Johann zarco enters this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix without much illusion after having left Mugello, two weeks earlier, in last place in a race that looked like an ordeal. A ranking that he had never experienced in his career. “ There's a beginning for everything » commented the Frenchman on this disappointment which symbolizes the gulf that separates him from his KTM. Because, during this time, his teammate Pol Espargaro copes with it so well that he is subscribed to the top 10. Before setting off to challenge the Montmeló route, the compatriot of fabio quartararo make the point.
It's been six months since Johann zarco is an official KTM rider and he is trying to decode this RC16 which has nothing to do with his old Yamaha which introduced him to MotoGP. At the very least, what he learned after six meetings punctuated by a diplomatic incident with his team in Jerez, is that it is he who will have to do most of the work for conciliation and not the machine: “ I try to adapt to the bike as much as possible. I try new trajectories, take other braking points, accelerate in different ways. That's all I can do because I can't change the bike. This is what we have learned over the last five months, we have no solution on this side ».
Public chat motorsport total, he adds : " Pol Espargaró has confidence on this bike, which shows that something is possible with it. I'm trying to change to find that too, but it forces me to do things I haven't done in 10 years on a motorcycle. It's as if I were asked to run backwards with the obligation to do the same time as in the normal direction. ". A metaphor which depicts a more than delicate situation which increases the risks of tripping...
« But I won't give up, it's not a solution and it's not my style » insists the tricolor that a rumor has reported at Honda in Superbike from next year. “ Pol showed the way to make the KTM work, so undoubtedly the easiest method is to work on the rider because technically, we went far into extreme areas which gave us no response. I'm trying to progress and it will help me for the future ". The contract of Johann zarco with KTM was signed for two seasons.
