He did it !
At 22, Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) is the first Frenchman to be damn world champion in the premier category of speed bikes, the Moto GP.
At the Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna, won by Marc Marquez, the driver born in Nice took advantage of the fall of his runner-up, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia, 5 laps from the finish.
However, Bagnaia had started from pole position, far ahead of Quartararo, who had totally missed his qualifying session and had only started in 15th place on the starting grid.
HISTORY
Fabio Quartararo is CHAMPION of the world!
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Dominator throughout the year and winner of five Grand Prix this season, in addition to seven places on the podium, âEl Diabloâ achieves one of the greatest feats of French motorsport.
Last year, for his second year in the premier event, he finished 8th in the world rankings, with three wins.
The fantastic comeback was finally within the realm of possibility, since even with the fall of Pecco Bagnaia, the Frenchman finished just on the podium of this Italian Grand Prix.
After a bad start, having made him fall back to 17th place, âThe Little Princeâ launched his crazy comeback, taking advantage of the fall of Jack Miller, then 2nd, to gain a position, while Bagnaia started a lone rider in the lead. , before being joined by Marc Marquez.
The former Spanish world champion spent his race putting pressure on the Italian until the Italian cracked as he left alone at the fault.
FALL of Francesco Bagnaia at the very end of the race!
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For his part, Quartararo stumbled against Alex Rins for a while before approaching the top 5 10 laps from the finish.
Two rounds from the end of the season (Algarve and Valencia), Fabio Quartararo has validated the dream of a lifetime, he who said he was "zen" before embarking on the circuit of Misano, which had seen the victory of Bagnaia a few weeks ago.
Simply giant.
