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Jonas Folger
- Team GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3
- Bike KTM
- Nation France
- Date of birth 16/07/1990
- Place of birth Cannes, France
- Debut Qatar, 2017 (Yamaha)
Mercurial, unpredictable, brilliant, baffling, persistent – one-word tags you could link to any one rider on the grid, and all apt descriptions for French veteran Johann Zarco.
| Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Stats | |
|---|---|
| Races: | 3 |
| Best Qualifying: | 3rd (2017, 2018) |
| Best Race Result: | 4th (2017) |
| Podiums: | 0 |
Zarco doesn’t do logical, and MotoGP is better for it. Lead on your first lap in MotoGP in Qatar 2017 before crashing out? Sure. Leave not even halfway through a two-year factory deal with KTM, as Zarco did in 2019, with no place to go? Why not. Put a year-old Ducati on pole at Brno in 2020 and finish on the podium? Go on then. Anyone who says they know what Zarco will do next can't be believed; what can be believed is that it'll be entertaining.
Standout moments in Australia are fleeting, but Zarco's part in a massive brawl for the 2017 podium with Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales shows how relentlessly rapid he can be at the Island when he's on song.
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