Álex Márquez
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Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cervera, Spain | 23 April 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Gresini Racing MotoGP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Álex Márquez Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a
Álex currently races alongside his older brother Marc Márquez on the Gresini Racing team. In 2014, when Marc won the premier class, and Álex won Moto3, they became the first pair of brothers to win world titles in motorcycle racing in the same year,[2][4] a feat they would also repeat in 2019, when Marc won the premier class, and Álex won Moto2.[1]
Career
Early career
He began the 2010 season in the CEV Buckler 125cc championship, competing with the
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
Ambrogio Next Racing (2012)
Márquez made his world championship début as a wildcard at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.[5] 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.[6] 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
For
Moto2 World Championship
EG 0,0 Marc VDS (2015–2019)
2015
For the 2015 season, Márquez moved up to the
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
Marquez was dropped by Repsol Honda after the 2020 season and his spot was replaced by Pol Espargaró.
LCR Honda Castrol (2021–2022)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Alex_Marquez_2022.jpg/150px-Alex_Marquez_2022.jpg)
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, Alex was confirmed as a rider of the Gresini Racing MotoGP team to partner Fabio Di Giannantonio.[11]
Career statistics
CEV Buckler Moto3 Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos | Pts |
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2012 | Suter Honda | JER Ret |
NAV 1 |
ARA 2 |
CAT 2 |
ALB1 1 |
ALB2 4 |
VAL | 1st | 103 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
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2012 | Moto3 | Suter Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 20th | – |
Ambrogio Next Racing | |||||||||||
2013 | Moto3 | KTM | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 4th | – |
2014 | Moto3 | Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 278 | 1st | 1 |
2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 14th | – |
2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13th | – |
2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 201 | 4th | – |
2018 | Moto2 | Kalex | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 173 | 4th | – |
2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 19 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 262 | 1st | 1 |
2020 | MotoGP | Honda | Repsol Honda Team | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14th | – |
2021 | MotoGP | Honda | LCR Honda Castrol | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 16th | – |
2022 | MotoGP | Honda | LCR Honda Castrol | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 17th | – |
2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | Gresini Racing MotoGP
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17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 9th | – |
2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | Gresini Racing MotoGP
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12th | – |
Total | 206 | 12 | 42 | 16 | 19 | 1680 | 2 |
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 | 2015–2019 | 2015 Qatar | 2016 Aragon | 2017 Spain | 89 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 778 | 1 |
MotoGP | 2020–present | 2020 Spain | 2020 France | 71 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 384 | 0 | |
Total | 2012–present | 206 | 12 | 42 | 16 | 19 | 1680 | 2 |
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 | 20 | Pos | Pts |
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2012 | Moto3 | Suter Honda | QAT | SPA 12 |
POR 15 |
FRA | CAT 6 |
GBR | NED | GER | ITA | INP 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 |
INP 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 |
INP 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 |
INP 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 4 |
AUS 7 |
MAL 7 |
VAL 3 |
4th | 173 | |
2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 7 |
ARG 3 |
AME 5 |
SPA 24 |
FRA 1 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 1 |
NED Ret |
GER 1 |
CZE 1 |
AUT 2 |
GBR Ret |
RSM 3 |
ARA 3 |
THA 5 |
JPN 6 |
AUS 8 |
MAL 2 |
VAL 30 |
1st | 262 | |
2020 | MotoGP | Honda | SPA 12 |
ANC 8 |
CZE 15 |
AUT 14 |
STY 16 |
RSM 17 |
EMI 7 |
CAT 13 |
FRA 2 |
ARA 2 |
TER Ret |
EUR Ret |
VAL 16 |
POR 9 |
14th | 74 | ||||||
2021 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT Ret |
DOH Ret |
POR 8 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 6 |
ITA 14 |
CAT 11 |
GER Ret |
NED 14 |
STY 9 |
AUT 9 |
GBR 8 |
ARA Ret |
RSM 15 |
AME 12 |
EMI Ret |
ALR 4 |
VAL 13 |
16th | 70 | ||
2022 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT Ret |
INA 13 |
ARG 15 |
AME Ret |
POR 7 |
SPA 13 |
FRA 14 |
ITA 14 |
CAT 10 |
GER Ret |
NED 15 |
GBR 17 |
AUT 14 |
RSM 10 |
ARA 12 |
JPN 13 |
THA 8 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 17 |
VAL 17 |
17th | 50 |
2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | POR 59 |
ARG 35 |
AME Ret |
SPA 8 |
FRA Ret |
ITA Ret |
GER 78 |
NED 69 |
GBR Ret1 |
AUT 54 |
CAT 6 |
RSM 119 |
IND DNS |
JPN | INA DNS |
AUS 9 |
THA Ret8 |
MAL 21 |
QAT 64 |
VAL 68 |
9th | 177 |
2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 67 |
POR Ret |
AME 15 |
SPA 4 |
FRA 10 |
CAT 7 |
ITA 98 |
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10th* | 51* |
* Season still in progress
References
- ^ a b "Marc Marquez's brother Alex wins 2019 Moto2 world championship". www.autosport.com.
- ^ a b c "Alex Marquez – a new World Champion in the family". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Alex Marquez".
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Alex Marquez Confirmed Alongside Brother Marc In Repsol Honda Team For 2020 motomatters.com, 18 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019
- ^ Moto2: Fernandez takes Marquez’s spot at Marc VDS crash.net, 24 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019
- ^ "Ducati confirm Alex Marquez in talks to join Gresini". 24 June 2022.
External links
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- Álex Márquez at MotoGP.com
- Álex Márquez at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Official website