He shone there last year in Moto3, and he immediately felt comfortable on the Sepang circuit in the top category.
" He it is Fabio Quartararo who concluded the first day of testing for the Malaysian Grand Prix in 8th position in the provisional standings, after coming 8th in FP1 in the dry and 15th in FP2 in the wet.
15th again the next morning. FP3, the French driver snatched a very good 3rd place in qualifying in the afternoon!
Starting on the front line is always a high-tension moment when you are a Rookie and your opponents are calling each other Franco Morbidelli, Miguel Oliveira, Alex Marquez ou Tom Luthi... But the young man from Nice hardly lost his skills when the red lights went out, it was in fifth place that we could see him battling with a Hafiz Syahrin reassembled from the Vauvert Devil.
And Fabio Quartararo played his role well since, for a moment fourth, if he was not able to get back on the leading trio, he did not bow to Mattia Pasini, Francesco Bagnaia et Hafiz Syahrin that during the last two laps, with the appearance of rain, to finish in a solid 7th position (see here).
Fabio Quartararo : « Today the race was very positive. From the start I rode in the front positions, with pace to finish fourth before the onset of rain complicated things. You have to forget the last laps, stay with the positive and already think about the last race in Valencia to get a good result. »
As usual, the Facebook page of the AMV Assurance website allows us to listen to Fabio Quartararo's words on the evening of the race.
