The fear is still great, but fortunately the consequences of the terrible accident between Johann Zarco e Franco Morbidelli they were minimal. In the post-race, however, the accusations against the French were harsh, especially by the Yamaha Petronas rider and Valentino Rossi, who were able to clarify themselves – albeit in different ways – in the hours following the Grand Prix.
“We talked a lot with Franco, but only for messages because he had left. We spent about fifteen minutes alone with Valentino and it was a good conversation – explained Zarco a The Gazzetta dello Sport – Morbidelli apologized to me for saying those words, but after watching the hot video he had interpreted it as if I had done it on purpose to block it. I told him that I could never think of doing something like this in a braking phase, and that for me I hadn’t gone very well. After passing him I couldn’t stay so left, braking I went a bit wide and he was surprised, also for the speed. We also talked about it with Valentino, the wake at almost 300 per hour sucked up Franco’s bike as it had happened with me at Phillip Island in 2018 (when Marc Marquez passed Zarco at the end of the straight and closed him, causing him to fall) ”.
“The hardest moment for me was the seconds after the fall, when I got up and went to see how Franco was doing. – added the transalpine of the Avintia team – For a good minute I was in shock, then back at the garage I was worried because my skin was burning in three places. The images, however, I did not want to look at them a thousand times, to confirm what I already knew. If I have to do it I will, but for now there is no need ”.
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