50 Facts About Fabio Quartararo

Fabio Quartararo, nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP.

Fabio Quartararo failed to meet the high expectations in the Moto3 and Moto2 World Championships, but made the move up to MotoGP with Petronas Yamaha SRT, and finished as rookie of the year in 2019 with seven podiums and 5th place in the overall standings.

Fabio Quartararo later moved to Spain to compete in the Promovelocidad Cup, a series for young riders organised by the Real Automovil Club de Cataluna.

Fabio Quartararo won championship titles in the series' 50cc class in 2008, the 70cc class in 2009, and the 80cc class in 2011.

Fabio Quartararo finished on the podium in his maiden race in the series, run in wet conditions, finishing second to Great Britain's Wayne Ryan at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Fabio Quartararo finished sixth in the second race at the circuit, and left tied for the championship lead with Dutch rider Bryan Schouten.

Fabio Quartararo remained in the CEV Repsol championship for the 2014 season, as he was not old enough to graduate to the World Championship level.

Fabio Quartararo continued riding a Honda in the series, but moved to the Estrella Galicia 0,0 junior team run by Emilio Alzamora, the 1999 125cc world champion.

At that final round, Fabio Quartararo beat World Championship competitors Alexis Masbou and John McPhee, with their SaxoPrint-RTG team making a one-off appearance in the championship.

Fabio Quartararo was announced to be joining the Moto3 World Championship in October 2014, with the publication of the championship's initial entry list.

Fabio Quartararo remained with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 outfit, again riding a Honda, that he won that season's Spanish title with, and he was joined by Jorge Navarro, his closest rival in those championship standings.

Fabio Quartararo tested the team's Moto3 motorcycle for the first time in post-season testing in Valencia, but his first lap times were not provided due to the fact that he tested without a transponder.

At the following three-day test at Jerez, Fabio Quartararo was fastest in five of nine sessions, including a clean sweep on the final day.

Such was the close nature of the racing that Fabio Quartararo was just 0.772 seconds behind the race winner, Masbou.

At the following event in Austin, Texas, Fabio Quartararo achieved his first podium finish, with a second-place finish behind Danny Kent.

Fabio Quartararo achieved his first pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix, a tenth of a second clear of Kent, but finished the race in fourth place.

On home soil at Le Mans, Fabio Quartararo again took pole position, by just over a tenth of a second from team-mate Navarro.

Fabio Quartararo led for a period during the race, but ultimately high-sided out of it from fourth position.

Fabio Quartararo returned to the podium with a second-place finish at Assen, having been part of the lead group for the entire race; he finished 0.066 seconds behind race winner Miguel Oliveira.

Fabio Quartararo missed the following race in Aragon, where he was replaced by the team's CEV Moto3 rider Sena Yamada.

Fabio Quartararo returned for the Japanese Grand Prix, but withdrew from the race after qualifying 29th on the grid, due to continued pain.

Fabio Quartararo pulled out of the Australian Grand Prix, after qualifying 19th on the grid.

Fabio Quartararo ultimately finished the season in tenth place, with ninety-two points.

On 26 September 2015, it was announced that Fabio Quartararo would leave the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team to join Leopard Racing on a two-year contract from the 2016 season.

Fabio Quartararo was considered as the title favorite for the season because of his performance in his rookie year and because of the Leopard Racing team which won the previous year title with Danny Kent.

Fabio Quartararo finished sixth at his home race at Le Mans.

Fabio Quartararo went pointless in six races and his best result being a fourth-place finish at Austria.

Fabio Quartararo changed from Moto3 to Moto2 in 2017 to the Pons Racing as a teammate of Edgar Pons.

Fabio Quartararo finished the season with 64 points in 13th place of the championship.

For 2018, Fabio Quartararo switched to the Speed Up Racing team.

Fabio Quartararo achieved his first-ever Grand Prix victory in Catalunya.

Fabio Quartararo would be intended to riding with a 2018-spec Yamaha.

Fabio Quartararo finished third in Assen, behind Maverick Vinales and Marc Marquez.

Fabio Quartararo achieved further podium finishes on the season with a third place in Austria and four second-place finishes in San Marino, Thailand, Japan, and Valencia.

Fabio Quartararo started from pole position in Thailand, Malaysia, and Valencia.

Fabio Quartararo ultimately finished the season in 5th place of the riders' standings with 192 points, 7 podiums, and 6 pole positions.

At the second round of the Jerez double-header Fabio Quartararo repeated the statistic by qualifying on pole and winning the race, this time leading from the outset and building a lead of over 8 seconds by the 20th lap before cruising to the finish by 4.5 seconds over Maverick Vinales.

Fabio Quartararo achieved his third win at the Catalunya round to retake the championship lead.

Fabio Quartararo started the season at Losail with a fifth place and a win in two consecutive weekends.

Fabio Quartararo would take Pole in Jerez, and was leading the race comfortably halfway through, when he started to suffer arm pump problems, and fell back the order, only finishing the race in 13th while Jack Miller took the win.

Fabio Quartararo won the race, achieving his third win of the season and dedicated both the pole and win to Dupasquier.

In Catalunya, Fabio Quartararo took pole position for a fifth consecutive time, something which hasn't been done in the premier class since Marc Marquez did so in 2014.

Fabio Quartararo finished in 3rd but was demoted to 4th after being given a 3-second penalty for taking a shortcut, and he was then given another 3 second penalty post-race, for riding with his leather suit open.

The zipper was down and Fabio Quartararo removed his chest protector, breaching race rules requiring protective equipment to be worn correctly at all times, thus demoting Fabio Quartararo to 6th place.

Fabio Quartararo further solidified his championship lead with a 3rd place at the Sachsenring, a win at Assen, and a third place in Spielberg.

Bagnaia would lead with 5 laps to go in Misano, but crashed out, ending his title fight, and confirming Fabio Quartararo won the title with 2 full races to go.

Fabio Quartararo managed to set the pole position time in Mandalika with 0.2 seconds ahead of Jorge Martin.

Fabio Quartararo won three races before the summer break, including Portugal Grand Prix, Catalan Grand Prix, and German Grand Prix.

Fabio Quartararo finished in second place in the final standings behind Francesco Bagnaia.

On 2 June 2022, Fabio Quartararo signed a contract extension with the team for 2023 and 2024.