On May 4, 2019, in Spain, on the Jerez circuit, Fabio Quartararo became the youngest rider in the history of Grands Prix to sign a pole position in MotoGP, at the age of twenty years and fourteen days, thus dethroning Marc Marquez, the eight-time world champion. Since then, the young prodigy has continued his incredible rise to become MotoGP world champion in 2021. A feat that no Frenchman had yet achieved. Vice-world champion in 2022, Fabio Quartararo is now indeed one of the discipline’s captains.
But how did the Niçois develop his qualities with such precocity? Where did his passion come from, where does he get his nickname El Diablo? How was it built in this hyper-competitive universe that is motorcycle sport? How did he overcome the hardships that strewn his path?
From the parking lot of the Cap 3000 shopping center in Nice to the place of leader of the world championship with the official Yamaha team where he succeeded Valentino Rossi, passing through the Conti Cup, the circuits of Catalonia, his debut in Grands Price and his arrival in MotoGP, Fabio Quartararo confides with an open heart to Michel Turco. Also included in this first official biography, behind the scenes of MotoGP and the unpublished testimonies of relatives and those who accompanied the rise of the one who is already the best French rider in history. A visceral passion, an enthusiastic and fierce character, an unfailing will, an extraordinary capacity for resilience to recover from setbacks and injuries…, here is Fabio Quartararo as we have never seen him before.
Michel Turco, a motorcycle journalist, has been covering the GP since 1991. He writes for Moto Revue, GP Racing and L’Équipe. He is the author of the successful biography of Valentino Rossi, published in 2016 by Solar and constantly republished since.
