British GP MotoGP – Zarco (6th): "I gained ground on Pedrosa in the championship"

Weekend after weekend, the French beginner brilliantly continues his apprenticeship in the premier class. Johann Zarco finished 6th in the British GP ahead of Dani Pedrosa 7 seconds behind the leader and reduced his delay in the championship, with now 39 points to fill on the official Honda. Statements and Analysis.

Johann Zarco, Yamaha Tech3 (8th in qualifying and 6th in race) : "I’m pretty happy with the result. The race was positive but the start was tricky for me and it took some time to overtake Pol Espargaro. Once I got past him I was very consistent during the whole race, but the leading group put on a very high pace and in the end I couldn’t catch them ".

"Then Marc Marquez had a problem and that allowed me to gain a place. I then fought with Lorenzo and I believed that I could pass him, but he still had the resources and finally he showed himself faster. The last two laps were tricky because I was slipping a bit too much, but I really made the right tire choice. ".

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"We still have work to do with the team to find the right setup and driving style that will allow me to lap in the same lap from the first to the last lap. Ten points are always good to take and I gained ground on Pedrosa in the championship, which is positive. Overall I learned a lot, I was competitive all weekend and I finished close to the first ".

The top 5 of the MotoGP 2017 world championship is well within the reach of Johann Zarco, who is having a magnificent first season in the premier class: in twelve races, the No. 5 of the Tech3 team has only left the top 10 three times ( fall in Qatar, 14th in the Netherlands and 12th in the Czech Republic).

Under the threat of Lorenzo ?

The – who is discovering MotoGP this year! – ranked 5th in Argentina, 5th in the United States, 4th in Spain, 2nd in France, 7th in Italy, 5th in Catalonia, 9th in Germany, 5th in Austria and 6th in Great Britain !

With 109 points on the clock, Zarco actually only wins a small point over Pedrosa (-39 instead of -40 after Austria) but still occupies the .

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The gap that separates him from Pedrosa for 5th place remains however greater than that which maintains it – for now? – away from Lorenzo (+19 points), Crutchlow (+20 points) and even his teammate Jonas Folger (+32), victim of a very big fall during the warm-up of the GP of Great Britain. .. The young German was fortunately not injured and will be fully recovered for the GP of San Marino in 15 days.

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