We caught up with MotoGP rider and rookie of the year Johann Zarco to get his take on what looked like an unequivocally awesome first season in MotoGP
With thanks to our friends at Shark and Furygan, who also happen to be Zarco’s sponsors, we snuck behind the scenes at Motorcycle Live and elbowed ourselves into his tight schedule for a quick chat. We got the ball rolling by getting his take on 2017.
“This year I got better results than I expected. Our main target was to be rookie of the year and I got that, but I got it in a very nice way. I was the first independent rider, was able to lead races, stand on the podium and battle for race wins. That is the best way, I love it. It’s really the way I want to race. I started the season well and I was happy for that but I was more happy about the way I finished the season. In my last four races I was so competitive for the full weekend; this is the best thing for me because it prepares me really well for the next season.”
It was clear that despite an awesome start to the season Johann felt much stronger towards the end, as though he had really got to grips with riding a MotoGP bike. We asked him how hard it was to adapt to the bigger and faster machinery in the early rounds, after hopping off a Moto2 machine.
This story is from the February 2018 edition of Fast Bikes India.
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