Álex Márquez

2015

For the 2015 season, Márquez moved up to the Moto2 World Championship with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS team. His best race finishes were consecutive fourth places at Brno and Silverstone, and he finished 14th in the standings.^[9]

2016

Márquez had an uneven season in 2016. Despite seven race DNFs, he scored his first Moto2 podium in Aragon, and ended the year in a slightly improved 13th position.

2017

2017 was a breakthrough year for Márquez. At the fourth round of the season in Jerez, he won his first Moto2 race. He took further victories in Catalonia and Misano, as well as three additional podium finishes. He finished the season ranked fourth in the standings.

2018

2018 saw no race victories for Márquez, but reasonable consistency. He finished in the top five in ten out of eighteen races, enough to ensure he finished the championship in fourth place again.

2019

Márquez had an excellent season in 2019. In the middle of the season he hit a run of good form and took three consecutive victories in Le Mans, Mugello, and Catalonia. He retired in Assen before securing another two consecutive race wins in Germany and Brno. Combined with five additional podiums, this was enough to ensure he won the championship. He became the first rider to win championships in both the rebranded Moto3 and Moto2 classes. His brother Marc won the MotoGP championship, securing a second double championship haul for the siblings.

2020

Márquez was contracted to continue with Marc VDS in Moto2 for the 2020 season. However, Jorge Lorenzo belatedly announced his retirement in November 2019, opening up a seat in MotoGP at Repsol Honda alongside Márquez's brother Marc. As Moto2 contracts can be broken if the rider is offered a place in MotoGP,^[10] Márquez replaced Lorenzo, and his Moto2 seat was given to Augusto Fernández.^[11]

Márquez had a difficult start in MotoGP: the season was truncated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his brother sat out almost the entire season due to injury, and the Honda RC213V was difficult to ride. Márquez took second place finishes in Le Mans and Aragon, but his season was otherwise underwhelming and he finished fourteenth in the standings.

Márquez was dropped by Repsol Honda at the end of the season and replaced by Pol Espargaró.

2021

For the 2021 season, Márquez joined the satellite LCR Honda team, partnering Takaaki Nakagami. He suffered six DNFs across the season, with his best race finish a fourth place in the penultimate round of the season. He finished in sixteenth place in the standings, one position behind his teammate.

2022

Márquez remained with LCR for the 2022 season. His best race position all season was seventh in Portugal. He finished seventeenth in the standings, one position ahead of his teammate and one position behind factory Honda rider Espargaró. The RC213V had become extremely uncompetitive.

2023

Márquez switched manufacturers for the 2023 season, joining Ducati satellite team Gresini to partner Fabio Di Giannantonio.^[12] The Ducati was much more competitive, and Márquez scored a podium in just his second race with Gresini in Argentina. He scored a second podium in Malaysia, and scored sprint race wins in Silverstone and Malaysia. He finished the championship in ninth place.

2024

For the 2024 season, Márquez was joined at Gresini by his brother Marc. Márquez finished third in Germany, while his brother finished second, making them the first siblings to stand on a MotoGP podium together since 1997.^[13] This was Márquez's sole podium, but he had a fairly consistent season and finished in eighth place, ahead of three other Ducatis.

2025

For the 2025 season, Márquez partnered rookie Fermín Aldeguer, as Marc had moved to the factory Ducati team.^[14] Márquez was riding a year-old GP24 Ducati, but it had dominated the previous year's championship and was highly competitive with the new GP25 spec. He made a stunning start to the season, achieving three double second places in the main races and sprints of the first three rounds. At the fifth round in Jerez, Márquez won his first race in MotoGP. His good form continued with a sprint race victory at Silverstone and three more second places in the main races in Aragon, Mugello, and Germany.

It soon became clear that Márquez was, unexpectedly, his brother's closest rival for the championship. He won a second race in Catalonia, but a sixth-place finish in Motegi ended his chances for the title.^[15] His performance tailed off slightly in the last part of the year: despite his brother's absence from the last four rounds, Márquez only took one more main race victory in Malaysia. Nevertheless, he easily finished the championship as runner-up, over a hundred points clear of third-placed Marco Bezzecchi. Marc and Álex became the first siblings to finish 1–2 in the championship standings in Grand Prix motorcycling history.^[16]

2026

Márquez remained at Gresini for the 2026 season, now on factory machinery. He struggled across the first few rounds before taking a surprise victory in Jerez. In Catalonia, one of his most successful circuits, he claimed victory in the sprint by 0.041 seconds over Pedro Acosta, the closest sprint finish in history.^[17] In the main race, Márquez was running in second when Acosta's KTM malfunctioned and suddenly lost power on the straight. Márquez slammed into his bike and was thrown towards the barriers in a violent crash.^[18] He fractured his neck and collarbone, and underwent surgery on the latter.^[19] He accordingly did not start the next three races to recover.

Márquez completed his first race weekend back in Assen, where he finished an impressive fifth. At the next round in Germany, he finished second in the sprint, and was running in second in the main race when he slid out of the final corner on lap nine.^[20]

2027

For the 2027 season, Márquez switched to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing on a multi-year deal, reuniting with former Gresini teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio.^[21]