It was a Johann Zarco who could be described as lunar who explained his San Marino Grand Prix accomplished until then in total anonymity at Misano. While his teammate Jorge Martin broke the track record, taking pole position and winning the Sprint race with authority, the Frenchman never gave the impression of being able to advance to Q2, nor to exit Q1, while that the short competition on Saturday was like an expedition of current affairs, sanctioned by a final 14th place, a little more than 14 seconds from his winning box companion. To whom he therefore gave back more than a second per lap. He talks about his Saturday. In a way that promises interesting times when he's at Honda.
You must follow Johann zarco in his summary of Misano, but even with the greatest attention, we will then call on experts to understand its meaning. The Frenchman thus begins on Canal+ after the race Sprint : " Misano remains interesting and compared to the comments of others, what I feel is that I don't make the same comments everyone ". This is off to a strong start. But it’s in the tone of the sequel… “ Everyone complained about the grip in Catalunya and here everyone says the grip is great. Me, at the time, I don't have this feeling of having more or less grip ».
Johann Zarco: “ I really don't perceive the same things on the bike »
He adds : " so it's that I really don't perceive the same things on the bike, and as a result it requires you to go through certain pathss. So there you have it, for this weekend it was lacking speed. In FP1 the times weren't bad but I felt the effort I had to put in, and then I said to myself it doesn't smell good ».
« The feeling with the rear wasn't bad, but to get that we had to push to an extreme which doesn't suit me in driving ". And he ends: “ This is all information. It's not stupid to try and go for it and it doesn't pay off right away. So here's a little disappointed but on the commitment side it's full of lessons ". Close the ban!
“From FP1 I said ‘it doesn’t smell good’!”
Johann Zarco looks back on a “difficult” but “full of lessons” start to the weekend 🇫🇷#SanMarinoGP 🇸🇲 | #MotoGP pic.twitter.com/iix9vpwY9Y
- CANAL + MotoGP ™ (@CanalplusMotoGP) September 9, 2023
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