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Álex Márquez
Spanish motorcycle racer (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Márquez and the second or maternal family name is Alentà.
Álex Márquez Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a Grand Prix motorcycle rider from Spain racing for Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing MotoGP. He has competed in MotoGP since the 2020 season, having previously become World Champion in the 2019 Moto2 season.[1] He also won the 2014 Moto3 World Championship,[2] and the 2012 CEV Moto3 season's title.[3]
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Born | (1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28) Cervera, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Gresini Racing MotoGP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]