The French MotoGP prodigy never ceases to impress.
Fabio Quartararo, the young 21-year-old Yamaha rider, will start from pole position during “his” national Grand Prix, Sunday at Le Mans.
The Niçois, winner of his third race of the season on September 27 in Catalonia, had the fastest qualifying time this Saturday, beating the Ducatis of the Australian Jack Miller and the Italian Danilo Petrucci.
POLE POSITION AT HOME 🇫🇷!
See you tomorrow 😉 / Pole position at home!
See you tomorrow 😉 pic.twitter.com/op4Q8yct0o
- Fabio Quartararo (@ FabioQ20) October 10, 2020
This is the ninth pole of the French rider's career in MotoGP, which began last year, his third this year.
The latter will try to increase his lead at the top of the provisional championship standings, 8 points ahead of the Spaniards Joan Mir (Suzuki) and 18 over Maverick Vinales (Yamaha).
"For a long time that I was not on pole"
“The conditions were tough and it took me a while to warm up the front tire.
It had been a long time since I had started on pole
(Editor's note: the last one going back to the end of July),
”said Quartararo, who deemed it“ special ”to start in first position for his Grand Prix.
On Sunday, the Frenchman will be racing in front of a crowd committed to his cause, while some 5,000 paying spectators will be admitted to the stands of the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans.
Starting grid
1st row: 1. Fabio Quartararo (FRA / Yamaha-SRT);
2. Jack Miller (AUS.Ducati-Pramac);
3. Danilo Petrucci (ITA / Ducati);
2nd line: 4. Cal Crutchlow (GBR / Honda-LCR);
5. Maverick Vinales (ESP / Yamha);
6. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA / Ducati);
3rd row: 7. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA / Ducati-Pramac);
8. Pol Espargaro (ESP / KTM);
9. Johann Zarco (FRA-Ducati-Avintia);
4th row: 10. Valentino Rossi (ITA / Yamaha);
11. Franco Morbidelli (ITA / Yamaha-SRT); ...