Marc Marquez has a younger brother named Alex Marquez who is a six-time MotoGP champion. Alex Marquez was born on April 23, 1996, making the brothers three years apart in age. Alex has followed in his brother’s footsteps and started racing. He has joined the Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing MotoGP.
The younger brother began his world championship career as a wildcard participant in the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. He finished 14th in the Moto2 World Championship in 2015, riding on the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS team. Alex Marquez won his first Moto2 race at the Spanish GP in 2017, finishing fourth overall.
He also won the Moto2 world championship, completing the Marquez family’s double championship win. Surprisingly, he was the first rider to win Moto3 and Moto2 titles. For the 2020 season, Alex joined his brother Marc at the Repsol Honda Team, filling the void left by Jorge Lorenzo’s retirement following the 2019 MotoGP season. For the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Márquez will wear the colors of the LCR Honda Castrol team.
