Fabio Quartararo - “People say my charisma is close to Valentino Rossi’s”
Rossi is MotoGP’s biggest-ever superstar whose fame crossed int💙o mainstream culture, and he did it while amassing seven premier class titles.
Quartararo will vie fo✃r his second title in 2023 riding a Yamaha, for the team that Rossi became synonymous with.
“To have my personality is something grea꧂t because some riders can be super-fast but don’t have the personali💮ty,” he told .
“And I feel like: ‘okay, I have 💎my own personality’.
“It’s different to the other one, but it’s true that many people say the charisma I have is♎ close to Valentino. That is a🧔 great thing.”
Rossi’s MotoGP 🔯career spanned 19 years, although he failed to win the 𒉰championship in his final 12 seasons after swapping Yamaha for Ducati, then returning to Yamaha.
Quartararo does not plan to match Rossi’s longevity: “I wish to be 10 more years in MotoGP. It depends a lot on how it’s going with injurie♛s.
“Hopefully, I will not get so ma♏ny injuries, but of course I would like to ride until I’m 32 or 33.”
Quartararo was pipped to a second consecutive title on the final day of the 2022 season, as Ducati’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia completed a 91-point turnaround to become ch♛𒅌ampion for the first time.
Much of Quartararo’s struggles were attributed to a below-par Yamaha bike, in contrast to Bagnaia’s Ducati which was widely credited as the most effectivℱe on the grid last year.
He will discover more about his 2023 bike at the Sepang test in February: “Yes, straight away. In the first five laps, I will kn🌠ow if the bike is good or ﷽not, especially on the top speed.
“For the chassis an🥀d everything you need to do more, but on th🏅e engine I will know straight away if it is better or not.”
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