2019 Half of the MotoGP Season Delivers Surprise: Fabio Quartararo

(Fabio Quartararo Foto: Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty Images)

The 2019 MotoGP event has entered the season half of the overall race this year. Fabio Quartararo, the new kid in the highest class this time, can be shot and shocked.

The German MotoGP race last weekend was the last race of the season. In the race, Marc Marquez won as a winner, and at this time Marc confirmed his position at the top of the standings with race points 185 points in the 2019 season.

Not a surprise if Marquez stands out in the first half. Quartararo, Petronas Yamaha SRT rider, who was in the spotlight because he was able to appear okay and disrupt the hegemony of other top riders - despite the status of a new kid (rookie) in 2019 MotoGP.

Of the nine races, Quartararo has won two podiums. First when finishing second at the Catalunya MotoGP, and then won the third podium in the Dutch MotoGP. In the German series, the French rider fell.

Although his inaugural appearance at MotoGP 2019 ended finishing in 16th place in the race in Qatar, slowly but surely, Quartararo could be shot. Two podiums are the proof.

If you back a little back, precisely at the beginning of the season, Quartararo's performance is worth listening to. Because, he could even be the fastest in the MotoGP preseason test in Qatar.

Now, while Quartararo is in eighth place with 67 points, better than Mir in 13th place with 39 points, Oliveira is in 18th position with 15 points, and Bagnaia, student of Valentino Rossi, is ranked 21st with only 11 points.

Quartararo's performance proved to have provoked Marquez to comment on it. The defending champions judge, the rider born in Nice, France, April 20, 1999 it can be troublesome in the second half of the season.

"At this time all they have to beat [with Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati rider] is Yamaha, Vinales and Quartararo, in my opinion they will be the fastest in the second half of the season," said Marquez.

Well, it's interesting to wait for Quartararo's gait in the second half of Moto9 2019. Furthermore, the race will be held at Brno Circuit, Czech Republic, on 11 August.

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