Johann Zarco says he feels absolutely no regrets about leavin☂g KTM as he wa♈tched his replacement in the team score a breakthrough victory for the manufacturer in the Czech MotoGP.

The Frenchman endured an acrimonious split with the KTM just six months into a two-year M𓄧otoGP deal, with Zarco decrying the fact he couldn’t adapt to the style needed to get the most from the RC16.

A parting of ways that very nearly cost him a chance of riding anywhere in 2020, Zarco is now carving a new underdog status for himself in the Avintia Racing team, a r⛦elationship that yielded a pole position and a run to third in Brno.

However, his return to the podium was accompanied by a maiden visit to the top for KTM via Brad Binder – who was promoted in Zarco’s place for 2020 – to beg the question whether he had any regrets about quitting th♚e team so early into the project.

Zarc🌠o is emphatic in ha🔯ving no such misgivings, reiterating he didn’t feel comfortable being paid well to ‘do shit’, adding that he is enjoying his racing again with Ducati.

“Brad is doing the job I was not able to do last year and I am happy for him and KTM. No regrets at all, should I෴ have been more patient or not? No, last year I was struggling to do a step for myself, a big decision to get some freedom and agree with myself, because I was getting money to do shit and I didn’t agree with it.

“I had to be honest with KTM, tell them I don’t want to do this and I’d prefer to quit than do badly, so it has been a huge step but when I got the Ducati🥃 again, I got a different feeling. Maybe a bit more fe🀅eling I had in Moto2, I don’t know if it was the Latin people, but the bike gave me more confidence and from that I could work much better on myself.”

Both products of Aki Ajo’s guidance in Moto2, Zarco is full of praise for Binder’s p𝕴erformance and says KTM is lucky to have such a talent on its hands.

“That’s perfect for KTM they have Brad, he showed in Moto2 he was the one when it was big problem♒s to get over issues and win races. Maybe the bike made a huge step but the M🎉otoGP bike is never the perfect one, but he could ride it better and he won.”