{"id":661827,"date":"2026-05-10T12:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/661827\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:49:14","slug":"pictures-fabio-quartararo-on-track-with-special-le-mans-motogp-livery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/661827\/","title":{"rendered":"PICTURES: Fabio Quartararo on track with special Le Mans MotoGP livery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabio Quartararo took to the track in this special livery during Sunday morning\u2019s warm-up for his home French MotoGP at Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>See below for more images.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 world champion, who put the new V4-powered M1 on top of the timesheets for the first time in final practice, qualified sixth and then took the bike\u2019s best race finish so far with fifth in the Saturday Sprint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tried my best on every single lap,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911998\/fabio-quartararo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quartararo<\/a> said. \u201cWe knew that our pace was pretty strong because this morning I felt good, but we also know that during the race it&#8217;s always a bit different than in a free practice session, with more bikes close together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a great first lap in the Sprint, and we achieved a great result, and I&#8217;m super happy with how we turned our situation around from Friday to Saturday. I had the same great feeling that I had at the Jerez Test. We need to keep going like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/le-mans-sprint-top-6-marquez.png\"   type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"2026 French MotoGP Sprint lap times: Top 6 plus Marc Marquez.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.79\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>2026 French MotoGP Sprint lap times: Top 6 plus Marc Marquez.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Peter McLaren<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1312223_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Fabio Quartararo, special livery, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Fabio Quartararo, special livery, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1312226_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Fabio Quartararo, special livery, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.59\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Fabio Quartararo, special livery, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911998\/fabio-quartararo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quartararo <\/a>will start from fifth in this afternoon\u2019s grand prix, after Marc Marquez was declared unfit after yesterday\u2019s foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman\u2019s final home appearance as a Yamaha rider looks set to take place in wet conditions, with rain arriving at Le Mans shortly after Sunday\u2019s warm-up.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Quartararo &#8211; who has reverted to last year&#8217;s front wing &#8211; is expected to join Honda for the new 850cc\/Pirelli era in 2027, although the deal is still to be officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio Quartararo took to the track in this special livery during Sunday morning\u2019s warm-up for his home French&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,16230,10671,806,805,803,804,85,3561],"class_list":["post-661827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fabio-quartararo","tag-monster-energy-yamaha-motogp","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-yamaha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}