[3] He would compete in his first full-time MX2 World Championship season in 2015, being signed by the Kemea squad, who were at this point Yamaha's factory team in the MX2 class.
[4] He was a consistent top-ten rider early in the season before moving closer to the front of the pack and securing two fourth overalls in Czech Republic and Lombardia.
For the 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship season, Paturel moved to the Gebben Van Venrooy Kawasaki team.
[11] Paturel again found injury problems, struggling with knee issues picked up at the Latvian round which were then compounded by being diagnosed with Epstein Barr.
[13] In the COVID-19-hit season, Paturel managed to record a couple more top-ten race finishes before obtaining another injury, this time two fractures in his back.
[15] Paturel had more injury problems which prevented him competing in the opening part of the 2021 MXGP championship but upon his return in the latter half of the season he showed improvement, recording several top-ten finishes including a sixth in the second race at the first Trentino round.
Due to the 2021 Motocross des Nations taking place before the end of the MXGP season, Paturel was chosen to compete for the French team after several riders higher in the standings turned down the opportunity.
A final championship ranking of eleventh resulted in Paturel remaining with the De Baets squad for the following year, after initially splitting with the team in the immediate period post the season ending.