Marquez pots the #8ball – Marc Marquez crowned 2019 MotoGP World Champion

Buriram, 6 Oct 2019: With a glorious victory at the Thai Grand Prix, Marc Marquez claims his sixth MotoGP World Championship title, the eighth of his 12-year World Championship career.

In one of his most consistent seasons to date, Marquez sealed the 2019 MotoGP World Championship with 325 points and four races still remaining. The combination of the Repsol Honda Team RC213V and Marc Marquez have taken nine wins, 14 podiums and nine pole positions – missing out on the top two steps of the podium just once this season.

Marc Marquez continues to rewrite the history books:

• Most Premier-class titles by a 26-year old
• Youngest six-time Premier Class champion – 26 years and 231 days
• Youngest rider to take eight World Championships – 26 years and 231 days
• Marquez is one of only three riders to have taken six or more premier class World Championships alongside Valentino Rossi (7) and Giacomo Agostini (8)
• Marquez is one of only six riders to have claimed eight or more World Championships across all classes alongside Carlo Ubbiali (9), Mike Hailwood (9), Valentino Rossi (9), Angel Nieto (13) and Giacomo Agostini (15)
• Marquez has taken all of his MotoGP titles on Honda machinery
• Marquez is the most successful Honda rider in the premier class with six World Championships, moving ahead of Mick Doohan (5)

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  Marquez has won at least five GPs in the premier class across the last seven consecutive years, beating the record previously held by Valentino Rossi (2001 to 2006) and Giacomo Agostini (1967 – 1972), who each won at least five premier class GPs in six consecutive years

• Marquez holds the outright premier class pole position record of 61 poles
• With nine MotoGP wins, Marquez was won more MotoGP races than any other rider this season. He has also scored the most podiums (14) and taken the most poles (nine) in 2019
• Marc Marquez has won 17% of all MotoGP races held since 2002

• Rider Standings

  Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team
  1	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	300	Repsol Honda Team
  2	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	4	ITA	202	Ducati Team
  3	RINS Alex	42	SPA	156	Team Suzuki Ecstar
  4	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	155	Ducati Team
  5	VINALES Maverick	12	SPA	147	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP
  6	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	137	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP
  7	QUARTARARO Fabio	20	FRA	123	Petronas Yamaha SRT
  8	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	117	Pramac Racing
  9	CRUTCHLOW Cal	35	GBR	98	LCR Honda
  10	MORBIDELLI Franco	21	ITA	80	Petronas Yamaha SRT
  11	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	77	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
  12	NAKAGAMI Takaaki	30	JPN	68	LCR Honda
  13	MIR Joan	36	SPA	49	Team Suzuki Ecstar
  14	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	46	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini
  15	IANNONE Andrea	29	ITA	32	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini
  16	OLIVEIRA Miguel	88	POR	29	Red Bull KTM Tech 3
  17	BAGNAIA Francesco	63	ITA	29	Pramac Racing
  18	ZARCO Johann	5	FRA	27	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
  19	LORENZO Jorge	99	SPA	23	Repsol Honda Team
  20	RABAT Tito	53	SPA	18	Reale Avintia Racing
  21	BRADL Stefan	6	GER	16	Repsol Honda Team