Cycle News

Cycle News 2019 Issue 34 August 27

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/1160219

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 132 of 135

P132 CN III IN THE PADDOCK BY MICHAEL SCOTT T he margins in MotoGP have never been smaller, the difference between glory and humiliation remains clear. The distinction has been painfully defined for Johann Zarco, and the Frenchman's plight is a warning to all. The news broke at the last round in Austria that the erst- while nascent superstar's primrose path had in place of prosperity and pleasure led to a precipice. Now he has fallen over it. Fortunately, this is just figura- tive. But it surely hurts just as much as if it were literal, and as if his successor as favored French flier Fabio Quartararo was leaning over the edge and poking fun at him. To sneer at Zarco would not only be unpleasantly cruel, but it would also be unwise. At the same time, viewing this as a temporary setback cannot be done with complete confidence. He is 29, among the older riders on the grid, although still a strip- ZARCO AND THE PRIMROSE PRECIPICE What road will Johann Zarco travel now?

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Cycle News - Cycle News 2019 Issue 34 August 27