RACING DRIVER

Johann Zarco

1990 - Today

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Johann Sylvain Pierre Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2015 and 2016 Moto2 World Championships with his 2015 triumph being a record points total for the intermediate class. He is a MotoGP race winner, and currently rides for Castrol Honda LCR in MotoGP. Zarco is also a former runner-up and race winner in 125 cc class (now converted to Moto3) in 2011. And won the rookie and top independent rider of the year in MotoGP in 2017 with Monster Yamaha Tech3 finishing 6th with 3 podiums and 2 Pole Positions. With 18 Grand Prix victories across all classes and two Moto2 championships, Zarco is one of the most successful French riders in Grand Prix racing history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Zarco is the 660th most popular racing driver (up from 705th in 2019), the 5,154th most popular biography from France (up from 5,246th in 2019) and the 75th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Johann Zarco ranks 660 out of 1,080Before him are Philippe Adams, Basil van Rooyen, Keith Andrews, Domenico Schiattarella, Norifumi Abe, and Lance Stroll. After him are Keith Greene, Henry Taylor, Andy Sutcliffe, Bobby Ball, Jean-Christophe Boullion, and Christian Klien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Johann Zarco ranks 111Before him are Kim Tae-ri, Christian Serratos, Rita Ora, Jennifer Hermoso, Abderrazak Hamdallah, and Antonio Donnarumma. After him are Go Ara, Mamadou Sakho, Nicole Gale Anderson, Bo Dallas, Tom Dumoulin, and Akın Akınözü.

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In France

Among people born in France, Johann Zarco ranks 5,154 out of 6,770Before him are Christian Prudhomme (1960), Jean-Philippe Gatien (1968), Stanislas Dehaene (1965), Lionel Charbonnier (1966), Ulrich Ramé (1972), and Michel Stievenard (1937). After him are Laurent Binet (1972), Georges Dransart (1924), Achille Guenée (1809), Jean-Christophe Boullion (1969), Matteo Guendouzi (1999), and Michel Bibard (1958).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Johann Zarco ranks 75Before him are Jean-Marc Gounon (1963), Georges Grignard (1905), Mike Sparken (1930), Marcel Balsa (1909), François Delecour (1962), and Gil de Ferran (1967). After him are Jean-Christophe Boullion (1969), Gilles Panizzi (1965), Isack Hadjar (2004), Philippe Bugalski (1963), Nico Prost (1981), and André Testut (1926).