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
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
's
factory team from his MotoGP debut in 2013 until 2023. Born in
Cervera
Cervera () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. The title Comte de Cervera is a courtesy title, formerly part of the Crown of Aragon, that has been revived for Leonor ...
,
Catalonia
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, Spain, he is nicknamed the 'Ant of Cervera' worldwide (due to his height of ), and 'el tro de Cervera' in his hometown, meaning the 'Thunder of Cervera'. He is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after
Mike Hailwood
Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from to , and Formula One between and . Nicknamed "the Bike", Hailwood was ...
,
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. Márquez became the third Spaniard after
Àlex Crivillé
Àlex Crivillé Tapias (born 4 March 1970) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer. In 1992 he became the first Spaniard to win a 500cc Grand Prix and, in 1999 he became the first Spaniard ...
and
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
to win the premier class title, and is the most successful Spanish rider in MotoGP to date with 66 wins, most recently the 2025 Aragon Grand Prix. In 2013 he became the first rider since
Kenny Roberts in to win the premier class title in his first season, and the youngest to win the title overall, at 20 years and 266 days of age.
Márquez 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". He is the older brother of 2014 Moto3 world champion and 2019 Moto2 world champion
Álex Márquez.
Márquez won the
125cc World Championship,
the
Moto2 World Championship, and the , , , , and
MotoGP World Championships. He became the first rider since
Kenny Roberts in to win the premier class title in his rookie season, and the youngest to secure the title overall.
In 2014 he defended his title, winning the championship with three rounds to spare,
during which he won ten consecutive races. Márquez equalled the all-time Grand Prix record for
pole position
In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the ra ...
s at the age of 23 in 2016. Márquez secured the 2016 title with three rounds to spare at
Motegi and sealed the title at
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
in the final round of 2017. He then went on to win the title with three races to spare and became the third highest all time Grand Prix winner. He 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. Márquez missed almost all of the compressed and delayed season (he completed 26 laps of the first race, before falling) as well as the start of the 2021 season because of a broken right arm sustained in the 2020 season opener. After returning in the season, he won three races in
Germany
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,
Austin
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Common meanings
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* Austin Motor Company, a British car manufac ...
,
Misano, and had a further 2nd place in
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
, but due to him missing the opening two, and the last two races of the season, only finished 7th overall.
Career
125cc World Championship
Born in
Cervera
Cervera () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. The title Comte de Cervera is a courtesy title, formerly part of the Crown of Aragon, that has been revived for Leonor ...
,
Catalonia
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, Spain, Márquez made his championship debut on 13 April 2008 at the 125cc
2008 Portuguese Grand Prix at the age of 15 years and 56 days. Márquez achieved his first podium on 22 June 2008 at the
British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor racing event organised in the United Kingdom by Motorsport UK. First held by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1926 British Grand Prix, 1926, the British Grand Prix has been held annually since 1948 ...
, in just his sixth race in the category, becoming the youngest Spanish rider to take a podium in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

For 2009, as a factory KTM rider, he scored another podium with his 3rd place at Jerez, before achieving his first pole position at the
French Grand Prix at the age of 16 years and 89 days, becoming the youngest Spanish rider to take pole position in a motorcycle racing world championship. He also took pole for the
2009 Malaysian Grand Prix but he retired from both races. His first win came on 6 June 2010 at
Mugello, and further victories at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
,
Assen
Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...
and
Barcelona
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in the next three races made Márquez the youngest rider to win four successive races. His fifth win in succession at the
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
was
Derbi's 100th victory in Grand Prix racing, and Márquez became the first rider since
Valentino Rossi in to win five successive races in 125cc racing.
He was less successful in the following races, dropping to third in the standings at one point behind
Nicolás Terol and
Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (; born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 rode in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development ...
after being involved in an accident with
Randy Krummenacher at the first corner at the
Aragon Grand Prix. Four successive wins from
Motegi onwards had moved Márquez into a 17-point lead over Terol with only one round to go. At
Estoril
Estoril () is a town in the civil parish of Cascais e Estoril of the Portuguese Municipality of Cascais, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a popular tourist destination, with hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numero ...
, the race was red-flagged due to rain with Márquez running second to Terol. When returning to the grid for the second race, Márquez fell on the sighting lap and had to return to the pits. With repairs, Márquez started at the back of the field having not made it out of the pit lane before it closed five minutes prior to the start. Despite this, Márquez recovered to win the race and thus extend his lead before the Valencia finale. His tenth victory of the season moved him to within one of tying the record set by Rossi in 1997. He would fall short of tying it, as he was fourth at the final race in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
to become the second-youngest World Champion after
Loris Capirossi
Loris Capirossi (born 4 April 1973) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, currently serving as Safety Advisor to Dorna Sports, the commercial rights holder of Grand Prix motorcycle racing.
He is a 9-time Premier Class race w ...
, winning the smallest category at just 17 years and 263 days.
Moto2 World Championship

Márquez moved into the Moto2 class for , the first of an expected two-year deal, as the sole rider of the new team Monlau Competición, run by his manager
Emilio Alzamora. He finished 21st in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
, before taking his first victory in the class at the
French Grand Prix. At his home race in
Catalonia
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, Márquez finished second behind championship leader
Stefan Bradl, before another fall at the
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
, having started from his first Moto2 pole position. With Bradl taking his fourth victory in the first six races, Márquez trailed him by 82 points at the end of the weekend. Márquez 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. In the
Japanese Grand Prix, Márquez took his seventh pole position of the season but finished second to
Andrea Iannone, but that finish combined with a fourth place for Bradl, allowed Márquez to take the championship lead by a point. At the
Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual Formula One motor racing event, taking place in Melbourne, Victoria. The event is contracted to be held at least until 2035. One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Gran ...
, Márquez was involved in an incident with
Ratthapark Wilairot during free practice; Márquez 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 Márquez would start the race from last on the grid, but he made his way through the field, eventually finishing the race in third place. Prior to the
Malaysian Grand Prix, Márquez confirmed that he would remain in Moto2 for the 2012 season, after rumours of a move into the MotoGP class. Márquez's race weekend was hampered in the opening minutes of the first free practice session, as he crashed on a damp patch of asphalt. After sitting out two further practice sessions, Márquez completed two laps in the qualifying session, but his times were only good enough for 36th on the grid. He did not start the race, as he failed a medical examination prior to the warm-up on race morning. Márquez attended the final race of the season in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, in the hope of being fit to compete, but withdrew due to his continued vision problems, giving Bradl the title.
In 2012, Márquez won the Moto2 championship title after a season-long battle with fellow Spanish rider
Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (; born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 rode in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development ...
. A 3rd place for Márquez at the Australian Grand Prix, despite a win for Espargaró was enough to give him his second world title, before moving into the premier class for the season. He 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. This performance, which involved overtaking 20 bikes on the first lap alone, became the biggest comeback in the sport's history. He finished the season with nine race wins, and only finished off the podium in three races, setting records for the class that still stand. Márquez's result was enough to give
Suter the constructors' title for the class.
MotoGP World Championship
Repsol Honda Team (2013–2023)
On 12 July 2012, it was announced that Márquez had signed a two-year contract with the
Repsol Honda
Honda HRC Castrol is the official factory team of the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (World Championship road racing), formally backed by principal sponsor Repsol for 30 years until the end of 2024 ...
team in MotoGP, replacing the retiring
Casey Stoner
Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a tit ...
and joining teammate
Dani Pedrosa
Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is a ...
, from onwards.
Márquez 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. Márquez 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
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
and ahead of
Valentino Rossi in fourth before swapping places with Rossi on the final day. Márquez also did a race simulation during the closing stages of the session and his timings were consistent and phenomenal for a rookie. Márquez continued his impressive form in the private test of Honda at Austin where he topped the timesheets all three days.
= 2013
=
Márquez started the
2013 season with a podium finish in
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...
. He qualified sixth and eventually finished third behind Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. At the second round of the championship at the new
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Pr ...
in
Texas
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, Márquez beat his teammate Dani Pedrosa and became the first winner at the new track. In doing this Márquez became the youngest ever MotoGP race winner at , beating
Freddie Spencer's 30-year-old record.
Márquez slipped during the third free practice session without getting injured or damaging his bike and eventually qualified third fastest at
Jerez. Márquez finished the race in second position behind teammate Dani Pedrosa. At
Le Mans
Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...
, Márquez took the second pole of his short MotoGP career, 0.03 seconds ahead of Lorenzo. Márquez 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. Márquez 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
Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in Superbike Wor ...
's record from . Márquez endured a tough weekend at
Mugello. After crashing his Repsol Honda on Friday morning Márquez crashed again on Friday afternoon, he had a third crash on Saturday morning practice but recovered to qualify on the second row for the race. He 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
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Márquez finished the race in 3rd place. At
Assen
Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...
, Márquez suffered a huge highside in morning practice causing small fractures in the little finger of his right hand and also his left big toe. He finished the race in 3rd place. At
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
, following injuries to main rivals Pedrosa and Lorenzo, Márquez took his 3rd MotoGP pole position. After an average start he worked his way to the front to lead by the end of lap five and was never again headed despite a strong late race charge from Cal Crutchlow to win by 1.5 seconds. At
Laguna Seca
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, Márquez replicated the overtake that Rossi made on Casey Stoner at the same corner in 2008 to pass Rossi. He won his third race of the year to extend his championship lead to 16 points over Dani Pedrosa.
At
Indianapolis
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, Márquez grabbed pole position by 0.5 seconds from Jorge Lorenzo. In the race Márquez made an average get away and dropped behind Lorenzo and Pedrosa. On lap 12 Márquez passed Lorenzo for the lead. Lorenzo and Pedrosa were able to keep pace with Márquez for a few laps but in the final few the gap opened and Márquez took his 4th win of the year by just over 3 seconds. At
Brno
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, the race saw an intense battle between Márquez and Lorenzo. Lorenzo made a great start off the line and led the race at the first corner. The pair proceeded to swap places on various occasions, with the final pass coming at Turn 3 with just under four laps to go; Márquez became the first rider to win four consecutive races since Valentino Rossi in 2008.

At
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
, during Sunday morning warm up, Márquez crashed his bike and dislocated his shoulder. The race was a fight between Márquez and Lorenzo in the early laps as they pulled away from the field. In the final laps the two front runners traded places and paint; Márquez passed Lorenzo with only a few corners remaining but was repassed and Márquez finished second. At
Misano, Márquez was atop the standings once again by over half a second over Lorenzo to claim pole position. Márquez finished the race in second place behind Lorenzo. At
Aragon
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, Márquez started from pole for the seventh time in 2013. Again Márquez lost the lead to Lorenzo in the first corner. Márquez 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. With four races left, Márquez had 278 points, 39 ahead of second-place Lorenzo.
At
Sepang, Márquez took his fourth consecutive pole position. In the race Márquez made another poor start and was fighting with Rossi for third and fourth places in the first laps of the race. Márquez finished the race in second place. At
Phillip Island
Phillip Island (Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung: ''Corriong'', ''Worne'' or ''Millowl'') is an Australian island about south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The island is named after Arthur Phillip, Governor Arthur P ...
in Australia, Márquez was disqualified from the race, reducing his championship lead over Lorenzo (who won) from 43 points to 18 with two rounds to go. At
Motegi, Márquez recovered from a heavy fall on raceday morning to finish second behind Lorenzo. The result trimmed his championship lead to 13 points, meaning a fourth-place finish at
Valencia
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would be sufficient to crown him champion even if Lorenzo won. Márquez started the race on pole, but had a bad start and fell to third. Márquez then let Dani Pedrosa do most of the early attacking on Jorge Lorenzo; Lorenzo then pushed on after a scare to win the race, Pedrosa and Márquez came second and third respectively, which was enough for Márquez to become champion, the youngest in series history.
= 2014
=
The 2014 season started well for Márquez producing fastest times on all three days of the first Malaysian test. He then suffered a broken right leg and was unable to take part in the second Malaysian test or the Phillip Island tyre test.
The first race of the season was held at
Losail in Qatar. Márquez progressed steadily through the events practice sessions and showed strong pace on Saturday afternoon to take pole position. During the race he made an average start dropping to 4th place on lap one, Márquez gradually worked his way to the front of the race and enduring a tense battle with Valentino Rossi for the second half of the race, ultimately winning by 0.259 seconds. He also went on to win the next five rounds in
Texas
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,
Argentina
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,
Spain
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,
France
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, and
Italy
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, all from pole position.
At the
Catalan Grand Prix, Márquez failed to take pole position – qualifying third after crashing during the session – but after holding off attacks from teammate Pedrosa, and Yamaha pairing
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
and Rossi, Márquez was able to win his seventh consecutive race, extending his championship lead to 58 over Rossi. With younger brother
Álex winning the earlier Moto3 race, the Márquez brothers became the first siblings to win Grand Prix world championship races on the same day. The brothers repeated the feat at the
Dutch TT
The Dutch Tourist Trophy, also known as the ''TT Assen'', and also sometimes known as the Dutch Motorcycle Grand Prix, is an annual Dutch motorsport event established in 1925 for road racing motorcycles held on the TT Circuit Assen, also known ...
two weeks later. At the
German Grand Prix
The German Grand Prix () was a motor race that took place most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held. The race has been held at only three venues throughout its history: the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hockenheimring in B ...
, Márquez again won the race, thereby becoming the youngest rider to win nine consecutive races in the premier class.
With a tenth successive victory coming at
Indianapolis
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, Márquez became the third rider to achieve such a feat in the premier class, after
Mick Doohan
Michael Sydney Doohan ( ; born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions, World Champion, who won five consecutive List of 500cc/Mo ...
and
Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini (; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and racing team manager. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1963 to 1977, most prominently as a member of ...
.
Márquez suffered his first defeat of the season at
Brno
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, but won the following race at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
, defeating
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
. At
Misano, Márquez crashed while battling for the race lead with
Valentino Rossi; he remounted and – with a last-lap retirement for
Aleix Espargaró – was able to score one championship point. Márquez and Pedrosa crashed in heavy rain late in the race at
Aragon
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and finished 13th and 14th, with Lorenzo winning his first race of the year after he stopped earlier from third position to change to his wet-setup motorcycle. Márquez clinched his second title at
Motegi with three rounds remaining.
At
Phillip Island
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, Márquez took his 12th pole position of the season, matching
Casey Stoner
Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a tit ...
's record from
2011
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, but he crashed out while leading the race, his first non-finish since the
2013 Italian Grand Prix. At
Sepang, Márquez broke Stoner's record, with his 13th pole position of the season and his 50th Grand Prix pole position. He took his 12th win of the season, matching
Mick Doohan
Michael Sydney Doohan ( ; born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions, World Champion, who won five consecutive List of 500cc/Mo ...
's record of most premier class victories in a single season, from
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
. Márquez's result was also good enough for
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
to claim the manufacturers' championship, with a race to spare. At the final race in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, Márquez broke Doohan's record, with his 13th win of the season.
= 2015
=
The 2015 MotoGP season started off with Márquez, once again, being the favourite to take the Championship, but he started slowly with a fifth-place finish in
Qatar
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, after a mistake at Turn 1 dropped him to the back of the 25-rider field. He won the second race of the season in
Texas
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, his third successive triumph at the
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Pr ...
.
In
Argentina
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, Márquez, started from pole position, and then led the race with a maximum lead of four seconds. However,
Valentino Rossi closed the gap and on lap 22 caught up to Márquez. The two riders made contact at Turn 5 with two laps remaining, with Márquez crashing out of the race to record his first non-finish since the
2014 Australian Grand Prix. He finished second behind
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
in
Spain
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, despite riding with a fractured finger on his left hand after a dirt-track accident, a week before the race. In
France
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, Márquez took his third pole position of the season, but dropped down to seventh place at the start. He overtook
Cal Crutchlow, who crashed out of the race, and on lap 22, Márquez struggled during a hard battle for fourth place with
Bradley Smith and
Andrea Iannone, who was riding despite his injured left shoulder, and finally Márquez finished in fourth place ahead of Iannone.
Márquez failed to finish the races in
Italy
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and
Catalunya, but returned to the podium with a second-place finish at
Assen
Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...
, after a race-long battle with Rossi. Márquez took successive victories in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, and
Indianapolis
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, before a second-place finish at
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
. Márquez crashed out at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
in wet conditions, but won at
Misano. Márquez crashed out at
Motorland Aragon, and a fourth-place finish in
Motegi ended his hopes of retaining the title. In his 130th start, Márquez achieved his 50th Grand Prix win – becoming the ninth rider to reach that mark, and the youngest to do so, at – with a final-lap pass on Lorenzo at the
Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual Formula One motor racing event, taking place in Melbourne, Victoria. The event is contracted to be held at least until 2035. One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Gran ...
. Márquez crashed out in
Malaysia
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after a collision with
Valentino Rossi. The incident was reviewed by Race Direction after the race, where Rossi was given three penalty points – enough to enforce a start from the back of the grid for the final race in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
. Márquez finished second to Lorenzo in Valencia, with Lorenzo taking the world title.
= 2016
=
Having started off the year with a third in
Qatar
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and a win in flag to flag
Argentina
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due to tyre problems. Márquez made it two wins in a row with a dominant performance at the
Grand Prix of the Americas in
Texas
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with 6 second win over Lorenzo to claim an early championship lead. The first European race was held in Jerez in Spain was the first real test of Márquez' new mentality of patience and he proved it by finishing third in his home Grand Prix behind Yamaha men Rossi and Lorenzo.
Le Mans
Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...
was not a good race for Márquez, as his Honda suffered from a lack of acceleration leading him to push in the braking zones to try remain in the podium battle. He ultimately finished thirteenth following a crash with
Ducati
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History
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's
Andrea Dovizioso in turn 7 with thirteen laps remaining in the race.
After the bad result in
France
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, Márquez and his team worked to improve the results and maintain the leadership. Their work gave them three second places in the next three races, the
Italian Grand Prix
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,
Spanish Grand Prix
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, and
Dutch TT
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and first place in
GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at the
Sachsenring
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.
After these four good results, he slowed down with a fifth position at the
Red Bull Ring
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Austria, Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from t ...
in
Austria
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, followed by a third position in
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
and two fourth positions at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
and
Misano. But then came the
Aragon Grand Prix which Márquez felt really comfortable in. He said he thought it suits his riding style better and proved it by winning the race.
Márquez 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. Márquez' team created a T-shirt with the logo "Give me five" to celebrate his fifth world title overall. The 3 last races had been at Australia, Malaysia and Valencia. At the
Australian Grand Prix
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he crashed out of the race while leading, he then crashed while chasing the leading trio at the
Malaysian Grand Prix in tricky wet conditions but remounted the bike and finished in 11th position adding 5 more points to his points tally.
Márquez 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. Márquez 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
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
lap by lap which proved futile as the race drew to a close with Lorenzo crossing the finish line a second ahead of him.
= 2017
=
Márquez started the
2017 season with a 4th-place finish in
Qatar
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, followed by a crash while leading in Argentina. He took his first win of the year in Texas, followed by 2nd place behind teammate Pedrosa at Jerez. He then suffered a second crash of the season in France, followed by a disappointing 6th-place finish at Mugello, struggling in both races with the Honda's lack of acceleration off the corners. He finished second in Catalunya, despite suffering several crashes through practice and qualifying. He then recorded another podium finish in the Netherlands, beating
Andrea Dovizioso and
Cal Crutchlow in a close battle at the end of the race.
However, from then onwards fortunes started to swing in Márquez' favor, taking his eighth consecutive victory at the
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
in Germany, at the same time taking the lead of the championship. He then scored back-to-back victories in the Czech Republic, after outfoxing his rivals by pitting early for slick tires on a drying track. A week later in Austria he narrowly lost out to Dovizioso in a thrilling race. He then suffered a rare engine failure at
Silverstone
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, while Dovizioso took another victory, leaving the pair tied on points. He then fought back by taking back-to-back wins; first in a wet race in Misano, and then at his home race at Aragón. In Japan, he was again beaten in a last lap fight by Dovizioso, in a similar situation to Austria, but won a week later in Australia, in what many felt was one of the greatest races in recent years, while Dovizioso finished 13th after running off track. Márquez missed out on sealing the title in Malaysia, finishing fourth while Dovizioso won, meaning the title would go to the last round in Valencia. Márquez started the race from pole, but narrowly avoided crashing after a dramatic save at turn one, dropping from 1st to 5th position. However, moments later Dovizioso crashed at turn eight, immediately handing Márquez his 6th world title.
= 2018
=
Márquez 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. He started the year off by narrowly falling short of
Andrea Dovizioso off the final corner in
Qatar
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, before a controversial performance resulting in three penalties and causing
Valentino Rossi to crash led to Márquez being stripped of a fifth-place finish in
Argentina
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. Following a grid penalty of three positions for impeding
Maverick Viñales
Maverick Viñales Ruiz (; born 12 January 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2013 Moto3 World Championship. After five seasons as a MotoGP f ...
costing Márquez pole position in the
United States
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.
Márquez followed that win up by winning at
Jerez, surviving a high-speed slide following gravel on the track following a crash for
Thomas Lüthi. He also scored another win at
Le Mans
Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...
. Both wins were his first on the respective circuits for four years and gave him a commanding championship lead. Due to a crash at
Mugello that lead dropped, before a 2nd-place finish in
Catalonia
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, and wins at
Assen
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and
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
led to the commanding advantage being restored. The Sachsenring was among his most hard-fought in terms of his nine wins on the track, while he led a massive pack at Assen.
After the summer break,
Ducati
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy.
History
Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called ...
won successive races at
Brno
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and in
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
. Márquez finished third in the Czech event, whereas he narrowly lost to
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
on the final lap in Austria. With the Brno race winner Dovizioso finishing third in Austria, the championship lead remained strong. Following the
British
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event being cancelled due to dangerous track conditions, Ducati took the third consecutive win at
Misano with Dovizioso leading Márquez across the line.
Márquez sealed the championship after three successive hard-fought wins in duels with Dovizioso. The races at
Aragon
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,
Thailand
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and
Japan
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all had in common that Dovizioso led from early in the race, until Márquez made successful late passes and held the Italian rider off. In Japan, Dovizioso fell on the penultimate lap trying to catch Márquez to attempt a re-pass, which left him without points and sealed Márquez' title once he dropped back out of the points, with Márquez cruising home for his third consecutive win and eighth overall. With three rounds to spare, Márquez reached his fifth overall MotoGP title, and sealed a third title in a row, the first rider to do so since
Valentino Rossi won five in a row in the early 2000s.
He qualified on pole position in
Australia
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, but in lap 7 he was overtaken by
Andrea Dovizioso and
Jack Miller, and three laps later the rear end of Márquez' bike was struck by
Johann Zarco, which caused Zarco to crash and Márquez seat to malfunction, ending his race. In
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
, he started on seventh place, but took a ninth victory after race leader
Valentino Rossi crashed out in a close battle with Márquez, who had chased him down to just a few tenths of a second, finishing only in 18th place. However, at the final race of the season at
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, he crashed out of the race having chosen harder wet tyres than the opposition on the soaked track.
At the end of the season, Márquez' MotoGP victory total, 44, placed him in the top five in wins all time and second for Honda in the premier class.
= 2019
=
Recovering from a shoulder surgery, Márquez had a compromised pre-season, but still managed to take the
Qatar
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opener to the final corner, where he ultimately fell short to Dovizioso for a second consecutive time. In
Argentina
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, Márquez completely dominated the race from start to finish, cruising to victory with a sizeable margin. While leading in the
United States
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for a seventh consecutive season, Márquez suddenly crashed out, attributed to a problem with the engine brake in heavy braking zones. Márquez avenged the crash by reclaiming the title lead with a composed win at
Jerez, where he led from start to finish. He then won in
France
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, pulling away after an early fight for position up front with
Jack Miller.
After having to settle for second at
Mugello in a three-man battle with
Ducati
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History
Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called ...
duo
Danilo Petrucci, who won the race and Dovizioso, Márquez narrowly escaped the pile-up triggered by
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...
losing the front end at the hairpin in
Barcelona
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on the second lap through having overtaken Dovizioso seconds before the impact (involving Vinales, Dovizioso and lastly, Valentino Rossi, all fell in the same accident). With his four closest rivals being taken out at once, Márquez controlled the race and won with a sizeable margin, his second career win at his home region's Grand Prix. He further increased his title lead through a second-place finish at
Assen
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, where he finished second behind
Maverick Viñales
Maverick Viñales Ruiz (; born 12 January 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2013 Moto3 World Championship. After five seasons as a MotoGP f ...
, who was 100 points adrift in the standings going into the race, whereas the closer title rivals all had difficult races. Márquez fully dominated the
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
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.
Márquez took his 50th career MotoGP win at the
Czech
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round after a pole position by 2.5 seconds in tricky half-wet conditions and leading the race from start to finish.
Márquez won his 6th premier class championship and 8th world championship after winning a last lap battle with
Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Alain Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Yamaha Motor Racing, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP Wor ...
in the 2019 Thailand MotoGP at the Buriram International Circuit. Márquez closed out the season in commanding fashion, winning three of the four final races after his championship had been sealed. In the penultimate round, however, he did injure his other shoulder in qualifying. He recovered to finish second in the race, but required post-season surgery once more. Márquez ended the season with 12 wins and 420 points, placing him 151 points ahead of
Andrea Dovizioso. This meant Márquez had more than six race wins worth of points championship margin.
= 2020
=
In the pre-season, Márquez signed a new four-year deal with Honda, extending his stay with the marque until the end of 2024.
This unusually long contract took Márquez out of the market for the normal bi-annual contract cycle, and also for the 2023 season.
In the first round of the championship in Jerez, he fell off his bike while chasing
Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Alain Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Yamaha Motor Racing, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP Wor ...
for the lead of the race. The fall broke the
humerus
The humerus (; : humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. It connects the scapula and the two bones of the lower arm, the radius (bone), radius and ulna, and consists of three sections. The humeral upper extrem ...
in his right arm and he did not finish the race, which was won by Quartararo. Márquez returned to Jerez for the Andalucía GP, only a few days after his first surgery, on 21 July 2020, to repair his broken humerus. He participated in FP4 of the Saturday of the race weekend, only to declare that he had too much pain in his recently injured arm. He withdrew from the GP, as Quartararo went on to win again. Márquez missed the rest of the year, and the first two races of the next season.
= 2021
=
Márquez was expected to make his return in 2021. After missing the opening two races held in Qatar, he announced his return ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix in Portimão, ending in a seventh place, taking nine points. After a ninth-place finish in Jerez, Márquez suffered three consecutive DNFs (including one in Le Mans, where he had found himself leading the race in rainy conditions). For the German Grand Prix, Márquez qualified on the second row. In the race, he got into the lead in the early laps and held onto it, to take his first win in 581 days, and his 11th consecutive win at the Sachsenring. Márquez followed this up with two point scoring finishes in Assen and Austria, a 2nd place in Aragón, a 4th place in Rimini, and then consecutive wins at
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and
Misano. Despite his two wins, he was eliminated from the championship contention, and so he sat out the final two races of the season in Portimao and Valencia, choosing to focus on the total rehabilitation for next season. Márquez still ended the year with four podiums, three of which were victories, 142 points, and 7th in the rider's championship. During the 2021 season he crashed a total of 22 times in 14 races.
= 2022
=
At the first race of the season at
Losail, Márquez finished in fifth place.
During practice for the second GP of the season, the Indonesian Grand Prix at
Mandalika, Márquez crashed three times in practice. After a fourth crash, a violent
highside during a warm-up session prior to the race, he was rushed to hospital. He was uninjured but declared unfit for the race. After further checks in Spain he was diagnosed with
diplopia
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, a condition he had suffered with before. His absence from the third race of the season, the Argentine Grand Prix, was covered by Honda test rider
Stefan Bradl. Márquez was later sidelined indefinitely beginning with the Catalan round, after having a fourth surgery on his right humerus at the
Mayo Clinic
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to correct a 30-degree rotation of the bone. He was replaced for all races by Honda test rider
Stefan Bradl. Despite missing 5 of 11 races, Márquez remained the top Honda rider in the standings going into the season's summer break. Márquez returned to racing at the
Aragon Grand Prix, but championship leader Fabio Quartararo crashed into the back of Márquez, taking Quartararo out of the race, followed by Marquez colliding with Takaaki Nakagami due to Quartararo's bodywork trapped in a wheel, both retiring. A week later he would achieve the 91st pole position of his career at the
Japanese Grand Prix in wet conditions, after almost three years without a pole. He finished the race in 4th. He would later achieve the feat of 100 podiums in the premier class at the
Australian Grand Prix, taking Honda's second podium of the year.
= 2023
=
Márquez stayed with the
Repsol Honda
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team for the 2023 season. At the opening race in Portugal, he took pole position and a 3rd-place finish in the first ever MotoGP Sprint Race. However, in the main race, he crashed into
Miguel Oliveira, receiving a contentious penalty that the Honda team challenged. Márquez was injured ruling him out of competing at the second race in Argentina, and the third in the United States. Márquez missed the fourth race in Spain, where his race-slot was taken over by
Iker Lecuona as a nominated replacement rider.
Márquez' penalty was unable to be imposed due to his non-appearance at races, and was referred to the MotoGP Court of Appeal, after which it was delayed.
The Court of Appeal rejected the race organiser's attempts to impose a sanction on Márquez and dismissed the case, after which he returned to racing at the French GP held over 13/14 May. At Mugello, Márquez qualified in P2 before claiming P7 in the sprint, after being pushed wide in a racing incident with Jack Miller.
He crashed out of the main race while chasing Luca Marini for P3.
At the second round after the summer break at the
2023 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix, Márquez ended his 7-race long streak of non-finishes in main races, finishing in 12th place.
On 4 October 2023, Honda announced that they had prematurely terminated their contract with Marc Márquez by mutual agreement, and he would be leaving the team at the end of the season, joining the Gresini Racing MotoGP team.
Gresini Racing MotoGP (2024)
=2024
=
Márquez's move to
Gresini was announced ahead of the
Indonesian round on 15 October 2023. Following his desire to part from
Honda
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Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
at the end of the 2023 season, he joined the
Ducati
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy.
History
Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called ...
satellite team on a one-year contract, replacing
Fabio Di Giannantonio
Fabio Di Giannantonio (born 10 October 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 2025.
Career Early career
Born in Rome, in 2015, Di ...
and partnered by his younger brother,
Álex Márquez. Honda team manager
Alberto Puig confirmed Marc Márquez would be allowed to test a Ducati at the scheduled official test at the
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as ''Circuit de Valencia'' is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencian Community, Spain) and built in 1999. The track is named after Spanish, two-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Gr ...
in Valencia, Spain, in November, following the season-end race weekend.
In the Valencia Test, he finished 4th with a time of 1:29.424 and completed a total of 49 laps.
Márquez made a steady start to his 2024 campaign finishing P5 in the Qatar sprint and P4 in the race. In his second sprint race with Ducati, Marc finished in P2 at Portugal. Bagnaia and Márquez collided while fighting for P5 in the main race, with Marc finishing the race in P16. Marc finished the sprint in P2 once again at the Circuit of the Americas, before crashing out of the lead in the main race, due to an apparent issue with his front brake.
At
Jerez, Márquez claimed his first pole position with Ducati, his 93rd pole in GP racing. The sprint race was a battle of attrition with only 16 of the 25 entrants finishing the race. Márquez crashed out of the lead in the sprint race before recovering to P6. Márquez finished P2 in the main race, calling it the best podium of his career after a duel with reigning world champion Pecco Bagnaia for P1. At
Le Mans
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, Marc finished P2 from P13 on the grid in both races, taking him to third in the championship, behind Bagnaia and Martin.
Barcelona
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saw a similar performance, with Marc finishing P2 in the sprint and P3 in the main race after starting P14 on the grid. Marc continued his consistent string of performances at
Mugello, taking 22 points over the weekend. He finished 2nd in the sprint behind Bagnaia and 4th in the main race, holding 3rd for several laps but beaten by Bastianini towards the closing stages.
Marc faced a challenging weekend at
Assen
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. He crashed out of the sprint and finished 4th in the main race, before being given a 16-second penalty for tyre-pressure infringement, demoting him to 10th. A heavy crash in practice at
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
left Márquez with a broken finger and contused ribs. He qualified in 13th before taking 6th in the sprint and 2nd in the main race, behind Bagnaia who took the championship lead from Martin. In the same race, Márquez and his younger brother
Álex became the first siblings to stand on a MotoGP podium together since 1997. Sprint DNFs and 4th place race finishes at
Silverstone
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and
Red Bull Ring
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saw Marc slip to 4th in the championship, behind Bastianini. He strung together a dominant weekend at
Aragon
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, claiming pole position by 8 tenths, his first sprint win, and his first race win with Ducati. It was his 60th win in MotoGP and his first MotoGP victory in 1043 days. Marquez completed the European leg of the tour with another win at the
San Marino GP and a 3rd-place finish at the
Emilia Romagna GP.
At
Indonesia
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, Márquez showed decent pace through practice, but failed to set a lap time in Q2, crashing out twice in the session. Starting from 12th on the grid, he fought his way to 3rd in the sprint race. In the main race, he suffered from a mechanical failure on lap 12, setting his bike on fire and causing him to retire from the race.
At
Phillip Island
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, Márquez started in P2 on the grid but experienced a bad start after his helmet tear-off landed under his rear tire, falling to under 10th initially but recovering to 6th position in the first lap. By lap 7, he set the fastest lap record and pulled into 3rd position, eventually attacking Pecco Bagnaia in lap 11 and leader Jorge Martin in the last 4 laps, winning the race. Ending the Asian leg of the calendar, Márquez crashed while running for podium positions at both
Buriram
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and
Sepang. He was able to remount and finish both races in 11th and 12th place respectively, keeping him in 3rd place in the standings ahead of Bastianini, heading into the final round of the championship.
Despite struggling for race pace during practice, Márquez took his 20th podium of the season after finishing 2nd in the
Solidarity GP. He finished 3rd in the championship, his best championship placement since 2019.
Ducati Lenovo Team (2025–)
On 5 June 2024, it was announced that Márquez will race alongside the two-time World Champion
Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia ( ; born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP World Championship, MotoGP for the Ducati Corse, Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the and List of 500cc/MotoGP World Riders' Champions, ...
in the
Factory Ducati Team, replacing outgoing
Enea Bastianini, who signed for
Red Bull KTM Tech3 for 2025, and beating
Jorge Martín to the seat as he defects to
Aprilia
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History
Early days
Aprilia, named after the Pre-war automobile, pre-war Lancia Aprilia, was founded after the Seco ...
. Márquez had a strong start to 2025, winning 3 out of the first 4 features races of the season, as well as securing 4 successive pole positions in said races, in addition to 6 successive sprint victories.
Career statistics
CEV Buckler 125cc 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.
Records
As of 8 June 2025, Marc Márquez holds the following records:
MotoGP
*Youngest rider to win his first World Championship Title in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest rider to win 2 World Championship Titles in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest rider to win 3 World Championship Titles in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest rider to win 4 World Championship Titles in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest rider to win 5 World Championship Titles in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest rider to win 6 World Championship Titles in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest race winner in the Premier Class ()
*Most Races won in a single season in the Premier Class: 13
*Youngest rider to take 12 Pole positions in a single season in Premier Class:
*Only rider to claim 13 Pole positions in a single season in the Premier Class
*4 successive podium positions in first 4 Premier Class Grand Prix starts (shared with Max Biaggi)
*Most podium finishes in a single season in the Premier Class: 18
*Highest points in a single season in the Premier Class: 420
*Biggest title-winning margin by points: 151
*First rider to win Intermediate Class and Premier Class titles back-to-back
*Most Fastest laps in a MotoGP season: 12 (shared with Valentino Rossi)
*Youngest rider to win 12 races in a single season:
*Youngest rider to take four pole positions in a row in the Premier Class (Silverstone-Misano-Aragon-Malaysia 2013)
*Youngest rider to lead the Premier Class championship ()
*Youngest rider to win 4 races back-to-back in Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 5 races in a row in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 6 races in a row in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 7 races in a row in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 8 races in a row in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 9 races in a row in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 10 races in a row in the Premier Class ()
*Youngest Rider to win 11 races in a single season in the Premier Class ()
*Most Consecutive race wins in the Premier Class in 4 Stroke MotoGP (2002–) era: 10
*Most Consecutive race wins in a single Premier Class season (1949–) era: 10 (Shared with
Mick Doohan
Michael Sydney Doohan ( ; born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions, World Champion, who won five consecutive List of 500cc/Mo ...
and
Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini (; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and racing team manager. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1963 to 1977, most prominently as a member of ...
)
*Youngest rider to win back-to-back championships in the Premier Class ()
*Most Pole Positions from Start of Season in 4 Stroke MotoGP (2002–) era: 6
*First rookie to win 4 races back-to-back in the Premier Class: (Germany-USA-Indianapolis-Czech Republic 2013)
*Most wins as a rookie in the Premier Class: 6
*Most pole positions as a rookie in the Premier Class: 9
*Most Fastest laps as a rookie in the Premier Class: 11
*Most podium finishes as a rookie in the Premier Class: 16
*Most points scored as a rookie in Premier Class: 334
*First rookie to claim 4 consecutive pole positions in the Premier Class
*Only Spanish rider to win 2 titles back-to-back in the Premier Class
*Most Pole Positions in the Premier Class: 71
*Most Pole Positions Converted into Victories: 42
*Most Pole, win and fastest lap in same race (hat-trick): 30
Moto2
*Most wins in the Moto2 Class: 16
*Most podium finishes in a single season in the Moto2 Class: 14
*Most wins in a single season in the Moto2 Class: 9
125cc
*Most pole positions in a single season of 125cc World Championship: 12
All Categories
*Youngest rider to win 3 World Championship Titles ()
*Youngest rider to win 4 World Championship Titles ()
*Youngest rider to win 5 World Championship Titles ()
*Youngest rider to win 6 World Championship Titles ()
*Youngest rider to win 7 World Championship Titles ()
*Youngest rider to win 8 World Championship Titles ()
*Youngest rider in the history of Grand Prix motorcycling to achieve 50 wins ()
*Youngest rider in the history of Grand Prix motorcycling to achieve 60 wins ()
*Youngest rider in the history of Grand Prix motorcycling to achieve 70 wins ()
*Youngest rider in the history of Grand Prix motorcycling to achieve 80 wins ()
*Most Pole Positions in history of Grand Prix motorcycling: 99
*Youngest rider to win 5 successive Grands Prix (Mugello, Silverstone, Assen, Barcelona, Sachsenring 2010)
*Most wins as a teenager in all classes: 26
*Youngest rider to win at least 1 race in 3 classes of GP Racing
*Youngest Spanish rider to take a pole position ()
*First rider to claim pole position having taken part in Qualifying 1 (Thailand 2018)
*One of only pair of brothers to win Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships, 2014 and 2019 with
Álex Márquez
*First ever pair of brothers in 1
st and 2
nd position in Qualifying, Sprint, and Main Race back-to-back with
Álex Márquez (In
MotoGP Thailand 2025 &
MotoGP Argentine 2025)
*Most consecutive wins at the
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Pr ...
(2013–2018): 6
*All-time wins leader at the
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Pr ...
: 7
[https://www.redbull.com/int-en/motogp-of-the-americas-report]
*Most consecutive pole positions at the
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Pr ...
: 7
*Most pole positions at the
Circuit of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located in Austin, Texas, United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Pr ...
: 8
*First/Only rider in history to win 8 times consecutively at the same circuit:
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
*First/Only rider in history to win 11 times consecutively at the same circuit:
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
*Most consecutive wins at Sachsenring Circuit: 11
*Most consecutive pole positions at Sachsenring Circuit: 10
*Most consecutive wins at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400, and and formerly the home of the U ...
: 5
*First/Only rider in history to win 8 times at the
Misano Circuit
Personal life
Although Márquez has won several championships, he has always turned down using the number 1 as a racing number, favouring his #93 – which is the year of his birth. The 93 is displayed with white text and a red background on his bike and in official merchandise, being compatible with Honda's red-orange-navy blue livery. Márquez' father Julià 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 rare. His younger brother
Álex Márquez is also a motorcycle racing world champion, having won the
Moto3
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class in 2014 and the
Moto2
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class in 2019. The duo became the first pair of brothers to win road racing world championships the same season and repeated the feat again in 2019. Five years earlier, Márquez jokingly referred to him preferring bikes over girls in a 2014 interview, but conceded it was a "difficult question" and also added that in spite of him being unafraid on a bike, he'd never go out on a boat at sea. Aside from his native tongues of
Catalan and
Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
, Márquez is a fluent speaker of
English and
Italian
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. He lives in his home town of Cervera, with his website citing "training opportunities" on dirt bikes in the location as "ideal". His official fanclub is also located in Cervera, chaired by his uncle Ramón, adjacent to an exhibition at the town museum where memorabilia including championship-winning bikes are displayed. Márquez is also involved with several charities.
He is in a relationship with
Gemma Pinto.
Marquez' motif since 2012 has been the Ant. This can be seen on various gloves, helmets and pit boards he and his team uses. The reasoning behind this is that when he started out riding motorcycles, his size was so diminutive that the team had to add ballast to his bikes to compensate for his lack of weight. Therefore, his team nicknamed him an ant in comparison with the animal, which is so small but has the strength to carry 100 times as much as its body weight.
As of October 2018 on the day of his fifth MotoGP title, Márquez had close to 4 million Facebook followers, being one of the largest motor racers and Spanish athletes on the platform. A
Roman Catholic
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, Márquez along with four other MotoGP riders met
Pope Francis
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at the
Vatican
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* Vatican Hill, in Rome, namesake of Vatican City
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in September 2018. Márquez is a fan of football club
FC Barcelona
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, and has visited the club and its first team in the past.

Márquez was the subject of the 2023 docuseries ''Marc Márquez: ALL IN,'' a five-episode series by
Prime Video which details Márquez's struggles to return after his career-halting injury.
Awards and nominations
See also
*
List of motorcycle Grand Prix wins by Marc Márquez
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marquez, Marc
1993 births
Living people
People from Segarra
Sportspeople from the Province of Lleida
Spanish motorcycle racers
Honda HRC MotoGP riders
125cc World Championship riders
Moto2 World Championship riders
Motorcycle racers from Catalonia
Laureus World Sports Awards winners
Spanish Roman Catholics
MotoGP World Championship riders
MotoGP World Riders' Champions
Moto2 World Riders' Champions
125cc World Riders' Champions
Gresini Racing MotoGP riders
Ducati Corse MotoGP riders