Seventh in the provisional World Championship standings, the Tech 3 driver made an impressive start to the season with the best race time in Qatar for his first Grand Prix, followed by two fifth places in Argentina and Texas. He arrives this week in Jerez, on a shorter and narrower circuit, with a short straight of 607 m, where the handling of a MotoGP machine is different.
Since he began his Grand Prix career in 2009 in 125, has the Jerez circuit been successful for Johann? In 125, his best result was third place in 2011. In Moto2, he obtained second position in 2015. His best place on the grid in 125 was fifth in 2011, and in Moto2 ninth in 2015. can therefore consider that this is not the circuit that has been the most favorable to him so far, but everything can change with his current great form in MotoGP.
Zarco's Yamaha is performing well at Jerez, having finished in the top two places in 2016 with Valentino Rossi before Jorge Lorenzo. These two Yamahas having been transferred to Tech 3 during the winter, while the official team received the 2017 models, we are already assured of the competitiveness of the equipment. Additionally, Zarco and his teammate Jonas Folger will be able to view Rossi and Lorenzo's data records from last year, which should be a valuable asset.
According to Johann, “ The Jerez round marks the start of the European races and it will certainly be interesting for us as the first three Grands Prix took place in Qatar, Argentina and Texas on long, big circuits.
“The Spanish track is much shorter and narrower, so I'm curious to see how I'll control the machine there. After my very good feelings in Texas and a great fight for fifth place, I want to continue to attack to get as close as possible to the podium.
“At the end of the last race I was not far from the top 3, so I will continue to work hard to achieve this goal. In Andalusia the weather should be nice and warm, but there is always a risk of rain which we must be wary of. We'll see how it goes with the weather conditions, but I'm going to this Grand Prix with an open mind and I'll do my best to get a good result again. »
