A fantastic first half of the championship has attracted everyone&rsquo;s attention, Johann Zarco lying second in the standings, 34 points from leader Quartarato, also thanks to four podiums and some very consistent performances. Few expected such a start from the Pramac rider, who has been as quick as the factory riders on occasion, if not faster. As he himself said during an interview with Canal+ Sport France, the Frenchman is aiming very high.  &nbsp;Zarco sets out the goal: &ldquo;To dream of being world champion&rdquo;  Ducati has provided the two-time Moto2 world champion with a bike identical to that of the factory riders, and the results are proving the Bolognese managers right, having found in Zarco a rider who can also help with development. The season is long but his ideas are clear: &ldquo;The goal is to get ahead of Fabio, not be the first Ducati. With such a good position in the championship, the aim is to score more points and dream of being world champion. I crashed in Portugal and had some problems in Spain, but I di well at Le Mans-Mugello-Barcelona&ldquo;. Zarco also talks about his rivalry with Quartararo: &ldquo;Even though we&rsquo;re rivals, battled for the title all the way to the end would be great. This has never happened in France. We need to make the most of these exceptional years&rdquo;.  &nbsp;Austria is fertile ground for Ducati  The Red Bull Ring will host the next MotoGP races, a track that has looked kindly on Ducati in the past, the Italian manufacturer winning in 2016 with Andrea Iannone and in 2017-2019-2020 with Andrea Dovizioso: &ldquo;In Austria the bikes might have an advantage, but it won&rsquo;t be easy. But if we can put it all together, if I can raise my level as I hope to, I think I can score my first win and this would be great for the championship standings&rdquo;.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Schwantz on Rossi&#39;s hypothetical retirement before the end of the season 

MotoGP is on a break and will return with the Styrian GP on 8 August, when the Ducati rider will try to close the gap to his fellow countryman &nbsp;

MotoGP, Zarco aims high: &ldquo;The goal is to get ahead of Quartararo&rdquo;

        France is on top during this first part of the MotoGP season, thanks to both Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco. The Pramac rider, having just renewed his contract for 2022, set the fastest time in the second practice, exploiting the morning&rsquo;s solid base to continue with the work in the afternoon. Interviewed by Sky TV at the end of the day, the Frenchman outlined the day&rsquo;s work and what he needs to do ahead of qualifying and the race. &ldquo;We started with a good base&rdquo;  Johann Zarco is pleased with first place in practice but admits there are still a few small issues to iron out. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re trying to sort a few things, it&rsquo;s not easy&rdquo;, he says. &ldquo;We started with a really good base here and my last two laps were really incredible. I could exploit the Ducati in the right way, in both our strong and weak points. I followed Fabio to make up for the weak points and it went well. This means the bike has great potential, but it&rsquo;s not always easy to harness this&rdquo;. &ldquo;The straight and sector one our weak points&rdquo;  The Frenchman explains the Ducati&rsquo;s weak points, having had to follow Quartararo&rsquo;s Yamaha. &ldquo;The straight and sector one are our weak points, we brake hard but they don&rsquo;t force it and can lean more through the turn covering less metres than us.&rdquo; Zarco also touches on the goal he set himself last year, or rather the world title: &ldquo;I have everything I need, the bike has great potential. With the right automatism, it will come. If things go as they should this year, we can have fun. It would be a shame not to exploit this opportunity&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson Catalunya GP, Rossi: &ldquo;The changes in FP2 made things worse&rdquo;       

&ldquo;I started with a good base today&rdquo; says the team Pramac rider after setting the fastest time in FP2 ahead of Morbidelli

MotoGP Catalunya, Zarco: “The bike has great potential”

Dal timore di uscire dalla MotoGP al vertice della stessa categoria in poco pi&ugrave; di un anno e mezzo: con Johann Zarco non ci si annoia mai. La paura di perdere la top class, il francese l&rsquo;ha provata nel 2019, dopo la rottura con la KTM con largo anticipo sulla scadenza del contratto da pilota ufficiale. Zarco ha dovuto cercare alternative, diventando il manager di se stesso, e quando Paolo Ciabatti e Gigi Dall&rsquo;Igna hanno bussato alla sua porta, mostrandogli fiducia, lui ha colto la palla al balzo.   Rilanciatosi con la Ducati-Avintia nel 2020, il trentenne si &egrave; esaltato subito con il Team Pramac, con due secondi posti e la leadership provvisoria del Mondiale 2021 dopo il Qatar. E la scivolata di Portimao causata da noie al cambio quando era in zona podio, non ha cambiato la sostanza. Il francese &egrave; tornato.  MotoGP, Francesco Guidotti: &ldquo;Vogliamo la prima vittoria&rdquo;  Avvio sorprendente   Te l&rsquo;aspettavi un inizio di stagione cos&igrave; positivo?  &ldquo;&Egrave; stata una sorpresa. Il sogno &egrave; giocarsi il titolo, ed essere costantemente tra i primi cinque poteva essere un buon avvio, ma sono arrivati subito due podi. La morale dei risultati ottenuti finora &egrave; che io, il team e la moto siamo pronti per lottare per i podi e per vincere. Desideravo iniziare proprio come Jack Miller aveva finito l&rsquo;anno scorso, al suo livello di guida: &egrave; stato positivo farlo subito, e se il Qatar poteva favorirci, ci siamo ripetuti anche a Portimao, dove sono partito in prima fila, e non era scontato. Sono contento di essere a questo livello: pi&ugrave; ci sono e pi&ugrave; capisco che ci sono ancora degli step che posso compiere&rdquo;.  &nbsp;Che ambiente hai trovato in Pramac?  &ldquo;&Egrave; un team tutto italiano, e ci sono due figure che avevo nel Team Avintia, il capotecnico Marco (Rigamonti) e l&rsquo;elettronico Erik (Chiarvesio). I meccanici sono nuovi, si conoscono benissimo tra loro e c&rsquo;&egrave; un ambiente sereno. Questo mi piace. Poi il rapporto con Francesco Guidotti &egrave; bello. L&rsquo;ho notato in Qatar: lui vive proprio le gare. Prima del via il pilota ha un feeling un po&rsquo; strano e lui si sente come me. Mi ricorda molto quando ero nel Team Ajo, dove anche l&igrave; c&rsquo;era un buon team manager, che prima di tutto era l&igrave; per le gare&quot;.   Com&rsquo;&egrave; lavorare con gli italiani?   &quot;Mi piace perch&eacute; con loro riesco a parlare con facilit&agrave;. Anch&rsquo;io ho la mia storia nelle moto perch&eacute; ho un po&rsquo; di esperienza e quando la condivido con loro mi accorgo che abbiamo vissuto le stesse cose, anche se in modo diverso. Questo aiuta la nostra relazione&rdquo;.  MotoGP: Jorge Martin e la difficile gestione del successo  Quella con Pramac &egrave; la tua grande occasione?  &ldquo;In passato ne ho avute, per esempio in Moto2. In MotoGP con la Yamaha ho vissuto un bel periodo, ma quello attuale &egrave; un altro momento da cogliere. Come sportivo &egrave; tutto a posto, c&rsquo;&egrave; una bella moto, e poi un team capace. Sogno il titolo, ma anche finire tra i primi tre sarebbe sinonimo di una grande stagione, che mi farebbe pensare all&rsquo;anno successivo con la voglia di puntare al Mondiale&quot;.    &quot;Bagnaia &egrave; una macchina&quot;   Visti i valori in pista e il tuo potenziale, ti senti un candidato al campionato?   &quot;Credo di s&igrave;, ma devo compiere ulteriori step a livello di fiducia e di guida su questa moto. Fare un po&rsquo; come Pecco Bagnaia, che gestisce la moto: se riesco ad avere il suo stesso feeling alla guida, unito alle cose che so fare io, credo che avr&ograve; tante carte in mano per il titolo. Adesso non le ho ancora, ma posso giocarmi qualcosa. Ci sono vicino&rdquo;.  Pensando ai due piloti ufficiali Ducati, Miller e Bagnaia, cosa vorresti prendere da loro?  &ldquo;Quando ha tutto a posto, Pecco &egrave; una macchina, sfrutta la Ducati perfettamente: usata in questo modo, diventa la moto migliore. Anche nelle qualifiche, lui riesce a mettere tre decimi tra s&eacute; e gli altri, noi invece abbiamo gap di pochi millesimi. Da Jack prenderei la mentalit&agrave;, si diverte tanto, &egrave; forse meno preciso di Pecco, ma quando c&rsquo;&egrave; un piccolo problema sa andare oltre. &Egrave; una caratteristica da vero pilota. Anche quando a Portimao mi ha fatto salire sulla sua moto per tornare al box: soltanto lui fa queste cose. Riesce a essere concentrato in modo performante, ma dopo la bandiera a scacchi &egrave; l&igrave; per divertirsi. &Egrave; la mentalit&agrave; giusta nello sport&rdquo;.  Nel tuo box invece c&rsquo;&egrave; Jorge Martin, un debuttante che ha gi&agrave; fatto vedere di che pasta &egrave; fatto, come ti trovi con lui?  &ldquo;Benissimo. &Egrave; giovane, mi sento come il suo fratello maggiore. Senza dargli consigli, perch&eacute; siamo sempre avversari, ma se le cose gli vanno bene sono contento per lui. Il secondo weekend del Qatar, con il nostro doppio podio, &egrave; stato bellissimo e domenica sera l&rsquo;ho abbracciato. Eravamo contenti entrambi, per noi e per il team&quot;.    Il rapporto con Ducati   Con la Ducati &egrave; iniziata la tua rinascita: che rapporto ti lega a questa Casa?   &quot;Tutto &egrave; iniziato a novembre 2019, quando mi hanno dato l&rsquo;opportunit&agrave; di rinascere. C&rsquo;&egrave; un bel rapporto di fiducia con Gigi (Dall&rsquo;Igna), quando vado bene mi fanno sentire dentro il progetto. Poi hanno anche moto stradali di alto livello, come la Panigale con cui mi posso allenare. Basta mettere due gomme da asciutto e mi posso allenare in modo utile. Sono gli unici ad avere una moto cos&igrave; pronta per la pista senza dover fare nulla. Poi si pu&ograve; sempre migliorare, perch&eacute; con quella &ldquo;standard&rdquo; noi piloti di MotoGP tocchiamo il limite subito, ma gi&agrave; cos&igrave; ti danno la possibilit&agrave; di allenarti a 300 km/h. Gi&agrave; soltanto per questo mi sono innamorato della Marca&rdquo;.  Guidi una Ducati anche nel tempo libero?  &ldquo;S&igrave;, la Multistrada, e questo &egrave; l&rsquo;altro aspetto che fa amare la Ducati. L&igrave; si tocca un altro spirito. Non sono pi&ugrave; le gare, ma facendo un giro puoi conoscere anche tanti appassionati e avvicinarti a loro, quelli che poi sognano guardando la MotoGP. Peccato non si possa fare il World Ducati Week: appena ho firmato, la prima cosa che mi ha chiesto Ciabatti &egrave; stata di tenere quel weekend libero per quell&rsquo;evento. Spero di poterci andare presto&quot;.&nbsp;  Sul podio del GP Doha hai inscenato un duetto con Fabio Quartararo, cantando la Marsigliese. Quali sono i vostri rapporti da rivali e connazionali?   &quot;Buonissimi, &egrave; un po&rsquo; la stessa relazione che ho con Martin. Io e Fabio siamo di generazioni differenti ma puntiamo allo stesso obiettivo. La Francia del motociclismo ha bisogno di crescere, di avere un&rsquo;immagine pi&ugrave; bella e globale, non soltanto per gli appassionati. Grazie a me e Fabio, ora possiamo far parlare della MotoGP a livello nazionale. A Losail lui ha vinto, davanti a me, e avevo voglia di godermi quel momento. Allora ho cantato l&rsquo;inno. Lui vince un GP ma &egrave; timido, se lo fai un po&rsquo; ridere poi si lascia andare. Ho pi&ugrave; anni di lui, so che quei momenti bisogna viverli, senza esitare&rdquo;.  Quando toccher&agrave; a te far suonare la Marsigliese?  &ldquo;Visto che la moto pu&ograve; andare forte dappertutto, pu&ograve; succedere in ogni momento. Magari a Jerez, anche se &egrave; una pista pi&ugrave; piccola e forse pi&ugrave; complicata per la Ducati, ma credo che si possa fare qualcosa di bello. Se non avverr&agrave; l&igrave;, poi ci sono Le Mans &ndash; e l&igrave; sarebbe ovviamente bellissimo &ndash; e il Mugello, dove sulla carta forse abbiamo pi&ugrave; possibilit&agrave;&quot;.  Alex Rins e Maverick Vi&ntilde;ales stanno per diventare pap&agrave;: fai mai anche tu questi pensieri?   &quot;Adesso con il Covid-19 la vita &egrave; troppo strana, non posso pensare che il mio bambino, ci&ograve; che amer&ograve; di pi&ugrave; in assoluto, possa vivere questo mondo strano. Purtroppo non c&rsquo;&egrave; la libert&agrave;. Anche se io so di essere un privilegiato &ndash; la mia vita &egrave; bellissima, posso correre, posso fare tante cose &ndash; quando mi fermo a riflettere, sono triste. &Egrave; bello l&rsquo;amore, cos&igrave; come l&rsquo;idea di creare una famiglia, ma bisogna vedere com&rsquo;&egrave; la situazione che ci circonda. Meglio aspettare&rdquo;.  Tra i tuoi tratti distintivi, c&rsquo;&egrave; anche la capacit&agrave; di suonare alcuni strumenti musicali, come pianoforte e chitarra. Da cosa nasce questa passione?  &ldquo;Da mio fratello, che sa suonare e cantare davvero bene. Quando sono andato a vivere da solo non avevo la TV e lui mi ha regalato una tastiera, cos&igrave; ho imparato a suonare il piano. E da due anni suono anche la chitarra. La porto in circuito &ndash; &egrave; molto pi&ugrave; comoda da trasportare rispetto al pianoforte! &ndash; e mi diverto tanto. Imparare a suonare ti fa crescere: se non riesci a fare qualcosa, con la pratica e la dedizione poi fai progressi&quot;.  E chi &egrave; oggi Johann Zarco?   &quot;Un uomo, non pi&ugrave; un ragazzo, che ha vissuto diverse situazioni. Non tutto &egrave; stato facile, ma alla fine ho fatto esperienza: sono un uomo che vuole essere ancora uno sportivo di alto livello e con tanta voglia di vincere. Ed &egrave; questo che mi avvicina allo Zarco di dieci anni fa: stesso obiettivo, ma pi&ugrave; esperienza&rdquo;.  MotoGP Spagna, classifica piloti aggiornata: l&#39;Italia s&#39;&egrave; desta con Bagnaia 

&quot;Guidare il Mondiale, dopo i due podi in Qatar, mi ha fatto comprendere che ci sono tutte le condizioni per concretizzare il desiderio pi&ugrave; grande: io, la moto e il team siamo in grado di puntare al titolo&quot;, ci ha raccontato il francese in esclusiva

MotoGP: Johann Zarco: &ldquo;Grazie Ducati, sono rinato&rdquo;

In a season in which Team Pramac appeared to start on the right foot, or in the right gear, the squad&nbsp;suffered a setback during the third race of the year at Portim&atilde;o. The Portuguese round was one to forget for Francesco Guidotti&rsquo;s team, a double dose of bad luck seeing both riders exit stage left, albeit in different ways.  Surgery for Martin, when will he return?   First, rookie Jorge Martin was touched by bad luck when he crashed out of free practice 3 on Saturday. It was a serious incident, and the Spaniard was unlucky to be involved, but lucky in that his injuries weren&rsquo;t worse. In the immediate aftermath, he remained on the ground for a prolonged period, having lost consciousness as he rolled in the gravel. He was taken first to the circuit medical centre and then to hospital in a helicopter. The prognosis? A fracture to his right malleolus and a fractured right thumb. He&rsquo;s already undergone surgery in Barcelona and has assured his fans with a message on social media: &ldquo;Not my best day, trust me. I&rsquo;m in a lot of pain but I&rsquo;m the Martinator!&rdquo;. It is not yet known whether he will be ready to race at Jerez on 2 May, but if he is there, he clearly won&rsquo;t be 100% fit.  Zarco: from Top to Flop   On the other side of the garage, Johann Zarco. The Frenchman arrived in Portugal as championship leader. And with two second-place finishes in the first two races, he had also demonstrated to be the strongest of the Ducati riders. While Ducati factory riders Bagnaia and Miller and Pramac rider Martin have a more &lsquo;aggressive&rsquo; style, the Frenchman&rsquo;s smoother riding style appears better suited to the Desmosedici. And yet this wasn&rsquo;t in evidence at Portim&atilde;o. While fighting at the front, the Frenchman suffered a fall, missing out on a possible podium finish while also losing his championship lead. It appears that the crash was caused by a gearbox problem. The incident sees him slide from first to fourth in the general standings, now 19 points behind leader Fabio Quartararo. And Francesco Bagnaia has now moved ahead of him too, thanks to his second-place finish in Portugal.&nbsp;  Zarco will show his fighting spirit   So if the first two races gave Pramac the impression that the season would be a bed of roses, things have now taken a turn, Portim&atilde;o bringing them a double &ldquo;0&rdquo;. But although the result is not easy to digest, perhaps things are not as bad as they look. While Jorge Martin&rsquo;s situation remains a little unstable, the same can&rsquo;t be said of the Frenchman, who now prepares for Jerez and then Le Mans, his home round. His chances of returning to the top are good, added to which there is his determination to fight back, which could bode well for Team Pramac. Johann is up against many strong riders, but we&rsquo;re sure he won&rsquo;t hold back. After the KTM debacle and the Avintia transition year, the Frenchman is now part of the kind of team he&rsquo;d been dreaming of, so one crash isn&rsquo;t about to unsettle him: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll start over with even more enthusiasm at Jerez&rdquo; &ndash; he said after Sunday&rsquo;s race. And his calm, &ldquo;zen&rdquo; nature can only be of benefit.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP Portugal: Marc Marquez, the return of the injured warrior 

The Frenchman crashed during the Portim&atilde;o race, also losing the championship lead. But Zarco fought hard to be part of a team like Pramac and won&rsquo;t give up easily

MotoGP: black weekend for Pramac, is Zarco&rsquo;s moment of &ldquo;glory&rdquo; already over?

        The revelation of the first two MotoGP races in Qatar was without a doubt Jorge Martin, the rookie immediately able to exploit the Ducati Desmosedici GP, so much so that he reached the podium in his second ever race. The Pramac team rider has been interviewed by five-time champion Jorge Lorenzo on his &ldquo;99 seconds&rdquo; YouTube show and talked openly about many subjects. The taste of the first podium  &ldquo;Right from the start, I felt comfortable riding the Ducati, I can almost do what I want&rdquo;. This is how Martin describes his incredible feeling with the Desmosedici GP, adding: &ldquo;The bike allows me to do a lot and if I was able to set pole it&rsquo;s because I was at the limit and able to control it. Scoring pole right away means I still have a good margin. I thought I could fight for important results this year, but I didn&rsquo;t expect so much from the race&rdquo;. Compliments from Dall'Igna  The Spaniard has amazed the general public, but also Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall&rsquo;Igna: &ldquo;I surprised him more than Zarco. I told him, 'The bike is incredible, I can do what I want'. And he responded, 'No, no, you&rsquo;re incredible'. He was very pleased. I think I&rsquo;m working very well&rdquo;. Having scored a podium last time out, the bar is now raised even further: &ldquo;When will the first win come? I&rsquo;ll work so that it comes soon. Maybe in Austria, where I&rsquo;ve always done well and scored four podiums. Then tracks like Mugello, Montmel&oacute;, they&rsquo;re good for me and for the Ducati. Now we have some tough tracks, like Portim&atilde;o and Jerez, where as a rookie I hope to score a top ten finish". His most famous rivals  At Portim&atilde;o he&rsquo;ll finally be able to compete against Marc Marquez: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be able to learn a lot with him on track. The first time you see him you&rsquo;re impressed, but then he becomes just another rider. Everyone wants to beat him, maybe I won&rsquo;t manage it this year, but I&rsquo;ll aim to do it soon&rdquo;. He&rsquo;s already come across Valentino Rossi: "He was my idol ever since I was a kid, and it&rsquo;s great to race against him, although I&rsquo;d prefer to have done so during his best years. I don&rsquo;t think he can win a race this year, maybe in the wet, but it would be tough in the dry. Maybe he&rsquo;ll score some podiums&rdquo;. And who&rsquo;ll win the title? &ldquo;I&rsquo;d say Quartararo, for his speed, but we need to see what happens when he gets to tough tracks. If I could choose, I&rsquo;d like Vi&ntilde;ales to win&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson Barcelona 2003: when Capirossi tamed the wild Ducati       

The Spaniard was the first guest on Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s &ldquo;99 seconds&rdquo; programme and spoke about his first MotoGP podium, Marquez&rsquo;s return and Rossi

MotoGP, Martin: “Dall’Igna surprised by me. Rossi? He won’t win again”

        Over recent years, Johann Zarco&rsquo;s career has been quite troubled, but in his fifth year in the top class he now finds himself leading the championship. He closed both of the Qatar races in second place, behind the two official Yamaha riders, scoring his first podium since Brno last year. But let&rsquo;s take a step back. A decidedly good start  Johann was crowned Moto2 world champion in 2015 and successfully defended his title the following year. In 2017, it was time to move to the reigning class, where he spent the first two years with team Tech 3 - French like him - and immediately did well on the Yamaha. Three podiums and two pole positions in his first year, three podiums the following year and sixth overall in the championship in both years. His big opportunity came in 2019, when he signed for KTM. The Austrian manufacturer had debuted in MotoGP in 2017 and so was still in a development phase, and the partnership between the two parties didn&rsquo;t get off to the best start. The unexpected divorce  So much so that the Frenchman (who in the meantime also split from his manager) decided to pull out of his two-year contract and only race until the end of the first year. Ultimately, the Austrian manufacturer opted to let him go after the Misano GP. This unexpected turn saw Zarco suddenly without a ride. He rounded out the year riding the team LCR Honda, standing in for Takaaki Nakagami when he underwent shoulder surgery. And then, the rebirth  In November 2019, Zarco was evaluating the possibility of returning to Moto2, a class that had already given him so much, but then came the call from Ducati management. Someone still believed in him. And the man in question was Ducati Corse General Manager Gigi Dall&rsquo;Igna, who wanted to meet him. That was the turning point, as the Frenchman was hired to ride for Esponsorama Avintia for the 2020 season.&nbsp;The team made a solid step forward with Zarco&rsquo;s arrival, and the good results saw him promoted to team Pramac Racing this season. Having started the year with a double second place, Zarco seems to have regained the kind of serenity and balance that he&rsquo;d been looking for. Time will tell&hellip; Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP Doha: Ducati, this won't do!       

He almost lost out on a ride in MotoGP and was considering a return to Moto2, then came the call from Dall&rsquo;Igna and Ciabatti, and now the Frenchman is serene once more

MotoGP: Johann Zarco, from rags to riches!

        Johann Zarco was one of three "special guests" at the Jerez SBK test. A test that never actually came to fruition. Faced with weather conditions that were far from ideal, the KRT Provec, Kawasaki Orelac, Pedercini, Aruba Ducati, Go Eleven, Barni and HRC teams chose not to waste days that they could instead use in a more favourable situation. Meanwhile, Michele Pirro and Zarco, unlike &lsquo;deserter&rsquo; Maverick Vinales, rode during the afternoon of day two, the Italian aboard the Panigale V4 R, and the Frenchman with the V4S 1100. A few hours before he headed out, we had a quick chat with Johann: "I got to Andalusia by plane &ndash; he explains &ndash; while my two collaborators loaded the bike in the van, left France and came here via road. I want and need to ride, because I want to be ready for the MotoGP Sepang test&rdquo;. A test that will be fundamental, ahead of a season that sees the two-time Moto2 champion fly the Ducati Pramac flag: "I&rsquo;m very pleased and very keen. I can&rsquo;t wait to get started. We have a good team, Jorge Martin and I have three world titles between us, two in Moto2 for me and one in Moto3 for him. I&rsquo;m sure we&rsquo;ll both do well&rdquo;. WorldSBK, Rabat's Ducati features aerodynamic brakes from... Moto2 The more we ride, the better  Johann is already focused. He knows that 2021 is a year of possibility for him. For Ducati, the new MotoGP pairings represent the present, but also the future. Zarco comments on the factory line-up: "Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia are young and strong, a promising pair&rdquo; and Pramac: "As I&rsquo;ve said, Martin and I make a good pair, we&rsquo;re going to have fun&rdquo;. Speaking of fun, and considering how the Frenchman is such a pure racer, we touch on a subject that wasn&rsquo;t just a hypothesis in 2020: &ldquo;Yes, there was a real chance I&rsquo;d move to SBK &ndash; he confirms &ndash; but in the end it didn&rsquo;t work out. I&rsquo;d like a future in the production-derived paddock, because with three races per weekend, it&rsquo;s three times the fun". Physically and mentally, it would be very different to the single race GP format he is used to. But he doesn't think that would pose a problem: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve very well prepared and trained &ndash; he points out &ndash; as are all the riders. The Superpole Race, on the limit from start to finish? Well, you&rsquo;re on the limit in a MotoGP race from the first to the twenty-fifth lap, so I can&rsquo;t really see any issues there&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Ducati continues to pursue the title: agreement with Dorna until 2026       

Johann likes the production-derived series: "With three races per weekend, it&rsquo;s three times the fun. But my goal for now is to do well with team Pramac in MotoGP, Martin and I have three titles between us"

7 risultati per 'EN ducati pramac'

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MotoGP: Johann Zarco, from rags to riches!

Ducati, Zarco: “A future in WorldSBK? Yes please!”