MotoGP and Moto3: Márquez brothers on top of the world
Monday, November 10, 2014 @ 2:29 PM
SPAIN'S Álex Márquez's third place in the Moto3 in Cheste (Valencia province) has made him world champion – and he and his elder brother Marc have become the first siblings to net the top title in the same season.
Whilst Marc, 21, scooped up his 13th victory of the year in MotoGP, beating the hitherto unbroken record of 12 in one year set by Australia's Mick Doohan in 1997, his little brother Álex, 18, survived a hair-raising race yesterday (Sunday) in which he had to fight hard to finish at least third in order to guarantee his championship.
With up to nine riders at one point bunched together and vying for the lead, the race was fast-paced and hazardous with several looking as though they may bite the dust at any moment – although Álex (pictured left) kept his cool and stayed in control without compromising on speed.
The younger Márquez knew he was world champion before his elder brother set off, although Marc (pictured right) already knew last week that irrespective of his placings over the rest of the season, the title was in the bag for him.
Marc pulled himself up from fifth off the grid – a lower than usual position, because of a smash during Saturday's qualifier – zooming up behind Italy's Valentino Rossi who had achieved his first pole of the season, and Rossi's compatriot Andrea Iannone.
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