Through 16 rounds of 2021, Quartararo has ground out the finishes. Quartararo finished fifth in the standings in his maiden season of 2019. So I think the consistency of 2021 is same as in 2019, but we are faster so that was the key to winning the championship this year.” I think even in Jerez (Spain) I scored three points with the arm pump problem. “But we finished all the races and were scoring every time points, points, points.

I’m touching wood,” Quartararo said as he playfully tapped his skull. “I think the consistency we had this year (was critical). Quartararo was back on the podium in his next outing at France and won the Italian GP, which is the race he says turned his season around. Quartararo won three races last year, but those were his only podiums for the season.Įven with his disappointing finish in Spain he earned a few points, and in hindsight, it was that consistency for which he credits his championship. That race shook his confidence after ending the 2020 season with a series of hardships and an eight-place position in the points standings. He crossed under the checkered flag 13th. Super happy for the victory! But surely the happiest person today is CHAMP🥇 #EmiliaRomagnaGP /t2l4r7TwPtĪfter starting the season with a fifth-place result in the GP of Qatar, Quartararo won the next two races and then suffered his worst finish of the season in Spain. Super contento por la victoria! Pero seguro que hoy la persona más feliz es CONGRATS CHAMP🥇 “Super happy about my race and of course, with the championship it is something extra.” “I’m really happy about my race, even if I would not have won the championship, because it’s something really great and (a great) experience that I had that we finished P4. For us the hard would have been much better, and I think that the podium was there with the hard, but I had no more stability when I was behind all the group. “I never start (further back than) P11 in Moto GP, and I’m starting from P15 on the one of the most important race of my career,” Quartararo said during the post-race press conference. While Quartararo would have liked to clinch with better finish, he was pleased to have made his way to the front of the pack from his 15th starting position – especially after seeing Bagnaia start from the pole.Īnd frankly, grinding out a solid top-five under challenging conditions made this race a fitting end to the yeoman’s season. Quartararo finished fourth and missed the podium by less than a second. Marc Marquez won the race in Misano over Pol Espargaro and Enea Bastianini. With two rounds remaining and 25 points awarded to winning riders, Quartararo holds a 65-point lead.

Fabio Quartararo clinched his first MotoGP championship in his third season when his closest competitor for the title, Francesco Bagnaia, crashed out of the lead with five laps remaining in the Emilia-Romagna GP.

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