Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Marc Márquez Alentà was born on February 17, 1993, and now competes for the Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing MotoGP. Prior to 2023, he competed for Honda’s factory team, having made his MotoGP debut in 2013. Due to his height of 5′ 7″ (1.68 meters), he is known around the world as the “Ant of Cervera” and in his hometown as “el tro de Cervera,” which translates as “Thunder of Cervera.” He was born in Cervera, Catalonia, Spain. He is among the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, having won eight Grand Prix World Championships, six of which are in the class of motorcycle racing. He is one of only three riders—after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, and Valentino Rossi—to have won world championship titles in three distinct categories.
Because of his rather exaggerated turning style, which involves bending over the bike so much that it appears as though he is “in constant danger of sliding out,” Márquez is frequently regarded as one of the greatest inventors of current MotoGP racing [2].[3] Álex Márquez, the world champion in both Moto3 and Moto2 in 2014 and 2019, is his older brother.[4]
2010 saw Márquez win the 125cc World Championship, 2012 saw him win the Moto2 World Championship, 2013–2014, 2016, 2017–2018, and 2019 saw him win the MotoGP World Championship. In his first season, he became the youngest rider to win the premier class title and the first since Kenny Roberts in 1978.[1] He successfully defended his championship in 2014, winning the race with three rounds remaining[9], and going on to win 10 straight races. In 2016, at the age of 23, Márquez tied the all-time Grand Prix record for pole positions.[10] With three rounds remaining in Motegi in 2016, Márquez won the championship; in the last round of 2017, he did the same at Valencia. He later won the 2018 championship.at 2009, he secured a podium finish at Jerez as a factory KTM rider. Later, at the age of 16 years and 89 days, he achieved his maiden pole position in the French Grand Prix, making history as the youngest Spanish rider to do so in a world championship for motorcycle racing. Although he finished both races in the lead, he also claimed pole for the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix. After his maiden victory at Mugello on June 6, 2010, Márquez became the youngest rider to win four straight races with triumphs at Silverstone, Assen, and Barcelona in the next three races.[13] Derbi’s 100th Grand Prix victory came from his fifth consecutive triumph at the Sachsenring, while Márquez became the first rider since ValentinoIn the races that followed, he was less successful; at one point, he finished third in the standings behind Nicolás Terol and Pol Espargaró after getting into a collision with Randy Krummenacher at the first corner of the Aragon Grand Prix.[15] With just one round remaining, Márquez had already jumped out to a 17-point lead over Terol after four straight victories starting from Motegi. Due to rain, the race in Estoril was red-flagged, with Márquez finishing second behind Terol. Márquez had to go back to the pits after tripping during the sighting lap of the second race. Márquez began the repairs from the rear of the field because he was unable to exit the pit lane before it closed five minutes earlier.
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