[Video] Quartararo arrives as leader at the 2020 French GP, Zarco as outsider

Is there an asset in your compatriot that you would like to have? This is the "pretty cool" question that the Site was able to address to Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco ahead of the 2020 French Motorcycle Grand Prix, during the (visio) official press conference, to be seen in full video.

How far away is the time when Site could speak directly and at length with French pilots – and advanced! – MotoGP … Last year for example, Le Journal moto du Net had twice interviewed Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco, before the 2019 season began and then before the GP of France.

• MNC special file :

This year because of the coronavirus, MNC was only entitled to one question relayed by the promoter of the Motorcycle Grand Prix at Le Mans, Claude Michy, host of the exceptional press videoconference (see the video at the bottom of the article ) and rescuer of this "special edition" in collaboration with Jacques Bolle and Pierre Fillon, respective presidents of the FFM and the ACO…

This weekend, the Intercontinental Circus riders are taking part in the ninth event of a not-so-funny 2020 season. In off-road in particular, if the FFM has maintained the enduro GP, it was forced cancel his MXGP event and the Motocross des Nations, two events extremely popular with his license-holders, who are mostly crossmen.

Like the French Open in tennis, the French Motorcycle Speed ​​Grand Prix traditionally organized in May therefore had to – could, by a miracle! – be postponed to October. The players and the pilots thus had to adapt their preparation … and their wardrobe.

Unlike the Philippe-Chatrier court, however, the Bugatti circuit does not have a roof. This Sunday, therefore, the final of Rolland Garros 2020 will be contested for sure between Djokovic and Nadal on beaten and dry ground. MotoGP racing could be beaten by wind and rain … Brrrr.

"Last year, too, it was quite cool," notes Fabio Quartararo, the first French driver in history to arrive at the French Grand Prix as leader of the premier class. As a reminder, our excellent "French 20" totals 108 points against 100 for Joan Mir and 90 for Maverick Vinales.

Ten days ago "in Barcelona, ​​if I’m not mistaken it was 12 or 13 degrees on the starting grid, so it was super cold too. We will say, in quotes, that we are used to have fairly cool conditions at Le Mans ", relativizes the Yamaha rider, whose approach does not vary depending on the weather:" you have to give your maximum "and get the most out of your motorcycle and its tires too…

In the wet, the more we go the better it holds…

"What is quite special about a MotoGP, and it’s a lot in the head that it is played out, is that if you (about) think a little too much and you don’t dare to attack, you never put the tires (rain) at temperature and the sensations never come ", analyzes in turn Johan Zarco who hopes for" drying "in the race in order to dry his opponents thanks to his delicate handling…

In the wet, "the more you go, the more the tires heat up and the better they hold", sums up the n ° 5 of the Ducati Avintia team, who is already sure to drive a Desmosedici GP21 next year – a GP20 in fact, due to the advanced machinery development freeze! – within the Pramac team. No particular pressure therefore for this national GP ?

"There is always a little bit special emotion</> i ", however admits Johann," there is a plus because the public supports the French, you almost have the impression of being a star at the GP of France when you start to perform ", observes the 2018 poleman and second of the 2017 race.

This year unfortunately, the number of spectators will be reduced to 5000 people, as was the case last weekend for the WorldSBK event at Magny-Cours. For information, during the last three editions of the French motorcycle GP, the public exceeded 100,000 people…

On site therefore, the support offered to Johann and Fabio will be twenty times less. However, many French people will be encouraging their two representatives in the MotoGP Grand Prix (none registered in Moto3 and Moto2, gossips) thanks to the live and unencrypted broadcast on the C8 channel of the MotoGP race. Departure at 1 p.m., be careful !

Quartararo and Zarco respond to MNC…

What asset in Zarco’s game could Quartararo be interested in? His mastery of the piano to relax or the guitar to flirt? No. The young MotoGP prodigy would like to have the same dexterity on the dryer as our double Moto2 world champion…

"This is one of his best assets," considers the No. 20 of the Yamaha Petronas SRT team, recalling in particular that "last year in Brno he was very, very fast". Fabio greets in passing the great rider that is Johann, the one who often fought for the first places on the handlebars of the Tech3 team Yamaha…

"We have to unlock this victory counter, Fabio did it, it’s my turn", smiles Zarco, who will not however try to match the prowess of his young compatriot on the jump rope. Not patient enough to chain the doubles, Johann on the other hand feels that he is following Fabio on foot over a 5 km … or on the 4.185 km of the Bugatti. !

From a motorcycle riding point of view, Johann would like to have "all the confidence he has on the front, he brakes really hard and later, manages to enter turns well, and that’s something I follow. re-learning ". Will the Ducati allow him to regain his sensations? "Easier said than done</> i ", admits our n ° 5. To be continued on MNC: stay tuned !

The "nice enough" question from Matthieu Bretille, Site:

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