Fabio Quartararo will join Maverick Vinales at the Yamaha factory squad in a two-year deal covering the 2021-’22 seasons, leaving Valentino Rossi without a ride at the team. Quartararo made his mark in an extraordinary maiden MotoGP campaign last year with the Petronas SRT satellite Yamaha outfit, scorching to six pole positions and seven podium finishes across the 19-race schedule. Pressure soon mounted on Yamaha to promote Quartararo in place of the struggling Rossi amid whispers of other factories being interested in poaching the Frenchman. Vinales was confirmed for a further two years on Tuesday, and on Wednesday Yamaha confirmed that Quartararo will join from 2021 in place of...
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