Johann Zarco and Alex Rins met in the race in Assen on Sunday and dashed the Spaniard’s hopes for a good result. Rins quickly criticized the Frenchman for the maneuver at the end of the race.
After the contact, the Suzuki Spaniard went far to avoid the crash, he explained. He came back last and finished a weak first half of the season in 11th place at the Grand Prix. Here is his analysis of what happened:
- What happened to Mr. Johann? [Zarco]“I think everyone saw it. I was very, very unlucky. If I hadn’t been there, he might have come a long way. I didn’t expect I was going to overtake, the problem was that one of its aerodynamic wings was touching my arm and the only thing I could do was raise the bike to avoid it so I landed on the gravel. I was the last, then tried to make up some time, but I was very unlucky because the lap times were there. I didn’t have the pace to win, but I could have made it to the top three or four. He destroyed our race. Since joining MotoGP in 2017, he’s been very aggressive when it comes to overtaking. It was a stupid move since he’s fighting for the world title … imagine if we’d both crashed … I mean, it didn’t make any sense.