This season, which has already consumed eleven of its eighteen meetings, we have seen the Tech3 riders do better four times than the official residents within the Yamaha clan. Jonas Folger was on one of these occasions, while Johann Zarco experienced the other three situations. But for the German, it lasted a long time, an experience lived throughout his German Grand Prix, on the Sachsenring. A race where it was the winner Marc Márquez's worst nightmare. And Jonas learned a lot in his wake. To the point of revealing the Spaniard's secret to us!
Jonas Folger will remember his 2017 German Grand Prix for a long time. Qualified fifth, he compared with the future winner Marc Márquez, to whom he only surrendered in the last laps, and for barely more than three seconds. All with a Yamaha from the Tech3 satellite team.
A performance that deserved a little feedback. All the more interesting as he uncovers the secret of the piloting technique of Marc Márquez : " it was like a revelation. While I wait for the efficiency of the tires to deteriorate to adapt, he anticipates their wear by changing his driving style. He knows how his tires are going to behave two laps before it shows up. And this allows him to perfectly manage his tire capital ».
« That's what I noticed and it was great to see. He did four different steps and you can observe these steps. In fact, he only pushed with five laps to go ". A remark that will go straight to the heart of official Yamaha riders who complain about premature wear of their rear rubber. Such an observation also shows a Honda in good shape. But sometimes things don't go as well as expected. On a Red Bull Ring with a Dovizioso in a state of grace on his Ducati, for instance…
