It's nothing to say that Fabio Quartararo has more than fulfilled his objectives in this first season of MotoGP. But it is still in progress, so we must project ourselves even further forward. The situation is as follows: he is the best beginner, he is at the top of the ranking of independent drivers and, above all, he is only 13 points from the final podium. So many accessions that the Frenchman will play hard while there are three meetings remaining…
A MotoGP rider is insatiable and this character trait is demonstrated by the best of them currently: Marc Márquez. Whoever wants to take his scepter, be it fabio quartararo, is no less an eternal hungry person: “ we now need new goals”, he declared after a Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi who crowned him best rookie of the year.
With 163 points, the Yamaha Petronas rider occupies sixth place in the general classification, ahead of his brand colleague Valentino Rossi. He also leads the customer team driver standings. His advance on Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) is 38 points.
« At the Sepang test, we set ourselves the objective of gaining between 50 and 90 points and being the best rookie. My score is much higher than expected “, declared the 20-year-old Frenchman. “ Now we need new goalss,” he assured after the race.
« I'm very happy for the team because it's only our first year, for me and for her. I hope we win the title for the team ", said the Petronas driver in the independent teams standings, where the Malaysian team leads ahead of LCR Honda.
In Buriram, Quarterly did not lose to Marc Márquez that in the last corner, at Motegi, the victory of the Honda official was never really threatened. At the end of the game, Fabio saw a person coming back to him Dovizioso overexcited: “ during the warm-up, we tried to compare the two types of tires. I felt better with the software. Together with the team, we decided to ride with the medium because the temperatures were expected to rise », declared the Nice resident.
« If I look at the pace, I believe we made the right decision. With our bike it's good to get a head start in the first few laps, and that's what we did. Marc was really fast today, I was really at the limit in the first laps when I tried to follow him. It's a second place, but it feels really good », finishes the teammate of a Morbidely sixth.
MotoGP Japan Motegi J2: standings
