Active MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo said he was “working” to test the Mercedes F1 car “at the end of the year.”
Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo participated in the F1 French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard as a guest on the Mercedes F1 team.
Yamaha’s title sponsor, Monster Energy, is also sponsoring the Mercedes F1 team, which might be tested on F1 cars.
Fabio Quartararo “wanted to stay with us longer in the garage,” tweeted Jonathan Willicox, an electronics trackside engineer for the Mercedes F1 team.
Fabio Quartararo, who spoke to DAZN on the starting grid of the F1 French Grand Prix, said he “hopes” that the F1 test will be realized in the near future.
“We are working and praying for F1 at the end of the year,” explained Fabio Quartararo.
“F1 is very different from MotoGP, but I love it. I hope I can get in the car someday.”
Fabio Quartaro is not the first two-wheeled rider to drive in an F1 car or four-wheeled vehicle.
Seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi tested a Mercedes F1 car in 2019, exchanging machines with seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton is also testing Yamaha’s MotoGP machine at the Ricardo Tormo circuit.
Meanwhile, RNF Racing Yamaha’s Andrea Dovizioso raced in the DTM race on the machine of Audi, the owner of Ducati’s operations in Misano that same year, finishing in 12th place.
Former MotoGP legends Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa are also competing in four-wheel races, with Lorenzo in this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup Italy and Pedrosa in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe series in the spotlight. ing.
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