Date of Birth: 23/04/1996 Place of Birth: Lleida Residence: Cervera (Lleida) Hobbies: Supermotard, motocross, BTT Nationality: Spanish Years with Repsol: 2 (2012 inclusive)
Sporting Career
2004
2nd Promo Racc 50cc
2005
1st Promo Racc 50cc
2006
5th Promo Racc 70cc
2007
2nd Promo Racc 70cc
2008
3rd Catalan Championship 5th Campeonato Mediterráneo de Velocidad Pre125GP
2009
9th Campeonato Mediterráneo de Velocidad Pre125GP 2th Catalan Championship Pre125GP
2010
Debut in CEV Spanish Championship in 125GP class. 11th overall (missed opening race due to being underage).
2011
2nd CEV 125cc
2012
Wild Card at Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Grand Prix Moto3 rider for Ambrogio Next Racing from the Indianapolis GP onwards
Biography
There are few combinations more infallible than talent and humility in the creation of a successful rider. However, adding a family background dominated by motorcycles and a trailblazing brother who became a World Champion at 17, gives more weight to the case for Álex Márquez one day making it at the highest level.
At a young age he said that he wanted to be a mechanic for brother Marc, but it wasn’t long before the younger Márquez began to ride himself. Born on April 23rd, 1996, and involved with bikes almost immediately, the young talent was already runner-up in the Campeonato Promo Racc 50 series at eight years of age. He went one better the following season, becoming Catalan champion in the same category.
Moving up steadily through the ranks, Álex competed in the 70cc PromoRacc class, the Mediterranean Championship PreGP 125 class and the Catalan PreGP 125 category, before debuting in the Spanish Championship in 2010. He would have to wait until the second race of the season to take part in the latter, as he had not reached the mínimum age for participation of 14. At the end of the year, he had ascended to eleventh place overall.
In his second year in the Spanish series, Márquez was picked up by Repsol in the Monlau Competición Junior Team and became a title contender. After beginning the season with a second place at Jerez, he won his first race at Motorland Aragón. The duel between the two Repsol riders –Álex Márquez and Álex Rins- lit up the campaign.
Márquez arrived at the final race of the season with two wins and two second places to his name, giving him a shot at the title right to the end. A crash in the final stages of the season finale left him settling for second place in the CEV, whilst he was just off the podium in the European Championship.
The Repsol rider returns to the CEV in 2012, with the aim of winning the title. His great 2011 season will also be rewarded with select wild card appearances in the Moto3 World Championship.
