While Fabio Quartararo, who recently underwent arm pump surgery, was on his way to a podium finish in the Dutch MotoGP, countryman Johann Zarco was pulling out of the race due to the same condition.
Johann Zarco strongly rejected recent rumours that his KTM MotoGP troubles might mean he switches to the World Superbike championship, with Honda, next season.
Johann Zarco says he 'understands' recent criticism from KTM CEO Stefan Pierer. At Jerez, Zarco was reportedly overheard by TV microphones telling the team of a 'shit' chassis and power delivery when he returned to the pits after a fall in FP1.
KTM’s Motorsport Director Pit Beirer has admitted the early season struggles of new signing Johann Zarco has come as a surprise, but has resolved to make a success of the move to prove the Frenchman was right to choose his team.
Ahead of this weekend's French MotoGP at Le Mans home heroes Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco, plus Repsol Honda's Jorge Lorenzo stopped off in Paris to help publicise the event.
After six poles, six podiums and coming agonisingly close to the first ever MotoGP win by a satellite M1, Johann Zarco's switch to the factory KTM team has so far yielded a best of just 13th place.
The Red Bull KTM squad has resumed in-season testing with a two-day programme at Le Mans with both Pol Espargaro and Johann Zarco in action alongside test rider Mika Kallio, while Dani Pedrosa remains out of action due to his surgery over the winter.
Johann Zarco's Argentine MotoGP got off to a nightmare start when he had to take evasive action to avoid Jorge Lorenzo after the Repsol Honda rider mistaking activated the pit-lane limiter.
New Ducati teammates Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci begin motocross training together with Petrucci challenging Valentino Rossi to a race on Instagram - GPOne.com
After a stunning first year in MotoGP, KTM was forced into a reality check in 2018, as it didn’t quite match the lofty expectations it set itself back in March. Injuries had a good deal to with it, and with this in mind, one of the year’s more intriguing signings took place.
When Johann Zarco shot from fourth on the grid to lead after just a few corners of his very first MotoGP race, many had to pinch themselves to believe what they were seeing.
Johann Zarco is optimistic of targeting an automatic Q2 place despite seeing his Friday practice momentum halted by the heavy rain and an FP2 crash in Valencia.
MotoGP riders have provided their best memories of Dani Pedrosa following his induction into the Hall of Fame ahead of his final race in the premier class.
Johann Zarco makes no excuses when accepting his fade during the middle chunk of the MotoGP season but upon his final Monster Yamaha Tech3 bow the exciting French rider reflects on his opening chapter in the premier class with pride.
As his second season in MotoGP wraps up, Crash.net spoke to Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Johann Zarco to look over his time with the French squad and the next step of his career with Red Bull KTM.
Johann Zarco broke his MotoGP podium drought and moved to the head of the Independent standings with third place in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. Zarco celebrated two podiums during the opening four rounds of the season, but had been absent from the rostrum ever since.