Marc Marquez lines up titles like others do pearls and his harvest of victories is always abundant, whatever the season... At 25 years old, here he is with seven world titles including five in a premier category that he has brought to heel since 2013. The 2015 season excepted. However, it is not unattainable. The proof: the one who aims for the records of Valentino Rossi can tremble for one of his own in 2019… And that’s fabio quartararo who is the danger!
The Frenchman will start next year among the elite aboard a Yamaha M1 of the previous vintage. What's more, within a satellite team. So how could he be a source of worry for the ogre Marquez ? Because of marital status…
We will indeed recall that Marc Marquez is to date the youngest winner in the premier Grand Prix category. At the age of 20 years and 63 days, he ascended to the highest step in Austin. He thus beat a certain Freddy Spencer who had achieved success at the same level at 20 years and 196 days at the end of the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.
Yet fabio quartararo arrives on the starting grid at the age of 19 years and 324 days. He will only be 20 years and 64 days old on June 23, 2019. Which leaves him seven opportunities to screw the HRC official! That would be a real feat. But the category has already demonstrated on various occasions that it is not short of surprises… And then, after all, Marc Marquez starts to take the bottle. He was the oldest on a podium at Assen this year, as he was surrounded by Kidneys and Casa Particular in Viñales !
