Johann Zarco songwriter: in Le Mans his song for MotoGP.

We had left him in Spain with nerves flaring up following the crash he took on lap 9 after contact with Aleix Espargaro's Aprilia. With the adrenaline pumping Johann Zarco had gone to the race direction accusing one of the commissioners, a certain Freddie Spencer, of not knowing how to be a commissioner and therefore not being able to make a decision on any penalties to be given.

On the eve of the French MotoGP round, we find him singing on the podium of the Le Mans circuit, which has been transformed into a stage for a few moments. In the context of a TV show of the local broadcaster Canal +, the rider from Cannes let himself go by harnessing his guitar and singing a song dedicated to the queen class of motorcycling. Once the commendable performance was over, the Honda LCR team rider wanted to thank the 10 thousand compatriots who had flocked to celebrate him and who in return paid tribute to him with a blaring Marseillaise, in memory of the success, in first in the top category, obtained last year in Australia.

"Thank you all. This is fantastic. I'm holding back the emotion, but I have to say it's almost better than what I experienced that day. A bad for a good, we could say - he then lingered on the episode of the recent Iberian GP - Believe me this recharges the batteries." And finally, on his own talent as a chansonnier, he joked, "Writing this one was harder than what lies ahead for me tomorrow. There is still work to be done."

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