Rarely do debuts come with as much expectation. Fabio Quartararo, France's teenage prodigy, has yet to clock his first world championship lap – not to mention reach the legal age to do so – and already the comparisons with MotoGP's current elite are plentiful. Just days after his Moto3 Honda team's unveiling in early March and the motorcycle press was awash with speculation surrounding the fresh-faced 15-year old. Is he France's version of Marc Marquez? Can he become the next 'alien'? Does he have what it takes to challenge for a world championship in his very first year in the class? Ludicrous questions to be asking of a rookie that won't turn sixteen until April 20th, a day after the...
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