‘Farewell my friend’ - Johann Zarco leads tributes to Laurent Fellon
The sad news was deliver♕ed by Lorenzo, 🌞who posted on Instagram:
“It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father. He's been battling cancer for several months now. I have no words to exp🐎ress the sadness I feel right now but I know he is always with me at peace. I love you daddy I will keep fighting for you and for us.”
As well his aiding son’s career, Laurent, 61, was best known as a manager and mentor for Johann Zarco during his progression from Moto3 r💯ace winner to double Moto2 world champion and, from 2017, a MotoGP frontrunner.
While Zarco and Fellon♊ later went th꧙eir separate ways, the 32-year-old Pramac Ducati rider paid a heartfelt tribute to the man who ‘made me a warrior’.
"Farewell my friend, father of the motorcy♎cle, your passion in this field was limitless. The vibrations of an engine have always transcended you, your wishes to pass on that passion were great too. You have united the world with you to achieve exceptional goals. So by your side you made me a warrior and that's for life! Thank you."
Peter has been in🦄 the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is ꧒at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
