Fabio Quartararo
First French MotoGP World Champion, El Diablo.
Fabio Alain Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the first French World Champion in the premier class' history.
Quick Facts
- Nationality
- French
- Team (established era)
- Petronas Yamaha SRT (Yamaha)
- Motogp world championship
- 2021
- Hometown
- Nice, France
- Nickname
- El Diablo (The Devil)
- Signature trait
- Aggressive, fearless front-row attacking style
Lore & Background
Prior to his Grand Prix career, Quartararo won six Spanish junior championship titles, including successive CEV Moto3 titles in 2013 and 2014. Due to his successes at a young age, he has been tipped for 'big things', even being compared to multiple time world champion Marc Márquez, and set various age records during his progress up to World Championship level. He 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 fifth place in the overall standings. After collecting three victories in the compressed 2020 season, Quartararo moved up to the Yamaha Factory Racing Team for 2021 replacing Valentino Rossi, and won the championship in his first season collecting five victories and ten podiums. Quartararo is due to leave Yamaha at the end of the to join Honda.
Reader's Guide
Fabio Quartararo was born in Nice, France, to a family of Sicilian origin. His father, Étienne, was a motorcycle racer who had won the 1983 French 125cc Championship and raced in the 250cc class of the 1986 French motorcycle Grand Prix. On 14 July 2022, he was awarded a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He started his career in France at age four, later moved to Spain to compete in the Promovelocidad Cup, winning titles in 50cc (2008), 70cc (2009), and 80cc (2011). He won the Mediterranean pre-Moto3 class in 2012. In CEV Repsol Moto3, he won the 2013 title with Wild Wolf Racing and the 2014 title with Estrella Galicia 0,0. He moved to Moto3 World Championship in 2015 with Estrella Galicia 0,0, finishing 10th. In 2016 he joined Leopard Racing, with best result fourth at Austria. He moved to Moto2 in 2017 with Pons Racing (13th in standings) and in 2018 with Speed Up Racing (10th, with one win at Catalunya). He joined MotoGP in 2019 with Petronas Yamaha SRT, finishing 5th as rookie of the year. In 2020 he collected three victories. In 2021 he moved to Yamaha Factory Racing and won the championship.
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