As the Grands Prix pass in this MotoGP season, Fabio Quartararo's star rises a little higher in the firmament of the best riders in the world. The highlights have become regular high-flying performances and his ambition to be the best beginner is now too narrow since he has been clearly identified as one of the champions of tomorrow. He even has his rivals knight him, which ultimately constitutes the final consecration. Among them, a certain Marc Marquez…
Yet it is indeed this Marc Márquez which will soon be called into question by the next generation Quarterly. The duel looks inevitable, and we await with interest the first shock in the race. And why not this weekend at the Sachsenring? What is certain is that the pack leader does not deny the rise of the young wolf whom he watches with a benevolent eye... For the moment!
« He is very fast " said Máask about the 20-year-old Frenchman. “ His progress is a good surprise for MotoGP but not for us who are its rivals. This surprises me a lot because his bike is not considered the fastest, unlike mine when I started. He struggled during the offseason, but improved race after race. He goes fast on all the circuits. We are very close, he rides the Yamaha very well and he shows us the true potential of this bike ". We could almost call it a tribute!
Marc Márquez also spoke of the enormous pressure suffered by the novice, who is the only Frenchman capable of winning. “ Certainly, he is not yet completely under pressure because he is a beginner and he is doing well. If he enters the top 5, he already has a good result, a podium, it's a success and I'm not even telling you what would happen if he won. The same thing happened to me in 2013, a little no matter the result obtained, it is now very different ».
« In my opinion, as far as pressure is concerned, his biggest problem is that he is the only Frenchman capable of winning at the moment, he is their only hope, and that all this weight is on his shoulders. In a way we Spaniards are lucky because we share the pressure, as is the case with the Italians because there are so many of us. It might be harder for him ».
