At the Grand Prix de France MotoGP, the French Johann Zarco Master of Chaos – Liberation
Very smart bison, Johann Zarco? By choosing to keep, this Sunday, May 11 at Le Mans during the main race of the Grand Prix de France, its rain tires during the Training Tour while most of its opponents switched to extremis on the Slicks, which earned them a small regulatory penalty and forced them to spare a motorcycle later, when the drops are reappeared, the veteran of the plateau (34) carried the second Grand Prix of his career in MotoGP, after that of Australia in October 2023. A home victory that delighted the 120,000 spectators of a circuit that was full. The Frenchman almost lost everything in the first round during a shock with the official Honda driver Joan Mir.
Zarco crossed the line with almost twenty seconds ahead of the official Ducati pilot Marc Marquez, championship leader and winner of the race Sprint on Saturday. A pantagruelic advance dictated by the conditions and by controlling the waters of the French, which has regularly increased its advance on the six -time Spanish world champion. The latter has – for once – seemed to ensure the blow in a tracking event where the pilots fell like in Gravelotte. This was the case for his two main rivals in the championship, his brother Alex, twice, and his Italian teammate, Pecco Bagnaia, in concert with the KTM of Enea Bastianini. The double world champion was able to leave but finished out of the points.
Although obtained in particular circumstances, this victory confirms the return of Japanese brands, completely strawberries over the past two years. It is also the other French, Fabio Quartararoon his Yamaha, who had gone to pole position – certainly not a guarantee for the race given the effectiveness of the ducati over long distances under normal conditions. Las, the 2021 world champion fell to the fourth round.
The miraculous podium is completed by the Ducati of the young Spaniard Fermin Aldeguer, teammate of Alex Marquez at Gresini. In the championship, Marc Marquez now has 22 points on his brother and 51 points on Pecco Bagnaia.
For Johann Zarco, this success is timely to finish convincing Honda to keep him in her workforce for 2026. Another victory in sight.
