Quartararo on same level as Rossi, Lorenzo, Marquez in MotoGP – Yamaha

Quartararo came into grand prix racing billed as the next Marquez in 2015, but floundered in his early GP years in Moto3 and Moto2.  

A breakout campaign in Moto2 in 2018 in which he won his first grand prix led him to a MotoGP ride with Petronas SRT and Yamaha for 2019, where he scored seven podiums and six pole positions.

Picked to replace Rossi at the factory Yamaha squad for 2021…