While ending a streak stretching back to 1982 for European riders, Quartararo also became one of the youngest MotoGP™ World Champions in history. At 22 years 187 days, El Diablo is the sixth youngest behind Marc Marquez (20 years 266 days), Freddie Spencer (21 years 258 days), Casey Stoner (21 years 342 days), Mike Hailwood (22 years 160 days) and John Surtees (22 years 182 days), and now younger than when Valentino Rossi (22 years 240 days), Joan Mir (23 years 75 days), Jorge Lorenzo (23 years 159 days) and Gary Hocking (23 years 316 days) claimed their first premier class crowns.