Currently 25 years old, Fabio Quartararo knows he will be in MotoGP at least until 2026. However, in the long term, he does not envision having as lengthy a career as some other riders in the sport’s history – using Aleix Espargaró as an example, who announced his retirement after this season.
The Frenchman told Crash.net: ‘I don’t plan to stay until 35. It’s already more than 20 years that I’ve been on a motorcycle. Even if it’s not on a MotoGP bike. I’ve done it all my life’.
While acknowledging that he might change his mind, Quartararo emphasized that he dislikes the constant travel that comes with being in MotoGP: ‘Maybe I’ll arrive to 30 and say I want to continue more and more and more! But to be honest all the travel is something that I don’t really like’.
The 2021 champion added: ‘I think it’s important to know when to stop. What Aleix has done, to say he will retire and the next day finishes first – I will say «chapeau» to him and I think he is an example. And for me this is the reason I believe that I will not continue until 35 years old’.