At the very end of the season, every word counts in a MotoGP with an always sensitive rider market. Even with a solid contract in hand, you can be subject to surprise internal changes and the competition is such that a recurring lack of results weakens you both politically and morally. A situation which concerns the concrete case at Honda where no machine is theoretically to be taken. And yet…
And yet there is the freelancer of Nakagami convalescent from a shoulder operation who is making his way within the LCR team. His name is Johann zarco and it had been presented at the start of the operation as a simple matter for the satellite team, which had only received the agreement in principle from an HRC watching this operation from afar.
But since then, the rumors have been rife and they are fueled both by the perennial slump of Jorge Lorenzo in the Repsol Honda box and by the good behavior of Johann zarco on its RC213V version 2018. And then there are also the other comments, like this one coming from Lucio Cecchinello : " Yes, we are satisfied » rejoices the boss of the LCR team about the double Moto2 World Champion. “ It is remarkable how Johann immediately found the feeling with the bike. We know there's a lot of talk about Honda being a difficult bike... But he says he feels very good. »
« He feels the Honda is a racing machine » finishes the Italian. “ Many riders complain about not getting good feedback on this bike. The truth is he's not complaining. It is also true that he is riding the previous year's bike. But we can't say anything about the 2019 bike, because ultimately – as Alberto Puig said – it's a winning machine as Marc shows. Marquez. ».
To criticize is therefore not to play. Johann zarco learned the lesson when he went to
KTM and it is now given to other Honda pilots who do not succeed, unlike the only
Marc Márquez...
