Fabio Quartararo won the MotoGP Grand Prix of Spain on Sunday, his first success in the queen category of motorcycle sport and the first victory of a French driver since Régis Laconi in 1999.
The young 21-year-old Frenchman, who started in MotoGP only last year, had seen victory escape him several times over the racing science of Marc Marquez, the six-time Spanish world champion, who has already clearly identified Fabio Quartararo as his main rival.
I am not the words ... VICTORY !!!!! 🔥🏆 / WE DID IT !!!! P1 🔥🏆 pic.twitter.com/eS78x34QhH
- Fabio Quartararo (@ FabioQ20) July 19, 2020Quartararo enters (already) history
But on Sunday it was Marquez who bit the dust, and even violently since he was evacuated from the track of the Jerez circuit on a stretcher after trying in vain to catch up with the race leaders after a first error.
"Damn, this is the happiest day of my life! Exclaimed Quartararo after the finish, then showing himself visibly very moved on the podium as the Marseillaise sounded. And for good reason, he is only the fourth French driver to win an event in the queen category after George Monneret in 1954, Christian Sarron in 1985 and therefore Régis Laconi.
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