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Why a MotoGP title chaser 'doesn't care' about the 2020 championship

Fabio Quartararo's San Marino GP crash knocked him off the MotoGP championship lead. But, as he explains to Autosport, the literal bump in the road won't force him into a different approach for this weekend's second Misano race at the Emilia Romagna GP

All through 2019, Fabio Quartararo marked himself as a title protagonist for this season with his incredible performances on his 'B-spec' Petronas SRT-run Yamaha. Guiding his bike to seven podiums and six pole positions in a stunning rookie season, he had the established frontrunners worried.

And, when Marc Marquez was ruled out with a broken arm after a crash in July's Spanish Grand Prix, the rider the reigning world champion pegged as a definite title threat after their duel for victory in last year's San Marino GP stepped up to the plate. After taking his maiden win in the Spanish GP, Quartararo dominated the Andalusian GP at Jerez the following week.

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