Eight races this season in MotoGP and within Yamaha, only Fabio Quartararo had the necessary regularity to place the YZR-M1 among the top spots in the races.
At the beginning of the ninth round of the World Championship in Assen, this consistency earned him the World Championship lead with 131 points, 22 more than his compatriot Johann Zarco. And if it’s true that Franco Morbidelli has a 2019 M1 with slight modifications that “excuse” the rider, the truth is that he also had an outdated bike last year and that didn’t stop him from being runner-up. He now has 40 points.
Maverick Viñales won the first race of the year in Qatar but was no longer on the podium and has since taken two fifths as the best result, adding 75 points so far.
After all, Valentino Rossi, who has a season to forget, has Il Dottore only 17 points. If you add the three points together, that’s 132 points … just one more than Fabio Quartararo’s single sum, mainly due to his superior performance in qualifying.