Official: Yamaha renews Fabio Quartararo until 2024

It was the chronicle of an announced renewal, but we had to wait until the ninth round of the season, in Barcelona , for Fabio Quartararo, current world champion, to give the definitive yes to continue at Yamaha for a second two-year contract. duration, until the end of 2024.

“It is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor confirms Fabio Quartararo as a Factory Yamaha rider for the 2023 and 2024 MotoGP season,” the official statement announced.

Quartararo came into Yamaha’s orbit in 2019 as a rider for the Petronas satellite team and after two spectacular seasons he made the jump to the factory team in place of legend Valentino Rossi.

In his first year with the official team, the French rider won the championship, becoming the first rider of that nationality to win the MotoGP crown.

With the announcement of the renewal of Quartararo, the market for drivers in the queen class will begin to unblock, with a large part of the grid looking for accommodation for the next course.

“I am very happy to announce to all of you that I will continue with Yamaha for two more years,” explains Fabio in the statement.

“Yamaha believed in me from the beginning, and that’s something I don’t take lightly. But with that said, this new deal was a great decision. I’m at a great point in my career, so I took a little more time time to be completely sure of my decision”, adds the Frenchman.

Now that we have officially confirmed our decision to continue on this path together, we can fully focus on the current season.

Faced with continued demands from Fabio for an effort by Yamaha to improve the bike, Lin Jarvis , team manager, assured that they are going to focus on it.

“With Fabio we know that he will always put in 100% effort, and we have assured him that Yamaha will do the same and we will invest in future developments so that together we can fight for MotoGP titles in the coming years,” said the Briton.

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