Marc Marquez - Repsol Honda Team
- Rider MotoGP 2018
Racing Number 93
Rider Profile
Date of Birth 17/02/1993
Birthplace Lleida, (Catalonia) – Spain
Height 168 cm
Weight 59 kg
Hobbies Mountain Biking, Video games
First Race 1998 “Enduro per nens”
Grand Prix Debut 2008 125cc Portugal GP (KTM 125 FRR)
GPs raced 168 (46 in 125cc, 32 in Moto2, 90 in MotoGP)
GP pole positions 73 (14 in 125cc, 14 in Moto2, 45 in MotoGP)
Total GP podiums 102 (14 x 125cc, 25 x Moto2, 63 x MotoGP)
Total GP wins 61 (10 x 125cc, 16 x Moto2, 35 x MotoGP)
First GP Win 2010 125cc Italian GP (Derbi RSA 125)
World titles 6 (1 x 125cc - 2010, 1 x Moto2 - 2012, 2 x MotoGP - 2013,
2014, 2016, 2017)
Racing Career Information
1998 Beginning in Enduro
1999 Participation in the
Catalonian Enduro and Motocross Championships
2000 Runner-up at Catalonian
Motocross-Beginners
2001 Champion of Catalonia
in Motocross
2002 3rd at the Catalonian
Road Racing Championship
2003 Champion Catalonia Open
RACC 50 cc
2004 Runner-up at the
Catalonian Road Racing Championship 125 cc
2005 Champion Catalonian
Road Racing Championship 125 cc
2006 Champion Catalonian
Road Racing Championship 125 cc 8th Spanish Road Racing Championship (CEV)
2007 9th Spanish Road Racing
Championship (CEV)
2008 13th 125 cc World
Championship
2009 8th 125 cc World
Championship
2010 125 cc World Champion
2011 Runner up in Moto2
2012 Moto2 World Champion
2013 MotoGP World Champion
2014 MotoGP World Champion
2015 3rd MotoGP World
Championship
2016 MotoGP World Champion
2017 MotoGP World Champion
At the age of just 20 years 63 days in 2013 he is the youngest rider to
win a GP in the premier-class (Grand Prix of Americas - Austin - USA)
At the age of 20 years 266 days in 2013, Marquez is the youngest rider
to win the premier-class world title.
In 2014 he became the first rider to win thirteen premier-class grand
prix races in a single season.
During 2014 he became the first rider since Agostini in 1970 to win the
opening ten premier-class GP races of the season.
At the age of 21 years 237 in 2014 days he is the youngest ever rider
to win 2 consecutive premier-class World Championships
At the age of 24 years and 268 days, he is the youngest-ever rider to
win four premier-class World Championships, taking the record from Mike
Hailwood, who was 25 years and 107 days old when he won his fourth
premier-class title in 1965.
At the age of 24 years and 268 days in 2017 he is the youngest rider of
all-time to reach the milestone of six world championship titles over all
classes, taking the record from Valentino Rossi who was 25 years and 244 days
old when he won his sixth title, the 2004 MotoGP crown.
He is 1 of 4 riders in the 65 years history of GP racing to win world
titles in 3 categories, along with: Hailwood, Read and Rossi.
In the 2017 qualifying session at Valencia Marquez took his 45th pole
in MotoGP and the 73rd in his career, setting the new record in the modern era,
at just 24 years of age.
He is the first rider in the 69-year history of grand prix motorcycling
to win at least five races a season for eight years in a row
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