Fabio Quartararo is currently in Indonesia, near Jakarta with his teammate Franco Morbidelli and the entire Yamaha factory, to launch the preliminaries for the 2023 season. It is in fact in this city and in this country that the MotoGP project of the he Iwata factory for the new vintage will be presented with great fanfare in a few hours. However, this symbolic start is not the one that has the attention of the protagonists. The latter are instead looking a little further ahead in the calendar, that is to say in February, the month which will mark the big start on a Sepang track where the engineers will make their copy in the form of an M1 expected to be revised and corrected. And it would be better if she doesn’t disappoint, because the Frenchman is already in the starting blocks…
fabio quartararo has always been among the protagonists and at the top in MotoGP. From his debut, he took the coveted status of rookie of the year, then he fought for the title the following year, being the first to present himself as a private driver as a title candidate. An originality that the one who rumor designates as one of his potential future teammates for 2024 would like to challenge him this season, i.e. George Martin, currently under the Pramac colors.
Then there was the title in 2021, like his loss in 2022 after all the same a fight maintained until the last round against Pecco Bagnaia and its formidable Ducati. Not bad, but it is only in this form of succession of events that the pilot Yamaha approaches each new year in his career. In remarks seen on crash.net, we read thus: “ When the new season begins, last year's world championship no longer counts. It's the past. I don't have any titles yet. That's why I don't defend anything, but I attack to win a new world title » says the tricolor.
Fabio Quartararo will not make it to 40: “ I hope I won't ride again in 20 years«
He still recognizes that one year still counted: “ the overall victory in 2021 naturally took the pressure off me. I achieved my big goal. Becoming a MotoGP world champion is every rider's dream, but few of us have achieved it. I did it and now my goal is to win the title again. So I always think step by step. The important thing is not to look too far ahead ».
And for good reason : " I hope I won't ride again in 20 years » he adds, while specifying: “ I don't need to break records. I want to be at the top, fight for the best places and win as often as possible. Whether I set new records is not important to me ". On the other hand, what matters to him is this: “ ultimately, I want to be a legend of this sport. I want people to remember me as the guy who never gave up and was always at the forefront of MotoGP ».
In view of the above, his career will therefore be, whatever happens, different from that of a Valentino Rossi. fabio quartararo is a man in a hurry, and Yamaha has already cost him a year. 2023 will have to offer him a new opportunity, but it seems that a certain Marc Marquez has almost the same battle plan with exactly the same high demands towards his employer, while he is on the threshold of his 30 years. fabio quartararo as for him 23 years.
