MotoGP 2019: Quartararo will ride on an M1 from the Yamaha SIC team

The rumor had been circulating for a month in the paddock of the Intercontinental Circus … It is now a certainty: the young French motorcycle rider, Fabio Quartararo, will line up alongside Franco Morbidelli in the new Yamaha SIC satellite team. ! Explanations.

The arrival next year of a second French rider in MotoGP was murmured – celebrated by some! – since the German Grand Prix … A month later, on the occasion of the Austrian GP, ​​the big boss of the competition at Yamaha confirmed the hiring of Fabio Quartararo by the Yamaha SIC team !

Asked by our New Zealand colleague Simon Crafar after the warm-up, Lin Jarvis released the names of the two riders who will pilot the M1s entrusted to the new Yamaha satellite team supported by the "Sepang International Circuit" (SIC!) Which will replace next year the essential Tech3 team, associated with KTM.

• MNC special file : MotoGP Mercato 2019
• MNC Portrait : Fabio Quartararo, Moto3 rider in 2015

The big boss of the Iwata Blues began by validating the choice of Franco Morbidelli at 146%: "he’s a very interesting driver for us because he’s a world champion," said Mister Jarvis, delighted that the independent team selects a member of the famous and "bankable" VR46 Academy.

"He’s a talented boy and I think he will get better results on the M1 than on the RCV" … FYI, the 2017 Moto2 champion is currently 17th in the 2018 MotoGP championship with 22 points, or two points less than the new Tech3 recruit this season, the unknown Syahrin.

"In Franco’s case, there was no doubt from the start," said Lin Jarvis. Obviously, the choice of the second pilot was more complicated: the experienced Bautista or the reborn Quartararo? Finally, the future Yamaha SIC team, advised by a certain Jorge "Aspar" Martinez, accepted the candidacy of the French.

"As for Fabio Quartararo, let’s say it will be the rookie" … and a bet! "He is a very young boy, he is just 19 years old, but with a lot of talent", continues the big boss of the Blues of Iwata.

"He got a bit lost at one point, but he’s showing again the full extent of his potential. I think he might be a very good driver for the future," said Lin Jarvis, impressed as much by (pole, victory and lap record!) and his second place in Germany.

"The example of Syahrin shows that if the driver is talented, then he can turn out, whether you expect it or not. So we’re pretty confident about that choice," said Lin Jarvis. In the French clan, expectations will naturally be a little higher because their reference is not called Syahrin, but Zarco !

Quartararo fans indeed hope that their n ° 20 (double n ° 1 in Spanish Moto3) will adapt as quickly and well to the premier class as the n ° 5 (double n ° 1 world in Moto2)! To do this, Fabio is guaranteed to benefit from state-of-the-art equipment, "something similar to Tech3 or more than that", promises Lin Jarvis.

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