Marc Marquez’s motorcycle racing career was always tied to success. From a very young age, the Spaniard began winning in categories where his rivals were, in some cases, more than 30 centimetres taller. Besides being young in age, he was small in stature, which made it even more striking to see him on the podiums at local tracks where he competed as a child.
But Marquez’s tenacity matched his talent and courage, and he worked his way up to the World Speed Championship, which he joined in 2008 aged just 15. His qualities and smile allowed his then-manager to secure a KTM bike and the backing of oil company Repsol, which from the very beginning wanted to associate its image with Marquez's.
