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[kropotkin thinks...] - Subscriber Feature: Johann Zarco Interview, On Maturity, And

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Johann Zarco has made an incredible impact on his debut in MotoGP. He started his MotoGP career off by leading the race in Qatar for six laps, before crashing out. But he learned from that, and has learned more at every race this year, culminating in his first MotoGP podium at the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha team's home race at Le Mans.

It has been an interesting debut, as at 26 years of age, most team managers, media, and fans had considered him to be too old to be competitive in MotoGP. Sure, Zarco had two Moto2 titles, but he was getting beyond the age where a move to MotoGP was still worthwhile. The biggest example of this thinking was Suzuki, which chose Alex Rins over Zarco, despite already having offered Zarco a contract. If Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo had come into the premier class at 20, the thinking ran, then Zarco at 26 was too old.

At Mugello, I spoke to Zarco about his debut in MotoGP, and how he has adapted to racing a heavier, far more powerful machine on very different tires. But we started off with the question of age. Why was the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha rider so fast at a relatively advanced age?





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