Paddock Notes: France Thursday – Let it rain

About this episode

The episode discusses the first day of activities at Le Mans with insights on Johann Zarco and the weather expectations for the weekend.

Adam and Neil are joined by commentator, journalist and presenter Elliot York to chat about the first day of hype at a warm and bright Le Mans. Johann Zarco’s fame, expectations for a changeable weekend of weather, what testing bits from Jerez and our Rant and Buzz comments from Thursday in France. Photo by MotoGP.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam, Neil

Guest: Elliot York

Topics covered

• Le Mans
• MotoGP
• weather
• testing
• racing

Keywords

• Le Mans
• Johann Zarco
• weather
• MotoGP
• testing
• Elliot York

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MotoGP.com

Places: France, Le Mans

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