Jorge Lorenzo regards Fabio Quartararo as one of the few who can combine his riding style well with the characteristics of his bike. The Mallorcan driver spoke of the surprise in the Frenchman’s rookie year.
“Nobody expected such a competitive Fabio Quartararo from the start with Petronas 2019. But he made it from the pre-season phase, it was a surprise for everyone because he had three four years in which he showed us that he wasn’t Fabio we knew. ” a kid, a young man, who made a lot of promises when he was 14 or 15. At the time, he seemed destined to be the next superstar and the one who could challenge Marc Marquez. But for some reason his talent in Moto3 didn’t explode and everyone eventually forgot about him. But when you have your talent and keep pushing and your head is mature and in the right place, then the talent finally comes to the fore. And that happened in MotoGP, on a bike that he likes and that he has a good riding style for. When he started working on the mental side and staying more focused, his talent surprised everyone. And in terms of style, it’s like me, it goes well with the bike, ”Lorenzo told the MotoGP official website, not before talking about Maverick Viñales, who has left the team:
- “Maverick has had a lot of problems, maybe with style, maybe his style doesn’t suit Yamaha very well. He suffered a lot compared to Fabio, like Cal [Crutchlow], [Andrea] Dovizioso, Pol Espargaró or Ben Spies, they just couldn’t be as fast on the M1 as I or Valentino [Rossi].