Facts About the World Champion Marc Marquez - Facts About the World Champion Marc Marquez. ADA 2013 season, Marc Marquez made his debut in MotoGP. Remarkably, the Repsol Honda rider was straight out as world champion. Here's an interesting fact about Marquez you need to know.
1. Victory in Austin also made Marquez became the youngest driver in the 65 year history of MotoGP, who managed to win the race in three different classes. He beat the previous record of Dani Pedrosa who won the inaugural race in China of the 2006 season at the age of 20 years 227 days.
2. Marquez also became the first driver to win on the first or second race in the premier class. He broke the record previously created by Max Biaggi when winning the 500cc MotoGP race at Suzuka Circuit debut in the 1998 season.
3. The victory at Sachsenring and Laguna Seca make Marquez became the first rookie in the premier class who won twice in a row since Kenny Roberts in Austria and France in the 1978 season.
4. The victory at Indianapolis last year made Marquez became the second rookie ever to score three consecutive wins in MotoGP. He follows in the footsteps Roberts who won in Austria, France and Italy in the 1978 season.
5. Victory in Brno is the fifth in the 2013 season, the most wins ever achieved by a debutant driver.
6. Marquez won 26 races before the age of 20 years, a record that is the highest ever achieved in the history of MotoGP as a teenager.
7. In the MotoGP race in France, he became the second rider who managed to climb the podium four times in a row in his first season. Marquez follow the footsteps of Max Biaggi in the 1998 season.
8. maiden victory in MotoGP occurred at the US Grand Prix at the age of 20 years 63 days. Note that making it the youngest driver to win in the premier class of MotoGP, beating Freddie Spencer who won in MotoGP at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at the age of 20 years and 196 days
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