This is news that was feared, which has certainly not yet broken, but which is starting to leak: Johann Zarco, for having been one of the two protagonists in the clash with Franco Morbidelli will be sanctioned. He will be forced to start from the pit lane during the next Grand Prix he will compete in. We hope it will be this Sunday at the Red Bull Ring. But before being sure, he will have to undergo a medical examination and obtain his discharge after his scaphoid operation...
If this were not the case, the Frenchman would be forced to serve his sentence at Misano. But fundamentally, what do we blame the French for? It is certain that there was no no clever maneuver. It was explained that it was a maneuver carried out by a driver overtaking another and giving himself the means to keep the position he had won. Which is the very philosophy of racing. Afterwards, whether said maneuver is original, aggressive, particular, whatever, it's about the race.
But the collision took place and two motorcycles in distress then almost collided Valentino Rossi et Maverick Vinales. The first mentioned expressed his emotion and, whatever one thinks, launched, voluntarily or not, the opprobrium against the Frenchman, with the asymptotic political weight of zero. Clan VR46 was affected: Franco Morbidelli first, while Pecco Bganaia aims, as zarco, a place within the official team Ducati since Dovizioso announced that he would leave the scene at the end of 2021.
The Rossi clan was satisfied
The question raised by this accident was also the safety of the Austrian route and, moreover, of future been made for this weekend. Johann zarco announced Thursday: “ if I were penalized, it would be like giving rise to all the controversies that arose after the accident. We spoke to Franco via WhatsApp and clarified. Valentino, on the other hand, has not changed his mind about the accident, I'm sorry ».
Here he is without doubt punished as announced Motoracing. We are waiting for confirmation. And it certainly won't calm people down.
