| Fabio Quartararo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Quartararo at the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1999 Nice, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | FabioQuartararo.fr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fabio Alain Quartararo[1] (pronounced [kwartaˈraːro]; 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.[2]
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",[3] even being compared to multiple time world champion Marc Márquez,[4][5] 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 5th place in the overall standings. After collecting 3 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 5 victories and 10 podiums.
- ^ "Décret du 13 juillet 2022 portant promotion et nomination à titre exceptionnel dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur" (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Quartararo – a World Champion's profile". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Caron-Dawe, Joseph (31 December 2014). "Five young hotshots to watch out for in MotoGP". RedBull.com. Red Bull GmbH. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Is Fabio Quartararo the next Marquez?". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Quartararo: "Me alegra que me comparen con Márquez, pero todavía es muy pronto"" [Quartararo: "I am happy to be compared to Marquez, but it is too early"]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.