Over the first part of the MotoGP season which has just passed, the vast majority of the paddock agrees on the fact that Fabio Quartararo has established himself as a boss. This time, nothing to do with last year's fanfare departure from the driver who eagerly and feverishly filled the void left by a suddenly injured Marc Marquez. In a peloton which is now fighting to the nearest thousandth and where the slightest place in the race is won as dearly as it can be lost quickly, the Frenchman on the Yamaha has four victories. He leads the championship with authority and has thus deserved all the great attention of his team. Some people see him as the new Marc Marquez. A parallel that fuels debate. So with Carlo Pernat…
fabio quartararo showed his pure speed with his five pole positions in nine races, and his solidity with four victories on different tracks and scenarios. His two worst results were due to compartment syndrome and then to an open combination. Suffice to say to incredible external elements which have only slowed down a dynamic which leads to cleaning out its box Yamaha . When Casa Particular in Viñales says that he is leaving the Iwata brand early because he has to adapt to his teammate's settings rather than shaping the M1 according to his desires, he reveals that the Frenchman has taken possession of his team.
Velocity, solidity in racing, and authority installed in his box, it's the magical triptych that takes you as a driver into another dimension. A dynamic already seen elsewhere with another: Marc Marquez. So, Fabio Quartararo is he his successor? Carlo Pernat has an opinion on the subject by giving his feelings on this first part of the season after Assen: “ as expected, Yamaha dominated both qualifying and the race. Anyone could have bet on this outcome. Honestly, right now Quartararo is the man to beat. I won't say he's like the Marquez of old, but he seems superior to the other drivers so far ».
Quartararo and Yamaha: “when we have a champion, we develop the bike just for him”
He adds : " Yamaha is doing very well, it’s a shame for Morbidelli. Also that of Valentino who fell, but Quartararo is still the strongest ". An observation made on GPOne.com. The observation on the track and against the clock is therefore clear. But on the box side, it is also confirmed by the Italian: “ without Marc Marquez, the other Hondas suffer. Honda's policy has devastating effects. It's the same thing that's happening now with Quartararo and Yamaha or with Stoner from Ducati in his day. History repeats itself, when you have a champion, you develop the bike just for him ».
Strong words that commit to the future. We will see what happens next when Marc Marquez will have regained all his means. The duel between the two men will be epic, because fabio quartararo is no longer the one he regularly beat in 2019 in games where the Frenchman was already giving him a hard time…
