As per tradition, the reigning world champion in motorsports is entitled to the iconic number 1 to be highlighted on the nose of the car or on the fairing of his motorcycle. But over the years there have been many world champions on the two and four wheels who have chosen to keep their historic number, just think of Valentino Rossi’s ’46’ or Lewis Hamilton’s ’44’ (only in 2009 the British used 1). Narrowing the magnifying glass to MotoGP, the first not to wear the award dedicated to the winners was Barry Sheene and in the current season Suzuki’s Joan Mir has kept his ’36’.
The last to bring the 1 to the windshield was in 2012 Casey Stoner on his Honda and the Australian will keep this curious record also in 2022, because Fabio Quartararo he assured that he will continue with his beloved 20. “It is the number with which I started and with which I intend to end my career“, Assured the Yamaha rider to his compatriots from Canal +, indicating an illustrious colleague as a model: “For me the example is Valentino Rossi, he has won nine times and has never chosen number 1. It is not even worth discussing.“. Quartararo uses the 20 as a tribute to his day of birth, and showed humility in the reasons for the renunciation: “They are far from being the benchmark of the category. There are many strong riders ”.
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