FIM 125cc GP World Championship Valencia, Spain November 7, 2010 Race Results: 1. Bradley SMITH, Great Britain (APRILIA), 24 laps, 40:25.648 2. Pol ESPARGARO, Spain (DERBI), -2.786 seconds 3. Nicolas TEROL, Spain (APRILIA), -3.149 4. Marc MARQUEZ, Spain (DERBI), -8.326 5. Sandro CORTESE, Germany (DERBI), -24.375 6. Esteve RABAT, Spain (APRILIA), -26.743 7. Tomoyoshi KOYAMA, Japan (APRILIA), -26.823 8. Efren VAZQUEZ, Spain (DERBI), -27.634 9. Randy KRUMMENACHER, Switzerland (APRILIA), -41.211 10. Luis SALOM, Spain (APRILIA), -41.279 11. Alberto MONCAYO, Spain (APRILIA), -62.540 12. Marcel SCHROTTER, Germany (HONDA), -62.999 13. Isaac VIÑALES, Spain (APRILIA), -68.522 14. Simone GROTZKYJ, Italy (APRILIA), -68.798 15. Jakub KORNFEIL, Czech Republic (APRILIA), -84.798 World Championship Point Standings (after 17 of 17 races): 1. Marquez, 310 points 2. Terol, 296 3. Espargaro, 281 4. Smith, 223 5. Vazquez, 152 6. Rabat, 147 7. Cortese, 143 8. Koyama, 127 9. Krummenacher, 113 10. Webb, 93 More, from a press release issued by Dorna Communications: Marc Márquez – 2010 125cc World Champion Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – Sunday 7 November Marc Márquez began his racing career at just six years of age after his parents had bought him his first motorcycle as a Christmas present aged just four. He started out in children’s enduro, motocross and minibike competitions, before making his way into road-racing where eventually he would win regional championships in various categories. His performances attracted the attention of former 125cc World Champion Emilio Alzamora who has since mentored the youngster and helped bring him into the 125cc World Championship on the back of his appearances in the Spanish national series (CEV). In 2006 he had finished eighth in the CEV classification, and ninth the following year. In his rookie season the diminutive Marquez won plaudits for his gutsy performances, recording a podium finish at Donington and featuring in the top ten on several other occasions. He started the campaign late due to a pre-season injury and had his season cut short after a nasty incident in Malaysia, which saw his right leg trapped in his bike during free practice in Malaysia, damaging the cartilage around the tibia bone. Back to full fitness and continuing with the Repsol and Red Bull-sponsored 125cc KTM team last year, Marquez promised a lot, but managed only one podium – 3rd place in Jerez. Nine top-ten finishes meant he finished the season eighth overall in the standings, however he knew that he would need to crash less in order to sustain a consistent podium challenge. With KTM ending their participation in the World Championship at the end of 2009, Marquez signed to Ajo Motorsport for this year and contested this season on board a Derbi, following in the footsteps of Spanish legends like Angel Nieto or Jorge Martinez “Aspar”. The 2010 season began much as the last season had ended with Marquez challenging for the podium but beset by crashes, although the spill at Jerez in between two third-place finishes was more down to a mechanical glitch than error. It was only a matter of time however before he would break his victory duck, and as he did so at Mugello, he embarked on a five-race winning streak that saw him storm into the championship lead. There were nervous moments in the second half of the season with a disappointing result at Brno in tricky conditions and a crash whilst leading at Indianapolis, and although he won in style at Misano, he was the victim of a first corner collision at Aragon, which lost him the lead in the series. Nonetheless, his resolve was strong again and in the flyaway races a clean sweep took him into prime spot to win the title, which he finally sealed at Estoril. Personal Data Date of birth: 17/02/1993 Place of birth: Cervera (Spain) Career Statistics Season, Category, Starts, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Total podiums, Poles, Bike, Pts., Pos. 2010, 125cc, 17, 10, 0, 2, 12, 12, Derbi, 310, 1 2009, 125cc, 16, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, KTM, 94, 8 2008, 125cc, 13, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, KTM, 63, 13 Some facts about Marc Marquez’s achievement “¢ At At the age of 17 years 263 days, Marquez is the second youngest rider ever to win a motorcycle Grand Prix world title. The only rider to have won a world championship at a younger age is Loris Capirossi in 1990. “¢ Marquez has taken ten victories in 2010, which is a new record for most wins achieved in a single season in the 125cc class by a Spanish rider. “¢ He has qualified on pole on twelve occasions in 2010, which equals the record for most poles in a season in any one class of GP racing, set by Mick Doohan in 1997. “¢ During 2010, Marquez became the youngest ever rider to win five successive Grand Prix races. “¢ Marquez is the eighth Spanish rider to win the 125cc world title, joining: Angel Nieto (1971/72/79/81/82/83/84), Jorge Martinez (1988), Alex Criville (1989), Emilio Alzamora (1999), Dani Pedrosa (2003), Alvaro Bautista (2006) and Julian Simon (2009). “¢ This is the 5th world title in the 125cc class by Derbi riders, the others were Angel Nieto (1971 & 1972), Jorge Martinez (1988) and Mike di Meglio (2008). Career Data First Grand Prix: QAT ’08 First Pole Position: FRA ’09 First Podium: GBR ’08 First GP Victory: ITA ’10 Grand Prix Starts: 46 Grand Prix Victories: 10 Podiums: 14 Pole Positions: 14 Race Fastest Laps: 9 World Championship Wins: 1 More, from a press release issued by Interwetten Honda: Best race of the season for Schrötter The last race of the season, the Grand Prix of Valencia, was a successful race for Marcel Schrötter and the Interwetten Honda 125 Team. Schrötter rode a strong race, in which he had fight hard for his position of a 12th place and he gained some more important championship points. What the future will hold for Schrötter is not sure yet and he hopes he will get a good option for the coming year over the winter break. Sepp Schlögl, the chief mechanic of the team, retired today after 40 active years from racing and the present he got from Honda was Schrötter’s bike. The race was a successful finish for the whole team. Marcel Schrötter, 12 – 41’28.647: “This was a good end to the season and the weekend, which started difficult. I am glad it ended that way. I could earn some more last points in the championship and was meeting my expectations of a 12th place today. I am happy about that. I was close to eleventh place, but on the straight I have no chance and the gap I could only catch up again with my braking, which I did. But in general I am really happy with the last race of the season.” Sepp Schlögl, Chief mechanic: This was Marcel’s strongest race this season. I am really happy that he did it so well today. I closed my active career in racing today and I am happy for this end of the season. We expected a lot from Marcel this year and it was not an easy year for him and that he was able to have such a strong race really makes me happy.” Terrell Thien, Team Manager: “Marcel did a good job today, he had a strong weekend and the 12th place is a good result to end the season with. I am glad he could finish the season in style.”