Johann Zarco will take the handlebars of his GP19 again this Saturday at the Red Bull Ring. This for a Styrian Grand Prix which he will approach from the pit lane on Sunday. He will thus serve a sanction from the FIM commissioners who listened to the opinions to decide against the Frenchman in the interpretation of the causes of the accident at the Austrian Grand Prix. It was against Franco Morbidelli. But the Avintia pilot thinks above all of one person in the course of events which led to this punishment. Valentino Rossi…
Johann zarco readily admits: he is not a politician. And he is not irresponsible on the track, despite what a sanction wants to do against him. But between the accident itself, and its subsequent penalty, there was a political period whose mastermind fascinates the Frenchman… “ I think we'll be able to see over time if it makes me stronger. In the moment, It really makes me see that you have to take life like a role-playing game where you have to place your pawns correctly to get through life correctly. ».
zarco developed : " I find that our sport is life in accelerated fashion: every weekend, we have different moments. But above all there, we reach a very high level on the media side, people who are very strong. And we see that there is a lot of politics that comes into play, and I don't understand anything about that, but it makes you grow. Either we are sad about that, and then we are sad about the world, or we try to take a step back and tell ourselves that we must know how to manage well ».
“Rossi is always one step ahead”
« For example, by talking with Franco Morbidelli, we got along very well, and that's fine. With Valentino Rossi, I would have thought it would go better afterwards, but it didn't. That doesn't mean he's a bad person, because I really think he shows something good and sincere, but he manages to always be one step ahead ».
He finishes : " That’s the experience! In fact, he's not just good at motorcycling: he's good at everything! I'm still a fan of him, because he's wandering around! If he hadn't ridden motorcycles, he would have been very good at life in general anyway. It's interesting and that's what I learn with a smile, because I still think he's a great guy. But it's better to be in his camp (laughs)! ". Everything is said, it’s time for sport…
