Johann Zarco says he felt a huge sense of relief after winning his first-ever MotoGP race at Phillip Island.
The Pramac Ducati rider was fighting it out for the podium with Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Brad Binder for much of the race, before victory looked like a distinct possibility with three laps to go.
After forcing his way through on Binder for second, Zarco quickly closed in on Martin before making the overtake at turn four on the final lap. “I cannot say it was a weekend where I was expecting to win after seeing the speed from Jorge Martin. “After it there were these memories and sometimes I was thinking that I could never win. But on Saturday it all came together and it’s possible. It was a really big feeling of release in the body.”While Zarco has always had the talent to win in MotoGP, achieving that result looked less likely as the season went on after the Frenchman suffered a difficult last few rounds.
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