At Ducati, Johann Zarco was a mystery in this Teruel Grand Prix. While all the GP20s failed to break away from the back of the peloton, the Frenchman took the first places on the starting grid on Saturday before being a real threat for the podium in the race on Sunday. He finished fifth after a solid performance aboard a GP19. A real blow given to his distinguished companions, but the Frenchman warns: he is only training for 2021…
Johann zarco of the Esponsorama Avintia team achieved the best result Ducati in fifth position during the second MotoGP race in Aragon. Indeed, Jack Miller was shot by Brad Binder in the first lap, and Pramac's teammate Pecco Bagnaia also did not see the arrival at MotorLand Aragon. And the factory drivers Danilo Petrucci (10e) and Andrea Dovizioso (13th) have never been competitive.
It was therefore to Johann zarco to save the builder of Borgo Panigale from great embarrassment. The Frenchman from Avintia had a solid race and finished fifth, 12,915 seconds behind the winner Franco Morbidelli from Petronas Yamaha.
“I imagined I could finish on the podium”
« Top 5, a great race ”, declared happily zarco. " At the start of the race, I could even imagine finishing on the podium, my feeling from the bike was so good. I wanted to stay with Morbidelli and Rins, but they were a little too fast. To follow them, I would have had to take too great a risk. When I was in third place my pace was okay, but from the middle of the race I couldn't really control the bike anymore ».
« I couldn't follow Pol Espargaró, but I did with Alex Marquez “, declared the double Moto2 champion. “ But then Alex crashed, so I had to do a lot of laps by myself. I ended up fighting with Oliveira. I never had a good feeling with the bike in Aragon, not even in Moto2 when I was fighting for the title. I showed my best race here with the Ducati ».
Mischievously, he finishes: “ I see these races as training for next year. One year on the Ducati is not enough to understand everything and become strong enough to fight for podium places. I have ridden Yamaha, KTM and Honda, which helps me understand the Ducati better ". At championnat of the world, zarco is 14th with 64 points, Alex Marquez et Brad Binder are only three points ahead of the Frenchman...
MotoGP Aragon-2 J3: classification
