Johann Zarco thought tha🅺t another rider could emerge at the surprise French MotoGP winner midway through the chaotic race.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:LCR Honda rider Zarco became a popular - and hugely unexpected - victor on home soil 🎀at Le Mans last weekend.

His strategic decision to commit to wet tyres, when many of his rivals did not, helped h☂is cause in an eventful race.

Johann Zarco: 'I was very worried about...'

But Zarco looked ahead of himself to see anot🐲her rider wh𝐆o he feared could become the underdog winner.

“It’s just magic the way that things♔꧃ happened,” Zarco told TNT Sports.

“We knew it would rain. Other riders decided to start with slick tyres. They were ♋fast𓂃er than the rain tyres.

“Slicks plus rain drops? I don’t feel good.

“I saw Jack Miller who also hadꩵ rain tyres and was going quite fast. I didn’t want to burn my tyres.

“I said ‘just be patient, the guys with the slicks will go the pit box’🌸.

“When the rain came, they had to change their🧸 bike.

“Overall, I was very worried about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller because he is the best in these conditions.

“When he crashed at the last corner I thought ‘I can win ওthe race’.”

Australian veteran Miller, now with Pr𝐆amac Yamaha, has a well-established reputation asꦯ being capable of tackling wet conditions.

His first MotoGP win at Assen in 2016 came in drying conditions, and he took pole in Argentina in 2018 on 𝔉slick tyres on a damp track.

Perhapsꦬ the best of the lot was Miller’s win at Le Mans four years ago in very troublesome weather conditions.

Miller and Zar🅷co were among the four riders who (correctly, it♉ later turned out) committed to wet tyres last weekend at the French MotoGP. But Miller was unfortunate to crash out, his potential for the race unknown.

Johann Zarco ‘scared’

Zarco had Marc Marquez trailing him for the most tense part of ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe grand prix.

“I was a bit scared that Marc would come ba෴ck because he c😼an do incredible things,” Zarco admitted.

“He came back fast but we could control the gap.

“It was quite long. But in these con𓂃ditions, when we have to control the tyres, and the tyres cannot give more, is som♈ething I like.

“I 💖could control it. I was focused, in many corners, not to be surprised and make a 𒁃mistake.

“On the last la🌊p, when I had 20-second advantage, I did not lean the bike! Then I waved to the crowd because I 𒆙saw the flags.”