Fabio Quartararo is your new MotoGP World Champion a♐fter producing a sensational ride from 15th to fourth in M♓isano. 

The Yamaha rider suffered the worst qualifying of his premier class career during yesterday’s Q1 session, only to bounce back and alm🐻ost clinch a podium finish. 

Quartararo was ultimately bettered by a fast charging Enea Bastiaܫnini with just three corners to go, however, podium or not, Quartararo has become the second consecutive first-time champion after Joan Mir completed that feat in 2020.  

Summing up his feelings and emotions, a delighted Quartararo said: "First of all I don’t have my original voice after just a few hours. I criedꦑ a lot, screaming a lot, but it feels amazing because when I finished the race and crossed the finish line, I thought of all the tough moments I had in my career. 

"To be world champion in Mo🍨toGP is something that I never expected when I was in a bad situation a few years ago. 

"Right now I’m feeling in a dream🥃 and I still have not realised what𝓡 is happening to me right now."

Quartararo’s path to being crowned world champion has been far from easy. The highly-acclaimed Spanish championship rider - won thꦯe title in consecutive years (2013, 2014) came into the paddock as the next big talent. 

However, difficult Moto3 and Moto2 seasons from 2015-17 left the Frenchman void of confidence💜, something that♔ took him a long time to regain.

But since getting the promotion🤡 to MotoGP with Yamaha in 2019, few if any have consistently been better than Quartararo, who talked us through his journey to this point during a ‘special’ post-race press conference in Misano.  

Quartararo said: "When I won the two Spanish championships, of course, the first step was to win the Moto3 championship. But I didn’t even mak💛e a race victory. T

"Then I moved toജ Moto2 and I tried to take back confidence; the first year was not achieved, but the second year yes. 

"We won two races, okay one race was take⛦n off, but I know that I won that race. Still, I didn’t expect to move up to MotoGP. 

"Moto2 world championship was not possible to g🍌et and was really far. So, the only way to be world champion was in MotoGP and we achieved it. I𝓀t’s something I never expected. 

"When I to꧙ok t🧔he first test in Valencia in 2018, I said ‘what the hell am I doing on that bike’. I couldn’t ride because there was so much power. 

"Right now I’m asking for much mor♉e, but the steps were slow but good. 2019 was good and of course it was a big dream to be world champion and we achieved it today. I don’t know what to say. I will realise a bit more tonight and tomorrow when I will have no voice at all."