Marquez in the record books
o Marc Marquez's win at the Grand Prix of Americas at the age of just 20 years 63 days makes him the youngest eಌver rider to win a premier-class grand prix, taking the record from Freddie Spen🧸cer who was 20 years 196 days when he won the Belgium 500cc GP at Spa-Francorchamps in 1982.
o Qualifying on൲ pole position in Austin at the age of 20 years and 62 days made Marquez the youngest ever rider to qualify on pole in the premier-class, again taking the record from Spencer who was 20 years and 153 days when he qualified on pole for the first time in the 500cc class at Jarama in 1982.
o The victory in Austin also makes Marquez the youngest-ever rider in the 65-year history of World Championship Grand Prix racing to have won in three different classes, 🧸taking the record from team-mate Dani Pedrosa who achieved this at the age of 20 years 227 days🐬 when he won in China in 2006.
o Marquez is the first rider to win in either their first or second start in the premier-class for 15ꦅ years, since Max Biaggi won on his 500cc debut at Suzuka in 1998.
o He is the first rider since Jorge Lorenzo in 2008 to finish on the podium in his first tw🥀o races in the premier-class.
o Marquez now has joint-leadership of the world championship with Jorge Lorenzo and is thus the youngest rider ever to lead the premier-class. He takes the record from Lorenzo who headed the championsh🙈ip standings🔥 after winning at Estoril in 2008 at the age of 20 years 345 days.
o Marquez is the youngest-ever rider to take back-to-back podium finishes in the premie𒊎r-cl⛎ass, taking the record from Randy Mamola who finished on the podium in Spain and then France in 1980 at the age of 20 years 197 days.
o At the first race of the year, Marquez set a new record for youngest rider ever to take the fastest lap of the race in the premier-class at the age of 20 years 49 days. The previous record holder was Freddie Spencer who was 20 years 161 days old when he had his first rac🐟e fastest lap in the 500cc class at Misano in 1982.
The🦂re are now a number of other records ♎Marquez could achieve at Jerez this weekend, including:
o Youngest rider to win back-to-back races in the premier class.
o Youngest rider to take back-to-back pole positions.
o Youngest rider💎 to finish on the podium 🔥at three successive premier-class races.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the fore💫front of the Suzuki exit story and M🔯arc Marquez’s injury issues.
