On Thursday, Johann Zarco had to report to the MotoGP stewards in Le Mans for his outburst after the Spanish GP. There he first became angry about the processes during his visit to the stewards, and then reported to the media that chief steward Freddie Spencer was incompetent and not suitable for his role. The meeting with the stewards went well according to employer LCR Honda. “It was a positive meeting, in which both parties discussed how safety and the review of all incidents in the championship could be improved,” the team reported via social media.
In the press conference in the run-up to the French Grand Prix, Zarco himself also reflected on the events in Jerez de la Frontera. In retrospect, he called his own actions with the stewards and the press unprofessional. “It’s been two weeks, so we came into the meeting a little calmer. From my side it was not professional to shout during the meeting. That was unnecessary, but after the crash, what happened and the way the meeting went However, it was not professional on my part,” said the Frenchman, who is driving a home race in Le Mans this weekend. He then explained what else took place during the meeting.
“I told Freddie and the other stewards that they are free to make decisions, but only Freddie speaks and then the three of them make a decision. I also said that very often we disagree on different things. They try things to study and then there are intentions, but then come the comments from the riders. That makes it complicated. I was able to express my feeling and that was great, we talked about that,” said Zarco. “But after this last incident there was a feeling that the meeting didn’t really go well, because it seemed like they wanted to know what I thought about the crash and what I could say about it. I couldn’t say much about that because I was the one who was hit and then I had to explain some things. That made me a little angry.”
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