We can't stop it anymore! Back on his Supermoto machine last week, Johann Zarco then found the handlebars of a Ducati Panigale V4S Monday at the Alès Cévennes Mechanical Center, and today he was in Barcelona with the same machine.
This month of June should be the last without a motorcycle Grand Prix, the resumption was expected for the weekend of July 19 in Jerez de la Frontera, in Spain. Training is increasing for the Avintia team driver, who is gaining strength day by day and is regaining good driving sensations. It was important for him to return to a track as fast as the one that usually hosts the Catalan Grand Prix, he who admits that what he has missed the most since the season was suspended is « the adrenaline of speed ».
For this day of testing, he took the handlebars of a Panigale V4S, with which he set times close to 1'47, around ten seconds slower than those achieved in MotoGP. The French pilot shared some photos on social networks, with the comment: “Return above 300km/h after 4 months. That is booonnnn!!!! ". What better way to reschedule for Jerez?
He also debriefed his tests on the Catalunya circuit, and his setbacks in joining the Spanish circuit:
