The Frenchman was the fastest in qualifying and will start from pole position on Sunday in the Algarve.
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What if it was the right one? For his 89th start in MotoGP, Saturday April 23, Johann Zarco hopes to finally make the Marseillaise resonate on the podium. With already twelve podiums and seven poles to his name, the Cannes resident has been around for a while, notably with four second places last year. In Portugal, the Frenchman was able to tame a track that improved with each lap to set the fastest time in the qualifying session ahead of Joan Mir and Aleix Espargaro.
On the podium in Indonesia, Zarco is having a less flamboyant start to the season than last year: he is in eighth place in the drivers’ standings. Fabio Quartararo, the title holder in the queen category, will start on the second row and hopes to take advantage of the poor qualification of Enea Bastianini and Alex Rins, the first two in the world championship, who did not pass Q1 and s will launch far behind.