JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain -- Fabio Quartararo won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday as MotoGP got its season underway amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Six-time defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez crashed hard with four laps to go and had to be carried off the track on a stretcher with an apparent arm injury. He started third but had to come from behind after losing control of his bike and avoiding an earlier crash that put him back in the pack at the beginning of the race.
The 21-year-old Quartararo, who started from pole position after a record lap at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, became the first Frenchman to win in MotoGP since Regis Laconi in 1999.