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    Eleven-year itch: Quartararo earns Yamaha its best start since 2010

    Apr 22, 2021 4 minutes
    LEWIS DUNCAN

    MOTOGP

    ALGARVE CIRCUIT (PRT)

    18 APRIL

    ROUND 3/19

    The last time Yamaha won the opening three rounds of a MotoGP season was back in 2010. Things worked out quite well for the Japanese marque that year, as Jorge Lorenzo guided his M1 to the first of his three premier class titles.

    Whether history will repeat itself is nothing more than wishful thinking at this stage. But Fabio Quartararo is certainly going about his business so far this season in a way that suggests that a championship charge is very much on the cards.

    Quartararo’s start

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