The reality about Johann Zarco’s feeling about his 2024 Honda have lastly been laid naked.
LCR Honda group boss Lucio Cecchinello has come clear about how Zarco wasn’t all the time publicly sincere together with his ideas.
Zarco swapped Pramac Ducati for LCR Honda in 2024, becoming a member of a struggling mission the place he solely made his emotions identified privately.
“The 2024 season was robust, firstly it was robust,” Cecchinello stated.
“Zarco, within the media, all the time tried to behave positively. However contained in the storage, I can inform you, there was generally pressure!
“It’s regular. The rider was fed up as a result of we couldn’t present a greater bike.
“We had been on the backside of the rating. It was robust.
“We saved creating the bike, Honda did an incredible job. On the finish of the season we’re extra pleased as a result of we’re nearer the highest 10.”
In 20 grands prix, the LCR group out-paced their manufacturing unit counterparts on 16 events.
Zarco was commonly the quickest Honda all season. He completed seventeenth within the standings, above the three different Hondas.
Aleix Espargaro ‘exceptional’
LCR will hold Zarco on board in 2025, however his 2024 teammate Takaaki Nakagami has been demoted to the position of a take a look at rider.
Somkiat Chantra is stepping as much as MotoGP for LCR alongside Zarco.
Nakagami will probably be joined within the take a look at group by Aleix Espargaro.
“I’m positive that Aleix is a particularly skilled rider, what he’s completed in his profession is exceptional,” Cecchinello stated.
“Till the final race, he saved pushing. Typically this isn’t frequent.
“Many instances on the finish of your profession, you assume ‘why shall I take a threat? There isn’t a that means to take a threat, I don’t wish to retire with a damaged leg!’
“However he didn’t. He saved pushing. It’s exceptional.”
