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Major ....-up by Zarco! Anyone know if he apologized for his move on poor Lowes? What was happening to him? He was very cerebral this year and the last year but this move showed that the old (or to be more precise young) Zarco could return anytime.
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His race didn't go very well but AM has been running much closer to the front in the last 3 races. Pre season nasty crash broke his wrist and he had a confidence problem . It was looking like he had turned a corner, lets see if the latest crash sets him back.
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No he has not apologised, In fact he does not understand why he has been penalised according to the missus. Read on farcebook or twatter.
What I can tell you is.
I was stood behind Sams garage after the race, He walked straight through the garage and you could see the fire in his eyes, on approaching the truck he was undoing his helmet, as he went through the door the helmet came of and we heard, "that fcuking french ......!" then something hard, probs the helmet bounced around the truck. The door was closed, we heard nothing more vocally.
A few minutes later his mum came round, as we know her we said he is not happy, told her what we had witnessed, just as a bit more banging took place inside the truck.
His mum went back to hospitality to let him cool down.
I feel for her, She has her two boys in two series, she must be twice the nervous wreck as ant other parent on any grid.
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Thanks red for the report, I hope you all had a great time at the races. I was reading today on motogp site post race interviews with Zarco, and, like you said, he didn't apologized, but he blame the incident on a broken brake protector which impeded him to brake proper. I really like the Lowes bros and I felt very sorry for him. His brother though did pretty well for the first time in the big boys class.
Started 21st in Sepang after a bad qualifying session and still finished the race in 7th.
There's no doubt that he's got talent, (right out the door his first lap is almost always in the top six) but its not the MM93 kind of once-in-a-generation talent. He doesn't have the same temperament or explosive riding style either.
If he'd just set aside the expectations on him and enjoy the ride (which he does increasingly seem to be doing now), his results would improve drastically.
There's no doubt that he's got talent, (right out the door his first lap is almost always in the top six) but its not the MM93 kind of once-in-a-generation talent. He doesn't have the same temperament or explosive riding style either.
If he'd just set aside the expectations on him and enjoy the ride (which he does increasingly seem to be doing now), his results would improve drastically.
I don't think anyone feels he isn't a good rider though his time in moto2 has been a disappointment after his moto3 title. I for one and I'm sure others do expect him to get an undeserved GP ride because of his last name. It must be horrible to be compared to your brother when your brother is Marc Marquez though. There's something worse than not being a good sportsmen and that's being almost good enough to be elite but not quite, I couldn't imagine how greatly the feeling is magnified when you're brother is one of the greatest talents in the sports history.
He's only got a joyride or two so far. Would be unfair to advance the criticism of the undeserved GP ride, until.. y'know.. he actually gets it.
His brother sure hasn't helped matters, despite the best of intentions.
“I will continue to give Alex advice, but only for the next two years. I don’t want him to become too competitive!”
That sort of pressure inevitably leads to a vicious cycle whether you push too hard for a result, leading to crashes, leading to more pushing to make up the deficit...
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