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Marc Márquez
Marc Márquez Alentà is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team in MotoGP. He previously raced for Honda's factory team from 2013 to 2023, and for the Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing in 2024. Widely considered one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, he has won nine Grand Prix World Championships, including seven in the MotoGP class.
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Born 17 February 1993 · Q40615
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2026· 15 entries
Public attention spiked: 6,860 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6× the usual 1,146, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Races by year
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Published video “Siguiendo a la bestia!! ✌🏼🚲”.
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Published video “Lovely Assen 🇳🇱❤️”.
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Published video “🍾❤️❤️❤️🏆”.
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Published video “YESSSSS!! P1 in Brno 🏆🇨🇿 #motogp”.
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Public attention spiked: 7,349 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.4× the usual 1,146, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: Races by year fix
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Published video “🥉❤️🇨🇿”.
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Published video “Practice starttt 🏍️💨”.
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Public attention spiked: 4,107 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 1,146, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “100 WINS!! 🤷🏽♂️ #hungariangp #motogp”.
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Public attention spiked: 7,623 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.7× the usual 1,146, with 16 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 1 edit by Sfera1022 (talk): Unsourced, WP:TRIVIA. if we list all of these combinations of records, this will be a super long page
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Published video “SPRINT 🥇🇭🇺 #hungarianGP #motogp”.
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Published video “Straight to Q2 ❤️🔥🇮🇹 #italiangp #motogp”.
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Published video “Sprint race Next! ❤️ #frenchgp #motogp”.
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2025· 2 entries
Márquez dominated the championship on the factory bike
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Dorna announced plans to separate premier class title counts from titles in the lower classes
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2024· 1 entry
Played for Ducati MotoGP Team (2024).
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2023· 4 entries
Played for Gresini Racing (2023–2024).
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Márquez launched WeAre93, an official fan club which unites his fans at circuits and has a dedicated grandstand at most races
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Márquez created a more personal documentary, titled Marc Márquez: All In
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And joined the satellite Gresini Ducati team for 2024
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2022· 2 entries
Márquez lived in his parents' hometown, Cervera, until 2022.
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Marc and his brother Álex Márquez founded the talent management agency Vertical in Madrid
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2021· 2 entries
His first victory after his debilitating 2020 arm injury
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DAZN produced the four-part docuseries Route 46 - Route 93, which set Márquez's career alongside Valentino Rossi's and explored their rivalry
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Catalan Sportsman/Sportswoman of the Year (2019).
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Used the slogan "#8ball", and during his celebrations sank an eight-ball into a pool table beside the race track
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2018· 1 entry
Used the slogan "#Level7", accompanied by video game graphics
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Catalan Sportsman/Sportswoman of the Year (2017).
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Awarded Marca Leyenda (2017).
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2016· 3 entries
Aged 23, Márquez equalled the all-time Grand Prix record for pole positions
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2017, 2018, and a particularly dominant 2019
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Márquez used the hashtag and slogan "#GiveMe5", and in 2017, "#BIG6"
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2015· 2 entries
Márquez was one of six riders profiled in the Brad Pitt-narrated documentary Hitting the Apex, alongside Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner, and Marco Simoncelli
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Due to several crashes, with the season overshadowed by his tumultuous feud with Valentino Rossi
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2014· 6 entries
Awarded Catalan Sportsman/Sportswoman of the Year (2014).
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Awarded Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year (2014).
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Awarded Dearest Son of Cervera (2014).
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(shared with Mick Doohan and Giacomo Agostini)
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After Spanish media reported he was planning to move to Andorra, alleging it was for tax reasons
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Márquez defended his title dominantly, winning the first ten races of the season back-to-back
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Catalan Sportsman/Sportswoman of the Year (2013).
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Career landmark: Participated in MotoGP (tournament / event).
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Dorna Sports produced a feature-length documentary on his rookie season called Rookie #93 Marc Márquez: Beyond the Smile
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2012· 2 entries
Won Moto2 (2012).
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Career landmark: Participated in Moto2 (tournament / event).
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2011· 1 entry
But he crashed out while leading the race, his first non-finish since the 2013 Italian Grand Prix
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2010· 3 entries
Won list of 125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions (2010).
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And the Moto2 World Championship in 2012
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Career landmark: Participated in 125cc class (tournament / event).
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2009· 1 entry
Márquez scored another podium with a third place at Jerez
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2008· 2 entries
Played for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (2008–2009).
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Played for Honda Racing (2008–2023).
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2006· 1 entry
Márquez also made his debut in the 125cc Spanish Road Racing Championship (CEV), where he finished eighth
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2004· 2 entries
And won the championship in 2005 and 2006
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Márquez graduated to a 125cc bike
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2003· 1 entry
Márquez raced in the Open RACC 50cc series, and won the title at his first attempt
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1997· 1 entry
To win five successive races in 125cc racing
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1993· 1 entry
Born 1993-02-17.
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1978· 1 entry
To do so, and the youngest to win it overall, at 20 years and 266 days
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