This Sunday, there will be a MotoGP Grand Prix on the Mugello track. But it will be a waking dream experienced through virtual reality. A small committee, but representative of the field of the category, despite the last minute and notable withdrawal of Valentino Rossi, will be in charge, behind a joystick rather than a handlebar and on a sofa rather than on a saddle... For concrete purposes , we will still have to wait, which means a concentrated 2020 season launched late. Some are saddened, others see it as an opportunity. Johann Zarco is one of them, like Maverick Viñales, the proof…
Hostilities were to be launched at the beginning of May with the Spanish Grand Prix, but the pandemic coronavirus did not give permission. On the contrary, Covid-19 seems determined to ruin our lives in addition to taking it away for others... We must therefore wait and everyone experiences this moment of confinement in their own way. A mental challenge for these champions raised in the great outdoors. We know that Jack Miller struggle not to gain weight, Alex Marquez is on the verge of madness, but there is also Johann zarco whose new philosophy of life and the world displayed on his repainted helmet is adapted to the anxiety-provoking environment currently dominant.
The Frenchman is one of those who makes no secret that a late-launched and concentrated MotoGP campaign could help him. But he is not the only one. The Yamaha official Maverick Vinales joins him thus in the approach: “ I live this situation calmly, it is what it is and we cannot change » begins, fantasizes, the teammate of Valentino Rossi. " It's the same for everyone. This is an opportunity to improve. We are waiting, but we are training very hard. »
« We'll go to all the tracks this year anyway, so it doesn't matter where we start. It will be a very busy year, but I normally arrive in good shape at the end of the year, so that's good for me. Usually I'm stronger at the end, and it will end later, even if the championship will be very long. » And the longer it is, the better it is, says the saying.
