Quartararo back at 'top level' fitness after Covid in December
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Get MotoGP news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank New factory Yamaha MotoGP team rider Fabio Quartararo has revealed he contracted Covid in December.Posting on Instagram, the young Frenchman – who won three races and led much of the 2020 world championship for the satellite Petronas team, before a late drop to eighth in the final standings – added that he is now back to ‘top level’ fitness. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fabio Quartararo (@fabioquartararo20)Valentino Rossi, the rider Quartararo is replacing at Monster Yamaha this season, is the only other MotoGP competitor known to have caught Covid to date – the Italian being forced to miss both of last season’s Aragon rounds as a result.Rossi is taking over Quartararo’s former place at the Petronas Yamaha this year.Quartararo will join Maverick Vinales in presenting the latest 2021 Factory Yamaha colours during the team’s online launch on February 15, followed by a track debut at the start of official MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar early next month.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Jack Miller: I told Marc ‘we’re in the same boat!’accImages.createImage(); FIRST LOOK: Ducati unveils 2021 livery for Jack Miller, Francesco BagnaiaThe 2021 season is then scheduled to begin, Covid restrictions permitting, with back-to-back night races at Losail starting at the end of March. The postponement of Argentina and Austin means Portimao has been parachuted in as round three. Provisional 2021 MotoGP Calendar – January UpdateRoundDateRaceCircuit128 MarchQatar (Evening race)Losail24 AprilDoha (Evening race)Losail318 AprilPortugalPortimao42 MaySpainJerez516 MayFranceLe Mans630 MayItalyMugello76 JuneCatalunyaBarcelona820 JuneGermanySachsenring927 JuneNetherlandsAssen1011 JulyFinland (Subject to homologation)KymiRing1115 AugustAustriaRed Bull Ring1229 AugustGreat BritainSilverstone1312 SeptemberAragonAragon1419 SeptemberSan Marino e Della Riviera di RiminiMisano153 OctoberJapanMotegi1610 OctoberThailandBuriram1724 OctoberAustraliaPhillip Island1831 OctoberMalaysiaSepang1914 NovemberComunitat ValencianaRicardo TormoPostponed Grands Prix: 11 AprilArgentinaTermas 18 AprilAmericasCOTAReserve Grand Prix Venues: Indonesia (Subject to homologation)Mandalika RussiaIgora Drive2021 Pre-season Testing: 5 MarchQatar Shakedown TestLosail 6-7 MarchQatar Official TestLosail 10-12 MarchQatar Official TestLosailRelated ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Suzuki MotoGP forms ‘team committee’ after Brivio exitaccImages.createImage(); Gresini ‘stable’ after ‘complicated week’ in Covid battle
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