From the photo album left by the first MotoGP race, before the multiple images of the fall of Marc Márquez , there was a snapshot that served as a summary of the World Cup: on the grid, Márquez himself looked to his left with fire in his eyes, with my spirits on, with all its fury. There he waited at the exit of a boy, Fabio Quartararo , who is the future, it is already clear.

If in the first part of Márquez's career, his rivals were his childhood idols, those legends, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedros a, in the second part that begins this season his main adversary will be the Frenchman who is so precocious like him, as daring as he is, as talented as he is. This Sunday Quartararo reconfirmed it. In the absence of Márquez due to his right humerus injury, the Yamaha satellite team rider, just 21 years old, added his second consecutive victory in Jerez and extended his championship lead to 10 points over second, Maverick Viñales .

His victory was written as fast as Marquez's best victories, with just one move, nothing more. Unlike a week ago, Quartararo nailed the start, took the lead in the first corner and only received one attack: Viñales tried to overtake him and signed his sentence. In the frustrated overtaking, Viñales was overtaken by Valentino Rossi and already stayed behind him until, with two laps to go, he managed to regain second place. But then it was too late to fight for victory. Then Quartararo already had an eight second advantage.

With his second success, the Frenchman, who triumphed in the Spanish Speed ​​Championship (CEV) and then passed without penalty or glory through Moto3 and Moto2, showed that he is ready to be the main obstacle to the title for Márquez. The rest of the candidates disappointed, Viñales suffered the unspeakable for being second, Andrea Dovizioso settled for sixth place and several thriving youngsters, such as Francesco Bagnaia or Franco Morbidelli , suffered breakdowns.

"It was very hard because of the heat. I tested the tires in the warm up and that went very well for me in the race. From the beginning I found the rhythm and the truth is that I felt very fast. I suppose that My family will have already started drinking to celebrate ", declared Quartararo after being congratulated by an euphoric Rossi, on the podium almost a year later, and before going up to celebrate with him and Viñales.

Now Quartararo's challenge is to maintain his high level against Marc Márquez, who already beat him last year in several duels, and on circuits not so favorable. The calendar, yes, favors him: now Brno arrives, which has historically favored the Yamaha, then Spielberg and Misano, where last season he already took the podium, and then Montmeló, the track on which he celebrated his only victory in Moto2 .

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