“It’s scandalous”, Johann Zarco furious after being deprived of Marseillaise on the podium in Australia

By GF

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Johann Zarco sings La Marseillaise without accompaniment on the podium. WILLIAM WEST / AFP

LE SCAN SPORT – Winner of the Australian Grand Prix, the 33-year-old Habs sang the national anthem alone on the podium, without musical accompaniment. A huge frustration.

Johan Zarco had his day of glory this Saturday in Australia by winning his first grand prix in the premier category at the age of 33 and after 120 races, but the Frenchman still experienced enormous frustration since on the podium, no Marseillaise sounded. to salute his performance.

If the national anthem was heard by viewers thanks to the TV signal, on site, it was in silence that the French pilot climbed onto the box before receiving his trophy. Surprised, Zarco nevertheless sang loud and clear the words signed Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle a cappella in front of his team, accompanying him with applause. But he did not fail to express his dissatisfaction at the microphone of Canal+ over this regrettable hiccup.

« The anthem, I told the president of the International Federation that it was scandalous because he was not there on the podium. For the first of my career in MotoGP, I would have liked a little emotion. Still happy that I knew it and was able to sing it loud until the end“, he explained with bitterness before adding: “We want to live the emotion to the end, and we realize that people don’t manage it well and ruin these moments for us.»