Starting the Dutch MotoGP weekend with a fracture to his left toe from a jogging accident, Fabio Quartararo finished it with an additional injury to his elbow after a fast accident that also took out countryman Johann Zarco.
Johann Zarco built on his top time in FP1 to come out on top of the final flurry of fast laps in FP2 to end day one on top ahead of the Australian MotoGP round, with Fabio Quartararo the best placed title hopeful at Phillip Island.
Johann Zarco remains adamant that front ride-height systems are not 'dangerous' after MotoGP confirmed a ban on the device from 2023, while also claiming it’s Ducati who will lose out the most.
MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo 'hopes' for more French success following Johann Zarco and his double podium in Mandalika, the Pramac Ducati rider worried Quartararo 'will be champion again'.
Pramac Ducati riders Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco share different opinions on the level of tyre performance Michelin's 2018 tyre compound is having in Mandalika.
Johann Zarco says Alex Rins’ oil leaking Suzuki was the cause of his FP4 crash, an accident that had little bearing on the Ducati rider as he claimed a first MotoGP front row of 2022.
Aside from race retirements in Portimao and Austria two, Silverstone becomes the first MotoGP round of 2021 in which Johann Zarco finishes outside the top ten; ‘I believed that I could do a strong race, but clearly I could not have a good pace’.
Johann Zarco’s best Assen MotoGP finish of eighth is one he hopes to improve upon, as ‘it will be necessary for the championship’ before a five week summer break.
Johann Zarco believes his first MotoGP pole position of the 2021 season gives him the chance to, ‘control a little bit my tyres, see if I can be first or not’ come the checkered flag.
Johann Zarco says he got ‘lucky’ during MotoGP FP2, as following Quartararo helped him achieve a lap time at least four tenths quicker than what ‘was possible alone’.
Following last Sunday’s pre-race incident between Johann Zarco and Enea Bastianini, the Pramac Ducati rider says ‘I was really lucky nothing happened on the bike’, while not yet speaking to the Italian about the incident.