Zarco "was thinking of stopping" before Honda MotoGP chance came
The Frenchman capped off his fourth and final season as a Ducati rider fifth in the standings for the Pramac squad, having scored a maiden MotoGP victory in Australia in October. Zarco has signed to join Honda with the LCR squad for the next two seasons, beginning in 2024, to reignite a partnership that ran for just three races in 2019 when he was drafted in as a replacement for the injured Takaaki Nakagami. He had been offered a one-year deal to remain with Ducati for 2024, but was likely to then be moved to World Superbike s after that – something he didn’t feel was befitting of the fact he was still a top five rider in MotoGP . Following the Valencia Grand Prix, in which he finished third but was promoted to second due to a penalty for Fabio Di Giannantonio, Zarco admitted he was considering retiring from MotoGP before the Honda opportunity came up. “It’s easy to answer with the victory in Phillip Island, because it’s always the best result that ...