Zarco: ‘Tempted by the official Honda, but Cecchinello’s project convinces me more’

The Pramac rider, promised to Cecchinello’s LCR team from 2024, clarified the reasons that convinced him to respect the agreement by giving up the official Honda: “I was tempted but they didn’t convince me. It will be a pleasure to work with Lucio”, the winner of the Australian GP pointed out to Sky Sport

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ZARCO’S TRIUMPH

Johann Zarcofresh from the first success of his career in MotoGP on the Phillip Island circuit, will race from 2024 in team satellite Honda con Lucio Cecchinello. An official agreement since last summer, but which had been questioned after the separation between Marc Marquez e Honda factory. To replace the Spaniard, Alberto Puig had thought of ‘promoting’ Zarco to the official HRC team. A proposal that the 33-year-old Frenchman attempted. However, after listening to the offer, he preferred to respect the contract drawn up in August with LCR.

Zarco explains how it went with the official Honda team

It was Zarco himself who explained to Sky Sport his decision, on the day of the cancellation of the Australian Sprint Race due to strong winds. “I couldn’t dismiss the factory team opportunity out of hand – admitted the winner of the 2023 Australian GP -. I needed to think about it and Cecchinello respected this. My manager, both in Indonesia and here in Australia, spoke to the factory team: we saw them hesitant and I didn’t like that. So I preferred to respect the commitment with Lucio, rather than ride a factory bike in a team with a project that I’m not 100% convinced of.”

“Cecchinello serious person, nice to work together”

Zarco then had sweet words for Cecchinello: “Lucio is a nice person, he works with great seriousness and is correct – he concluded -. He’s been managing a satellite team for years, working together will be a great opportunity. Also for him, given that I am a very competitive rider, I am fighting for 5th place in the championship and I can be important for Honda’s development.”

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Marquez in Gresini: how the 2024 grid changes

Marc Marquez in Gresini, it’s official: the Ducati satellite team has announced the agreement for the 2024 season with the 8-time world champion, who joins his brother Alex in the garage and takes Di Giannantonio’s place. At this point we are awaiting Honda’s moves to replace the Spaniard: Zarco is among the candidates, but his promotion from LCR to the official team is not a given. Vinales and Oliveira are also on the list, but both are under contract with Aprilia GP INDONESIA, THE MOTOGP RACE LIVE

MARQUEZ IN GRESINI, NOW IT’S ALSO OFFICIAL

After the announcement of the separation with Honda at the end of 2023, all that was awaited was the official announcement of Marc Marquez’s move to Gresini next season. Press release that arrived in the Italian morning (early afternoon in Indonesia) The Spanish rider will get on a Gresini team Ducati and reunite with his brother Alex, proposing a new version of the “Marquez team” after the one already seen in the past with Honda

THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT

As already anticipated, Marc Marquez has signed a one-year contract with the Gresini team, which will therefore expire at the end of 2024

MARC: “EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE”

“I’m excited about this new challenge. It wasn’t an easy decision because it will be a big change in all aspects. Sometimes in life you have to step out of your comfort zone and test yourself to continue growing. As for the change of bike, I know that I will have to adapt many things in my riding style and it won’t be easy. But I am convinced that the whole Team Gresini will help me a lot. I can’t wait to get to know the team and start working with all of them”, his first words

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