08
Jul
2021
Taking Rossi’s MotoGP place at Yamaha a “huge responsibility”
After a storming rookie campaign in 2019 with Petronas SRT on Yamaha’s ‘B-spec’ M1, in which he scored seven podiums and six poles, Quartararo was signed by the Japanese marque to its factory team for 2021 at the very start of last year.
PLUS: The Rossi replacement who’s become the MotoGP leader Yamaha needed
With Maverick Vinales also being retained, Quartararo’s signing…