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Spanish motorcycle racer (born 1993)
Marc Márquez Alentà is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team in MotoGP. He previously raced for Honda's factory team from 2013 to 2023, and for the Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing in 2024. Widely considered one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, he has won nine Grand Prix World Championships, including seven in the MotoGP class.
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Premier championship of motorcycle road racing
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing. Events are held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century, when large national events were often given the title Grand Prix. In 1949, the FIM was founded as the international governing body for motorcycle sport, and it coordinated rules so that select events could become part of official world championships.
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Capital and the largest city of Senegal
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023.
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Fernando Alonso linked with a Dakar Rally return, Marc Marquez closes on Jorge Martin in MotoGP and Spanish F4's title battle heads to Navarra.
The two-time F1 World Champion is preparing to re-enter one of motorsport’s most brutal off-road marathons alongside a familiar co-driver.