MotoGP Fabio Quartararo : “il en faut plus pour être une légende, et on y travaille”

Fabio Quartararo is, at 22 years old, the new MotoGP World Champion. He is therefore at the firmament of his sport, one year after succeeding Valentino Rossi in the official Yamaha box. By passing Lionel Messi's Golden Ball on the Parc des Princes pitch, he was able to measure the extent of this new notoriety. Two names that are also legends. Hence this question which was asked to him on C8: is he also already one? He responded, while mentioning that he would never take a road trip like his compatriot Johann Zarco did this year by going to a Grand Prix by road on the handlebars of an antique Ducati…

fabio quartararo was one of the guests this week on the show “ Do not touch My TV » on C8 presented by Cyril Hanouna. On this occasion, he was asked how he considered himself in the Milky Way of World Champion, an enviable title that he already won at the age of 22 and in the major category of his sport. Would it, for example, already be a “ legend ". He has answered : " I don't consider myself a legend yet. It's sure it's a childhood dream, but it takes more to be a legend, and we are working on it ».

Ambition is therefore not yet satisfied for the Frenchman who wants to demonstrate more and for longer than in a single season. This is fortunate, and it also supports the fact that it is necessary for this work mentioned to lead him to enter directly into the legend cited the best possible material...

Unlike Johann Zarco, Fabio Quartararo does not have a motorcycle license

The Frenchman also clarified that he only showed his talent on a motorcycle as a skilled rider. Fabio Quartararo, instead of Johann zarco, is not a biker, in the sense that he does not have a motorcycle license. And he has his reasons, very legitimate, for wanting to avoid the road with his daily traffic on the handlebars of a motorized two-wheeler: “ I don't like driving on the road » he said before expanding: “ I don't want to get my motorcycle license. People want to pass it on to me, but I don't like riding on the road. For me, there is too much danger. I am aware of the danger on a motorbike, and on the road it is totally different ».

« On the circuits, there is a lot of security. Of course, we know that if you fall you can get really hurt, but it's completely different on the road, where you depend on others. While on the track, you're in control », explained the Niçois, who got on a motorbike for the first time at four years old recalls Bein Sports : " I started, I was very little ". Beginnings that we will find this Sunday in a documentary by Canal +.