This is what Johann Zarco said to Marc Marquez face-to-face after their massive German MotoGP crash
The Repsol Honda rider scurri𓃲ed through the paddock afterwards to track down the Pramac Racing rider, who he had earlier wiped out.
Marquez crashed and his bike then horrifically smashed into🔯 Zarco at the Sachsenring but both men emerged unhurt.
They shook hands, and Marquez asked Zarco: “Are 💙you okay? That was lucky. When I saw the crash…ꦡ”
Zarco, who did not look please🦂d, said: “Difficult to say, fortunat🥀ely I could see you so I picked up the bike.”
Marquez reꦜplied: “I lost the front on the straight and…
“Well, lucky.”
Marquez then hurried away into the Honda moꦰtorhome but a journalist followed him.
He asked Marquez: “Please can we ask you⛄ about Johann?”
But Marquez replied: “No. He’s alright.”
Watch the Marquez-Zarco smash here
Marc Márquez goes down, and collects Johann Zarco, whose bike splits in two
— MotoGP on BT Sport (@btsportmotogp)
Both are up and walking abo♏✤ut, but that'll be a red flag.
James was a sports journali💦st at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
