Álex Márquez
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Nationality |
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Born |
Cervera, Spain | 23 April 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Álex Márquez i Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and the younger brother of Marc Márquez, who also competes at Grand Prix level. Márquez was the 2012 Spanish Moto3 Championship winner,[1] and won the 2014 Moto3 World Championship, defeating Jack Miller by two points in the last round at Valencia. In the process, he and Marc became the first brothers to win world motorcycle racing titles in the same year.[1][2]
Career
National racing
He began the 2010 season in the CEV Buckler 125cc championship, competing with the Monlau Competition team, along with Álex Rins and Niklas Ajo. Márquez did not participate in the opening round at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 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 Albacete, having qualified tenth. He retired at Jerez due to clutch problems. He added finishes of seventh and sixth at Motorland Aragón and Albacete, before retiring from the final two races at Valencia 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 Navarra; he won the championship with a fourth-place finish at Albacete.
Moto3 World Championship
Márquez made his world championship début as a wildcard at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.[3] In difficult weather conditions, Márquez scored points with a twelfth-place finish. He also made wildcard appearances at Estoril and Catalunya, 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.[4] He scored points in four of the remaining eight races, and ultimately finished the season in twentieth place in the riders' championship.
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 Silverstone, Misano and Motorland Aragón, before taking his first career victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. He finished the season in fourth position in the final championship standings.
For 2014, 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 Ajo Motorsport rider Jack Miller, who won three of the opening five races. Márquez took successive wins in Catalunya and the Netherlands to reduce the deficit from 44 points to 7. Márquez started a run of five top-two finishes at the British Grand Prix, including another victory at Motegi, which saw him move into the championship lead ahead over Miller and open up a 25-point gap.[5] Despite Miller winning two of the final three races, a third-place finish at the final round in Valencia 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.[1][2]
Moto2 World Championship
For the 2015 season, Márquez moved up to the Moto2 World Championship with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS team.[6]
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
By season
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Pod | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
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2012 | Moto3 | Suter MMX3 | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Ambrogio Next Racing | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 20th | – |
2013 | Moto3 | KTM RC250GP | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 4th | – |
2014 | Moto3 | Honda NSF250RW | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 278 | 1st | 1 |
2015 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 2015 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 73 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 14th | – |
2016 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 73 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13th | – |
2017 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 73 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 201 | 4th | – |
2018 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 73 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 126* | 5th* | – |
Total | 112 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 987 | 1 |
* Season still in progress.
By class
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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Moto3 | 2012–2014 | 2012 Spain | 2013 Indianapolis | 2013 Japan | 46 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 518 | 1 |
Moto2 | 2015–Present | 2015 Qatar | 2016 Aragon | 2017 Spain | 66 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 469 | 0 |
Total | 2012 – Present | 112 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 987 | 1 |
* Season still in progress.
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
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2012 | Moto3 | Suter-Honda | QAT | SPA 12 |
POR 15 |
FRA | CAT 6 |
GBR | NED | GER | ITA | IND Ret |
CZE 21 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 15 |
JPN 14 |
MAL 14 |
AUS 9 |
VAL Ret |
20th | 27 | ||
2013 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 4 |
AME Ret |
SPA 23 |
FRA 5 |
ITA 5 |
CAT 4 |
NED 5 |
GER 5 |
IND 2 |
CZE 5 |
GBR 3 |
RSM 3 |
ARA 3 |
MAL 4 |
AUS 4 |
JPN 1 |
VAL 4 |
4th | 213 | ||
2014 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 2 |
AME Ret |
ARG 2 |
SPA 7 |
FRA 5 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 1 |
NED 1 |
GER 4 |
IND 6 |
CZE 4 |
GBR 2 |
RSM 2 |
ARA 2 |
JPN 1 |
AUS 2 |
MAL 5 |
VAL 3 |
1st | 278 | |
2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 11 |
AME 15 |
ARG 15 |
SPA 9 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 12 |
CAT 11 |
NED 9 |
GER 18 |
IND 10 |
CZE 4 |
GBR 4 |
RSM Ret |
ARA Ret |
JPN 18 |
AUS 9 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 12 |
14th | 73 | |
2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT Ret |
ARG Ret |
AME 11 |
SPA Ret |
FRA Ret |
ITA 16 |
CAT 18 |
NED 8 |
GER Ret |
AUT 6 |
CZE 5 |
GBR 25 |
RSM 10 |
ARA 2 |
JPN Ret |
AUS DNS |
MAL 7 |
VAL Ret |
13th | 69 | |
2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 5 |
ARG 21 |
AME 4 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 4 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 1 |
NED 6 |
GER Ret |
CZE 2 |
AUT 2 |
GBR 14 |
RSM DNS |
ARA Ret |
JPN 1 |
AUS 6 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 5 |
4th | 201 | |
2018 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 3 |
ARG 5 |
AME 2 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 2 |
ITA 5 |
CAT 3 |
NED 3 |
GER 13 |
CZE Ret |
AUT Ret |
GBR C |
RSM 18 |
ARA 4 |
THA Ret |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
5th* | 126* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- 1 2 3 "Alex Marquez – a new World Champion in the family". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Marquez clinches title in third as Miller wins final race". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Gran Premio bwin de España – Moto3 Entry list" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – Moto3 Entry list" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ Morrison, Neil (2 December 2014). "Marquez v Miller - round-by-round". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Moto2: Alex Marquez to Marc VDS". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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Preceded by None |
CEV Buckler Moto3 Champion 2012 |
Succeeded by Fabio Quartararo |