Fabio Quartararo, journey of a child prodigy

From the lap of honor to the press conference reserved for the new world champion, including the celebration organized by the organizers and the interviews given to the various TV stations, Fabio ran out of tears. Drunk with joy, the Yamaha rider also shouted a lot. By kissing his friend Tom who was waiting for him on arrival, but also his parents and his brother who had traveled to Italy so as not to miss the event. On his shins, the new world champion has tattooed his two words: “Family First”. They say a lot about his love for those he left very young. From his childhood, Fabio mainly keeps memories linked to motorcycles. French 125 national champion in 1983, Étienne Quarterly never pushed his kid to ride a motorcycle: “ I tried with Anthony, my eldest son. He had thrown the bike away after a U-turn, telling me that he would rather go play football. With Fabio, it was completely different. When he was two and a half years old, I gave him a scooter and we immediately saw that he had an incredible sense of balance. It was my brother who told me: “you should put him on a motorcycle”. He of course loved it. But I never forced him to ride a motorcycle. » Martine, the mother, remembers this day very well: “ He was making bigger and bigger circles, and at one point, my husband had to run to catch him before he ended up on the road. » Fabio: « My first circuit was in front of Marineland, in Antibes. His name was Océane."

Voilà comment l’histoire a commencé. Après le Yamaha Pee Wee, Fabio hérite d’un 50 cm3 Conti avec lequel il s’initie à l’art de la trajectoire. Animateur de stages de la Conti School, Sébastien Gimb