P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Johann Zarco moves 17 seconds closer to the top at Dutch MotoGP but “maybe we reached some limit” after slipping from 8th to 12th.
Johann Zarco finished twelfth in this year’s Dutch MotoGP, cutting his time gap to the winner by 17.4 seconds but still had a 24.875-second deficit to Marc Marquez.
Zarco was one of eleven riders who completed both the 2024 and 2025 MotoGP races and was among only five who improved their performance this year.
Although Zarco expressed some satisfaction with earning four points, he noted the difficulty of following other riders and the setbacks experienced throughout the weekend.
Zarco and Marquez were the only finishers in 2025 who improved their race times from the previous year, while others, like Enea Bastianini, saw significant drops.
The race saw fluctuating performances, with some riders moving closer to victory, while last year’s winner Francesco Bagnaia and others posted slower times over the 26 laps compared to 2024.
