MotoGP, Fabio Quartararo and the 2020 season: the fear of injury and the joy of riding in France

It is the general mobilization in MotoGP which has its mind locked on the deadline of July 19 to finally launch its 2020 season. The calendar will be special, the atmosphere will be unique, and the hazards will count double in a space-time arranged to pass under the forks of a Coronavirus which can, at any time, call the competition into question. Fabio Quartararo analyzes what awaits him with fear, but also great satisfaction...

fabio quartararo is no longer in doubt whether or not the competition will resume. Dorna and his boss Carmelo Ezpeleta worked hard to build a new calendar on the ruins of the previous one, destroyed by the political and health consequences of the pandemic. The campaign promises to be tough with daggers drawn battles continuing one after the other. Which will impose some imperatives.

The Frenchman declares: “ I'm really happy we finally have a schedule. Thanks to Dorna and IRTA for the excellent work accomplished. I'm training very hard for this and we finally have a confirmed start date, so our target now is July 19th in Jerez ».

« It will be a different calendar, the only one that can be applied in this extraordinary situation » details the one who will live his last year under the colors Petronas before joining the official team Yamaha et Maverick Vinales : “ we will have consecutive races on the same circuit and fewer GPs, but I think the most important thing in this kind of championship is to finish the events and go race by race. We will have to be very careful about falls and injuries because, with such a tight championship, a single injury can mean you're out for many races. It will also be important to strictly follow the protocols ».

“Going to France is a very good surprise”

« Honestly, after all the rumors of the last few months in the media, I didn't expect a race in France » rejoices the compatriot of John Zarco. " It was a very good surprise. Hopefully if the global situation improves, they may also be able to open the circuits to a small number of fans. That would be wonderful. We miss them very much! Now the most important thing is to move forward step by step, stay healthy and later we will have time to enjoy the whole MotoGP experience again ».

He finishes : " if we can wrap up the year at the team's home Grand Prix in Malaysia, that would be an added bonus after a really tough start to the year ". We will indeed recall that Carmelo Ezpeleta gave himself until the end of July to decide whether the United States,Argentina, Thailand or Malaysia are still likely to join, or not, the big party.