For the second time of the season, after the Grand Prix of Portugal, the French Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco go on the first two steps of the podium in Germany on Sunday, and carry out a great operation in the ranking of the world championship.
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If the Marseillaise sounded in honor of the winner, Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), on the podium of the German Grand Prix on Sunday, June 19, his compatriot Johann Zarco (Ducati Pramac) was also able to sing with the Smile, while two tricolor flags floated in the German sky. After the fall of the Italian Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati), the two French people flew over the race on the Sachsenring circuit to afford a tricolor double, the second of the season, ahead of Jack Miller (Ducati) third.
In the heat of eastern Germany, Fabio Quartararo, who started from the second position on the grid, took the best start on Sunday. “El Diablo” turned in mind from the first turn in front of Pecco Bagnaia, despite an attempt to return from the Italian, and kept first place until the finish line without making the slightest error.
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Behind him, Johann Zarco, a third time behind Bagnaia, quickly got closer to the Ducati driver from the first race. And under pressure, the Italian went to the fault and fell, leaving the field free to the French. Stronged from the start in Barcelona during the last Grand Prix, Pecco Bagnaia sees his chances of aiming at the title of world champion moves away a little more.
The two French, at the top of the race, then flew and the strategy of leaving with a quarta -medium rear tire paid since his gum did not degrade and the defending world champion succeeded in Keep your lead. “I tried to stay close to Fabio and with its medium tire, I thought I could get closer, but I secured my second place,” analyzed Zarco, exhausted, after the race.
“El Diablo” thus offers a third victory this season after his successes in Portugal and Spain. He confirms his first place in the pilot ranking with thirty-four points ahead of Aleix Espargaro, and does not intend to stop there: “I will not manage this advance, I am there to win racing after race”, a -Ali declared at the microphone of Canal+. Johann Zarco takes advantage of his good performance to climb in third place.