The hearings have taken place and it is now up to the commissioners to decide. Between Morbidelli and Zarco about their accident last weekend which scared more than one, and not the least, the conclusions will arrive. For Johann Zarco, there is no need for possible sanctions. But for the opposing party, Franco Morbidelli, it is quite different. Here is his point of view…
This Thursday, everything revolved around one big subject: the hearings before the FIM MotoGP Stewards’ Panel. " I spoke to the commissioners and they had different camera angles on the incident. So we were able to look at the incident from a different perspective, and I have to say it's even worse from this perspective. Fortunately, everything went well », sighs the 25-year-old Italian. “ We saw it from a different angle, where the exit of turn 1 is clearly visible, then the entry of turn 2 and what happened in turns 2 and 3 as a result. A 45 degree view of the accident. It was then clearer and worse “, he said.
On Sunday, the Petronas Yamaha rider had harsh words with his Italian colleagues from “Sky Sport”: zarco was a “mezzo assassino”, that is to say a “half-murderer”. With a little distance, Morbidely expressed more calmly: “ before being asked: I'm sorry, as I called Johann after the race. That was too harsh a statement.. But the fact remains that Johann made a mistake and his mistake or his action could have been much worse. But this remains an error. I can't see inside his head and I can't judge what went through his mind. I can only judge his actions ».
For Morbidelli, Zarco was wrong
So what is zarco did harm from the point of view of Morbidely ? " He clearly chose a strange line that no one else ran even once all weekend. A super tight line into turn 2, just to make up ground and pass me. He probably didn't think about the braking phase until later. The problem was that he hadn't completely passed me, he still came well past the turn. We couldn't avoid the collision, I couldn't avoid it because I couldn't go any further to the right. I couldn't have gone anywhere else either: I couldn't go any further because there was no room. And I couldn't go any further, otherwise I would have hit the grass. He came on my line, there was nothing I could do ».
The Esponsorama Racing team reported that zarco had braked two meters later in this lap than in previous laps. That would explain the line. “ The moment I touch Johann, I brake for 50 meters. The problem was that Johann changed his line in a super unnatural way and didn't give me any space. Putting into play the fact that he braked two meters later does not matter. Because the line was wrong, the approach to the curve was wrong, the overtaking maneuver was wrong and the line at the exit was wronge ».
At the end of his demonstration Franco Morbidelli finished : " I don't think they won't punish him. We will sees”. First of all, we will remind you that for reasons of medical delays, John Zarco will not participate in the Friday day of the Styrian Grand Prix… Meanwhile, new protections were asked.
