While his teammate returns to Germany for medical checks, Johann Zarco is left to fly the flag for the Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team in Japan this weekend and possibly the next two rounds as well.
Zarco is aiming to kick-start the triple flyaway Grand Prix's in a positive way by powering to a strong notable finish and build on his 6th place standing in the championship by concluding Yamaha's home Grand Prix inside the top five.
"The Motegi event is approaching and I feel good after spending two positive weeks at home, where I gathered the energy that I need for the Japanese GP. It is a circuit that I like and the corners are nice, plus there are some hard braking areas,โ he said. โI have fond memories of Motegi because I won my first race in the 125 cc class there and I also secured the 2015 Moto2 World Championship at that round.โ
โI believe that I can be fast at this track with the Yamaha, but the team and I must work well. I think we will start with a solid base because we have a lot of references from the factory team. Then, I aim to give the maximum that I can and I really hope to be able to stay with the leading group. I would like to fight inside the top five, and why not go for the podium? It would be amazing to achieve this in Japan."
