Fabio Quartararo wins MotoGP world championship after rival crashes at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Fabio Quartararo wins MotoGP world championship after rival crashes at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Frenchman Fabio Quartararo is MotoGP world champion after his title rival crashed out of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix while leading.

He stayed in the prestigious CEV championship for a second season because he was too young for the Moto3 world championship, winning nine of the season's 11 races and finishing second in the other two.

He entered Moto3 in 2015 at the age of 15 after an exemption to the minimum age requirement of 16 was written for him, allowing the winner of the Spanish FIM CEV Moto3 championship to compete in the world series at any age

He struggled in the Moto3 and then Moto2 series, winning only one Moto2 race, before his surprise signing to Yamaha's satellite MotoGP team, Petronas SRT, for 2019

He was the standout rookie with five second places and two thirds, before winning the opening two rounds of 2020