the pit box’.

“When the rain ca🍬me, they had to change their bike.

“Overall, I was very worried about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller because he is the best in these conditions.

“When he crashed at the 🦄last corner I thought ‘I can win the race’.”

♛Australian veteran Miller, now with Pramac Yamaha, has a we🅠ll-established reputation as being capable of tackling wet conditions.

His first MotoGP win at Assen in 20ꦐ16 came in drying conditions, and h🍰e took pole in Argentina in 2018 on slick tyres on a damp track.

Perhaps the best of the lot was Miller’s win at Le Mans four years ago in ver🐎y troublesome weather conditions.

Miller and Zarco were among the four riders who (correctl💟y, it later turned out) committed to wet tyres last weekend at the French MotoGP. But Miller was unfortunate to crash out, his potential for the race unknown.

Johann Zarco ‘scared’

Zarco had Marc Marquez tr𝐆ailing him for the most tense part of the grꦍand prix.

“I was a bit scared that Marc would come bac🐷k ✱because he can do incredible things,” Zarco admitted.

“He came back fast but we could control the gap.

“It was quite long. But in these conditions, when we have to control the tyres, and the tyres cann🎶ot give more, is something I like.

“I could🌼 control it. I was focused, in many corners, not to be surprised and make a mistake.

“On the last lap, when I had 20-second advantage, I did not le🐽an the bike! Then I waved to the crowd because I saw t𝔍he flags.”