Former MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo is ready for 2022 to end already. After securing his first Premier Class title in 2021, El Diablo knew that retaining the crown in 2022 would be a dogfight. Unfortunately, the Frenchman would come up short, relinquishing the Riders Championship to Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia in the season finale at the Valencia Grand Prix.
Along with the insult of squandering a 91-point lead, Quartararo suffered several injuries throughout the latter half of the year. Following a collision with eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez at the 2022 Aragon Grand, the 23-year-old rider’s Alpinestars race suit ripped open as he slid across the tarmac. The resulting road rash on Quartararo’s chest and belly remained in sight for the remainder of the season.
