The last three MotoGP races have seen Johann Zarco lose out on victory by just 0.337s (Valencia), lead for 16 laps (Qatar) and finish runner-up by an even smaller margin of 0.251s (Argentina).
After leading for 16 laps at the Qatar season-opener, Johann Zarco will try again to make history as the first satellite Yamaha winner of the four-stroke MotoGP era, in Argentina this weekend.
Monster Yamaha Tech3 crew chief Nicolas Goyon has had a revolving door of riders since Jonas Folger's sudden withdraw from last October's Japanese MotoGP. Just three months earlier the pair had been celebrating Folger's brilliant ride to second place in his home German Grand Prix.
There were more than a few eyebrows raised when it became clear that Hafizh Syahrin had moved into pole position for the vacant Monster Yamaha Tech3 ride. But by the end of a debut test in Thailand, the 23-year-old had silenced his doubters.
Hafizh Syahrin cut 1.167s from this lap time during day two on the Monster Yamaha Tech3 MotoGP bike, hauling the Malaysian off the bottom of the timesheets and within 2.1s of fastest man Marc Marquez.