Johann Zarco is, on the eve of this weekend's German Grand Prix, second in the provisional general classification and, in fact, first in line for Ducati. An interesting position that he owes to his regularity, notably marked by a subscription to second places. But he is also a satellite pilot. The kind of status that doesn't bode well for anyone who wants to be World Champion. Marco Melandri has already pointed out: at one point in the season, things get stuck... Conspiracy theory? Carlo Pernat also mentions this curse by recalling the recent case of Franco Morbidelli…
Will we see, at some point in the season, politics take precedence over sport in MotoGP ? We hope not, but worrying signals are coming from well-known observers in the paddock, whose demonstration is based moreover on the indisputable fact that we have not seen for ages a driver playing within a team who is not factory become World Champion in the major Grand Prix category.
Marco Melandri has already warned about this inevitability. And that's it Charles Pernat brings water to the Italian's mill. On the Journal of Sport he thus recalls the recent case of Franco Morbidelli… “ They did not give him an official motorcycle for a political choice » bluntly states the manager ofEnea Bastianini in MotoGP.
Will Johann Zarco know the fate of Morbidelli?
« Morbidelli could have won the world title last year and if he didn't win it's because of Yamaha. Let's face it, he couldn't be titled under these conditions. It's not about money, because I don't think Petronas can't make a million and a half from a factory motorcycle. I don't even believe it when I see them and they talk to me about it »Insists Feathered.
Feathered estimate that Morbidely doesn't have a factory M1 because of a political choice. Money would have nothing to do with it. On the other hand, the fact of seeing a private structure more efficient than its factory team would have a lot to do with it... But this is a speech which concerns all manufacturers. Which amounts to worrying about the tricolor in the colors of Pramac then Ducati. We will definitely have to be vigilant about how this season unfolds.
