How Quartararo cast aside prior doubts to become MotoGP's new king
Doubts were cast over Yamaha’s French recruit after his disastrous end to the 2020 MotoGP season with Petronas SRT, but Fabio Quartararo answered them convincingly in 2021 to claim a MotoGP title that exhibited both his devastating speed and mental strength
"They were a total disaster. I just wanted to finish the championship whatever the position was."
This was how Fabio Quartararo began to reflect on his historic MotoGP title success at the conclusion of October's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. He was referring to the final three rounds of the 2020 campaign, his second in MotoGP, which had started with wins in the first two races and ended with his title hopes crumbling to nothing after a nightmare end to a season in which he would ultimately finish eighth.
Share Or Save This Story
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.