114 Facts About Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez Alenta was born on 17 February 1993 and is a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who has raced for Honda's factory team since his MotoGP debut in 2013.

Marc Marquez is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi, and is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with eight Grand Prix World Championships to his name, six of which are in the premier class.

Marc Marquez is often considered one of the greatest innovators of modern MotoGP racing, due to his comparatively exaggerated cornering technique of leaning so far over the bike, that he seems to be "in constant danger of sliding out".

Marc Marquez is the older brother of 2014 Moto3 world champion and 2019 Moto2 world champion Alex Marquez.

Marc Marquez won the 2010 125cc World Championship, the 2012 Moto2 World Championship, and the 2013,2014,2016,2017,2018 and 2019 MotoGP World Championships.

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Marc Marquez became the first rider since Kenny Roberts in 1978 to win the premier class title in his rookie season, and the youngest to secure the title overall.

Marc Marquez equalled the all-time Grand Prix record for pole positions at the age of 23 in 2016.

Marc Marquez secured the 2016 title with three rounds to spare at Motegi and sealed the title at Valencia in the final round of 2017.

Marc Marquez then went on to win the 2018 title with three races to spare and became the third highest all time Grand Prix winner.

Marc Marquez secured the 2019 title with four races to spare at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, marking his 8th World Championship and 6th in the Premier Class.

Marc Marquez missed almost all of the compressed and delayed 2020 season as well as the start of the 2021 season because of a broken right arm sustained in the 2020 season opener.

Marc Marquez achieved his first podium on 22 June 2008 at the British Grand Prix, in just his sixth race in the category, becoming the youngest Spanish rider to take a podium in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

Marc Marquez took pole for the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix but he retired from both races.

Marc Marquez was less successful in the following races, dropping to third in the standings at one point behind Nicolas Terol and Pol Espargaro after being involved in an accident with Randy Krummenacher at the first corner at the Aragon Grand Prix.

When returning to the grid for the second race, Marc Marquez fell on the sighting lap and had to return to the pits.

Marc Marquez would fall short of tying it, as he was fourth at the final race in Valencia to become the second-youngest World Champion after Loris Capirossi, winning the smallest category at just 17 years and 263 days.

Marc Marquez moved into the Moto2 class for 2011, the first of an expected two-year deal, as the sole rider of the new team Monlau Competicion, run by his manager Emilio Alzamora.

Marc Marquez finished 21st in Portugal, before taking his first victory in the class at the French Grand Prix.

At his home race in Catalonia, Marc Marquez finished second behind championship leader Stefan Bradl, before another fall at the Silverstone, having started from his first Moto2 pole position.

Marc Marquez made a mid-season surge up the championship standings, winning six of the next seven races to move within six points of Bradl in the championship standings.

At the Australian Grand Prix, Marc Marquez was involved in an incident with Ratthapark Wilairot during free practice; Marc Marquez crashed into the back of Wilairot after the session had been concluded, and for riding in an "irresponsible manner", was given a one-minute time penalty onto his qualifying time.

The penalty ensured Marc Marquez would start the race from last on the grid, but he made his way through the field, eventually finishing the race in third place.

Marc Marquez did not start the race, as he failed a medical examination prior to the warm-up on race morning.

Marc Marquez attended the final race of the season in Valencia, in the hope of being fit to compete, but withdrew due to his continued vision problems, giving Bradl the title.

In 2012, Marc Marquez won the Moto2 championship title after a season-long battle with fellow Spanish rider Pol Espargaro.

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Marc Marquez took his last victory in the class at the Valencian Grand Prix, the last event of the season, despite starting from 33rd on the grid.

Marc Marquez finished the season with nine race wins, and only finished off the podium in three races, setting records for the class that still stand.

Marc Marquez's result was enough to give Suter the constructors' title for the class.

On 12 July 2012, it was announced that Marc Marquez had signed a two-year contract with the Repsol Honda team in MotoGP, replacing the retiring Casey Stoner and joining teammate Dani Pedrosa, from 2013 onwards.

Marc Marquez tested the Honda RC213V for the first time in Valencia after the end of the 2012 championships lapping just over a second slower than his teammate and compatriot Dani Pedrosa who topped the time sheets.

Marc Marquez was again impressive during the first official MotoGP testing at Sepang where he finished the first two days of testing at third position just behind Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo and ahead of Valentino Rossi in fourth before swapping places with Rossi on the final day.

Marc Marquez did a race simulation during the closing stages of the session and his timings were consistent and phenomenal for a rookie.

Marc Marquez continued his impressive form in the private test of Honda at Austin where he topped the timesheets all three days.

Marc Marquez started the 2013 season with a podium finish in Qatar.

At the second round of the championship at the new Circuit of the Americas in Texas, Marc Marquez beat his teammate Dani Pedrosa and became the first winner at the new track.

Marc Marquez slipped during the third free practice session without getting injured or damaging his bike and eventually qualified third fastest at Jerez.

Marc Marquez finished the race in second position behind teammate Dani Pedrosa.

Marc Marquez suffered a bad start to the race and spent many laps in the lower half of the top 10 however by mid-race he began to find his rhythm and progressed forward.

Marc Marquez overtook Andrea Dovizioso with only two laps to go in the race to claim his fourth podium finish in as many races, tying Max Biaggi's record from 1998.

Marc Marquez suffered his 4th crash of the weekend with only 3 laps to go in the race; his first non-finish since joining the premier class.

At Assen, Marc Marquez suffered a huge highside in morning practice causing small fractures in the little finger of his right hand and his left big toe.

At Laguna Seca, Marc Marquez replicated the overtake that Rossi made on Casey Stoner at the same corner in 2008 to pass Rossi.

Marc Marquez won his third race of the year to extend his championship lead to 16 points over Dani Pedrosa.

At Misano, Marc Marquez was atop the standings by over half a second over Lorenzo to claim pole position.

Marc Marquez found himself 2 seconds behind Lorenzo but soon caught up with Lorenzo and eventually crossed the line over one second ahead of him to record his sixth victory of the season.

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At Phillip Island in Australia, Marc Marquez was disqualified from the race, reducing his championship lead over Lorenzo from 43 points to 18 with two rounds to go.

At Motegi, Marc Marquez recovered from a heavy fall on raceday morning to finish second behind Lorenzo.

Marc Marquez started the race on pole, but had a bad start and fell to third.

Marc Marquez then suffered a broken right leg and was unable to take part in the second Malaysian test or the Phillip Island tyre test.

Marc Marquez progressed steadily through the events practice sessions and showed strong pace on Saturday afternoon to take pole position.

Marc Marquez went on to win the next five rounds in Texas, Argentina, Spain, France, and Italy, all from pole position.

At the German Grand Prix, Marc Marquez again won the race, thereby becoming the youngest rider to win nine races in a row in the premier class.

Marc Marquez suffered his first defeat of the season at Brno, but won the following race at Silverstone, defeating Jorge Lorenzo.

Marc Marquez clinched his second title at Motegi with three rounds remaining.

At Phillip Island, Marc Marquez took his 12th pole position of the season, matching Casey Stoner's record from 2011, but he crashed out while leading the race, his first non-finish since the 2013 Italian Grand Prix.

At Sepang, Marc Marquez broke Stoner's record, with his 13th pole position of the season and his 50th Grand Prix pole position.

Marc Marquez took his 12th win of the season, matching Mick Doohan's record of most premier class victories in a single season, from 1997.

Marc Marquez's result was good enough for Honda to claim the manufacturers' championship, with a race to spare.

At the final race in Valencia, Marc Marquez broke Doohan's record, with his 13th win of the season.

Marc Marquez won the second race of the season in Texas, his third successive triumph at the Circuit of the Americas.

Marc Marquez finished second behind Jorge Lorenzo in Spain, despite riding with a fractured finger on his left hand after a dirt-track accident, a week before the race.

In France, Marc Marquez took his third pole position of the season, but dropped down to seventh place at the start.

Marc Marquez overtook Cal Crutchlow, who crashed out of the race, and on lap 22, Marquez struggled during a hard battle for fourth place with Bradley Smith and Andrea Iannone, who was riding despite his injured left shoulder, and finally Marquez finished in fourth place ahead of Iannone.

Marc Marquez failed to finish the races in Italy and Catalunya, but returned to the podium with a second-place finish at Assen, after a race-long battle with Rossi.

Marc Marquez took successive victories in Germany, and Indianapolis, before a second-place finish at Brno.

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Marc Marquez crashed out at Silverstone in wet conditions, but won at Misano.

Marc Marquez crashed out at Motorland Aragon, and a fourth-place finish in Motegi ended his hopes of retaining the title.

Marc Marquez crashed out in Malaysia after a collision with Valentino Rossi.

Marc Marquez finished second to Lorenzo in Valencia, with Lorenzo taking the world title.

Marc Marquez made it two wins in a row with a dominant performance at the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas with 6 second win over Lorenzo to claim an early championship lead.

Marc Marquez ultimately finished thirteenth following a crash with Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso in turn 7 with thirteen laps remaining in the race.

Marc Marquez said he thought it suits his riding style better and proved it by winning the race.

Marc Marquez clinched his third MotoGP title and fifth world title overall at Motegi, Japan with three rounds remaining after Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo crashed out of the race.

Marc Marquez' team created a T-shirt with the logo "Give me five" to celebrate his fifth world title overall.

Marc Marquez finished the 2016 season with a second place at the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, after struggling to get past the likes of Valentino Rossi and Andrea Iannone in the first part of the race.

Marc Marquez managed to break away from them in the second half of the race and he began cutting down the gap to the race leader Jorge Lorenzo lap by lap which proved futile as the race drew to a close with Lorenzo crossing the finish line a second ahead of him.

Marc Marquez started the 2017 season with a 4th-place finish in Qatar, followed by a crash while leading in Argentina.

Marc Marquez took his first win of the year in Texas, followed by 2nd place behind teammate Pedrosa at Jerez.

Marc Marquez finished second in Catalunya, despite suffering several crashes through practice and qualifying.

Marc Marquez then recorded another podium finish in the Netherlands, beating Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow in a close battle at the end of the race.

Marc Marquez then scored back-to-back victories in the Czech Republic, after outfoxing his rivals by pitting early for slick tires on a drying track.

Marc Marquez then suffered a rare engine failure at Silverstone, while Dovizioso took another victory, leaving the pair tied on points.

Marc Marquez then fought back by taking back-to-back wins; first in a wet race in Misano, and then at his home race at Aragon.

Marc Marquez missed out on sealing the title in Malaysia, finishing fourth while Dovizioso won, meaning the title would go to the last round in Valencia.

Marc Marquez started the race from pole, but narrowly avoided crashing after a dramatic save at turn one, dropping from 1st to 5th position.

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Marc Marquez dominated the 2018 season, in spite of the narrow time margins in the MotoGP field, increasing his number of race wins compared to the previous two championship seasons.

Marc Marquez started the year off by narrowly falling short of Andrea Dovizioso off the final corner in Qatar, before a controversial performance resulting in three penalties and causing Valentino Rossi to crash led to Marquez being stripped of a fifth-place finish in Argentina.

Marc Marquez followed that win up by winning at Jerez, surviving a high-speed slide following gravel on the track following a crash for Thomas Luthi.

Marc Marquez finished third in the Czech event, whereas he narrowly lost to Jorge Lorenzo on the final lap in Austria.

Marc Marquez sealed the championship after three successive hard-fought wins in duels with Dovizioso.

The races at Aragon, Thailand and Japan all had in common that Dovizioso led from early in the race, until Marc Marquez made successful late passes and held the Italian rider off.

In Malaysia, he started on seventh place, but took a ninth victory after race leader Valentino Rossi crashed out in a close battle with Marc Marquez, who had chased him down to just a few tenths of a second, finishing only in 18th place.

Recovering from a shoulder surgery, Marc Marquez had a compromised pre-season, but still managed to take the Qatar opener to the final corner, where he ultimately fell short to Dovizioso for a second consecutive time.

Marc Marquez avenged the crash by reclaiming the title lead with a composed win at Jerez, where he led from start to finish.

Marc Marquez then won in France, pulling away after an early fight for position up front with Jack Miller.

Marc Marquez further increased his title lead through a second-place finish at Assen, where he finished second behind Maverick Vinales, who was 100 points adrift in the standings going into the race, whereas the closer title rivals all had difficult races.

Marc Marquez fully dominated the Sachsenring round for his tenth consecutive win in all categories on the circuit, sealing his fifth win of the season and a commanding title lead over the summer break.

Marc Marquez took his 50th career MotoGP win at the Czech round after a pole position by 2.

Marc Marquez won his 6th premier class championship and 8th world championship after winning a last lap battle with Fabio Quartararo in the 2019 Thailand MotoGP at the Buriram International Circuit.

Marc Marquez closed out the season in commanding fashion, winning three of the four final races after his championship had been sealed.

Marc Marquez recovered to finish second in the race, but required post-season surgery once more.

Marc Marquez ended the season with 12 wins and 420 points, placing him 151 points ahead of Andrea Dovizioso.

Marc Marquez returned to Jerez for the Andalucia GP, only a few days after his first surgery, on 21 July 2020, to repair his broken humerus.

Marc Marquez participated in FP4 of the Saturday of the race weekend, only to declare that he had too much pain in his recently injured arm.

Marc Marquez withdrew from the GP, as Quartararo went on to win again.

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Marc Marquez missed the rest of the year, and the first two races of the next season.

Marc Marquez followed this up with two point scoring finishes in Assen and Austria, a 2nd place in Aragon, a 4th place in Rimini, and then consecutive wins at Austin and Misano.

Marc Marquez still ended the year with four podiums, three of which were victories, 142 points, and 7th in the rider's championship.

Marc Marquez was replaced for all races by Honda test rider Stefan Bradl.

Marc Marquez' father Julia has followed him around the world in his team garage and is a permanent fixture in the Grand Prix paddock, while his mother's appearances are rarer.

Marc Marquez's younger brother Alex Marquez is a motorcycle racing world champion, having won the Moto3 class in 2014 and the Moto2 class in 2019.

Five years earlier, Marc Marquez jokingly referred to him preferring bikes over girls in a 2014 interview, but conceded it was a "difficult question" and added that in spite of him being unafraid on a bike, he'd never go out on a boat at sea.

Marc Marquez was in a relationship with Blanco Romero's daughter Lucia Romero Ezama.

Marc Marquez is a fan of football club FC Barcelona, and has visited the club and its first team in the past.