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Frenchman Fabio Quartararo won the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, thus giving France a first victory in this discipline since that of Régis Laconi in 1999. Marc Marquez, the six-time Spanish world champion has fallen heavily and is suffering a fracture of the right humerus.
Fabio Quartararo won the MotoGP Grand Prix of Spain on Sunday July 19, his first success in the queen category of motorcycle sport and the first victory of a French driver since Régis Laconi in 1999.
The Niçois beat the Spaniard Maverick Vinales, also on Yamaha, at the end of a spectacular race marked by a fantastic comeback by the six-time Spanish world champion Marc Marquez (Honda) who ended up falling heavily. According to his stable, he suffers from a fracture of the right humerus. He was taken to hospital in Barcelona for surgery.
“P …, it’s the best day of my life,” exclaimed Quartararo after the finish.
He is, at 21, is the 4e French pilot to win an event in the premier category after George Monneret in 1954, Christian Sarron in 1985 and therefore Régis Laconi in 1999.
Starting from pole position, Quartararo had to give up ground in the first laps of the race, especially against Marquez and Vinales. But a mistake from Marquez, who got out in the gravel, then one from Vinales allowed him to take the lead and never leave it until the finish.
Marquez then started a fantastic ascent which brought him back from the 18e to the 3e place before committing a new error and falling after an impressive cabriole from which he rose visibly very sore.
The Spanish GP was the first round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship, the start of which was delayed for several months by the coronavirus epidemic.
A minute of silence was observed before the start of the race for the victims of this disease to which Quartararo also paid tribute after his victory.
With AFP
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