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Álex Márquez Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a
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motorcycle rider from Spain racing for
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satellite team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP. He has competed in
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since the 2020 season, having previously become World Champion in the 2019 Moto2 World Championship. He also won the
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, and the 2012 CEV Moto3 season's title. Álex currently races alongside Fermín Aldeguer on the BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP team. His brother
Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He previously raced for the Ducati satellite team Gresini in 2024 and Honda's factory team from his MotoGP deb ...
also races in MotoGP and is currently on the
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team. In
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, when Marc won the premier class, and Álex won
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, they became the first pair of brothers to win world titles in motorcycle racing in the same year, a feat they would also repeat in
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, when Marc won the premier class, and Álex won
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.


Career


Early career

He began the 2010 season in the CEV Buckler 125cc championship, competing with the Monlau Competición team, along with
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and Niklas Ajo. Márquez did not participate in the opening round at
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, as he was not old enough to do so – he did not turn fourteen until five days after the event. He finished eleventh in his first start at
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, having qualified tenth. He retired at
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due to clutch problems. He added finishes of seventh and sixth at
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and Albacete, before retiring from the final two races at
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and Jerez. He finished eleventh in the final riders' championship standings. In 2011, Márquez battled with Rins for the title, with the championship honours ultimately going to Rins. Márquez won two races during the season – at Motorland Aragón and Albacete – and finished the season as runner-up, 12 points in arrears to Rins. With the championship changing to Moto3 regulations for the 2012 season, Márquez again won two races, at Albacete and
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; he won the championship with a fourth-place finish at Albacete.


Moto3 World Championship


Ambrogio Next Racing (2012)

Márquez made his world championship début as a wildcard at the
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. In difficult weather conditions, Márquez scored points with a twelfth-place finish. He also made wildcard appearances at
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and
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, scoring points on both occasions, with fifteenth and sixth respectively. After the mid-season break, Márquez moved into the series full-time from the Indianapolis Grand Prix onwards with Ambrogio Racing, replacing Simone Grotzkyj. He scored points in four of the remaining eight races, and ultimately finished the season in twentieth place in the riders' championship.


Estrella Galicia 0,0 (2013–2014)

In 2013, the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team moved to KTM machinery, with Márquez joining Rins in the team full-time. After predominantly finishing fourth or fifth in the races during the first half of the season, Márquez achieved his first podium finish at the Indianapolis Grand Prix with a second-place finish behind Rins. Márquez recorded three consecutive third-place finishes at
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, Misano and
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, before taking his first career victory at the
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. He finished the season in fourth position in the final championship standings. For
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, Márquez and Rins remained in the series and started as the championship favourites. However, in the opening third of the season, they were usurped by
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rider Jack Miller, who won three of the opening five races. Márquez took successive wins in
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and
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to reduce the deficit from 44 points to 7. Márquez started a run of five top-two finishes at the
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, including another victory at Motegi, which saw him move into the championship lead ahead over Miller and open up a 25-point gap. Despite Miller winning two of the final three races, a third-place finish at the final round in
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saw Márquez clinch the title by two points. In the process, he and brother Marc became the first brothers to win world motorcycle racing titles.


Moto2 World Championship


EG 0,0 Marc VDS (2015–2019)


=2015

= For the 2015 season, Márquez moved up to the
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World Championship with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS team and finished 14th in de standings.


=2016

= In 2016 Alex had a slightly better season and took his first Moto2 podium in the Aragon GP, ending the year in 13th.


=2017

= In 2017 was a break through year for Alex Marquez as he won his first Moto2 race at the Spanish GP, ending a much more consistent season in 4th overall,


=2018

= Alex was a followed up by another 4th place in 2018, despite not winning a race.


=2019

= Alex won the 2019 Moto2 world championship securing a double championship haul for the Marquez brothers. Alex Marquez was also the first rider to win a title in Moto3 and Moto2.


MotoGP World Championship


Repsol Honda Team (2020)

For the 2020 season, Márquez joined his brother Marc at Repsol Honda Team replacing Jorge Lorenzo who retired at the end of the 2019 MotoGP season. Márquez was unexpectedly promoted from Moto2 to MotoGP when still contracted to Marc VDS for 2020 after the retirement announcement of Lorenzo in November 2019. Moto2 contracts can be broken if the rider is offered a place in MotoGP. Márquez' old seat in Moto2 for 2020 has been taken by Spaniard
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. Marquez was dropped by Repsol Honda after the 2020 season and his spot was replaced by
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.


LCR Honda Castrol (2021–2022)

For the 2021 season Márquez joined the LCR Honda Castrol team, partnering Nakagami. For the 2022 season, Márquez was confirmed for the LCR Team.


Gresini Racing MotoGP (from 2023)

For the 2023 MotoGP season, Álex was confirmed as a rider of the Gresini Racing MotoGP team to partner
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.


Career statistics


CEV Buckler Moto3 Championship


Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Grand Prix motorcycle racing


By season


By class


Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.


References


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