Moto2: Marquez secures Moto2 graduation

Marc Marquez follows Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro in moving from 125GP to Moto2 in 2011.
Marquez, Portuguese 125GP 2010
Marquez, Portuguese 125GP 2010
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Newly-crᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ🌠⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚowned 125GP champion Marc Marquez will race in the Moto2 World Championship next season with the backing of Repsol and CatalunyaCaixa, it has been announced.

The 17-year-old, who won ten races on the way to the 2010 125GP crown, will race a Suter chassis prepared by Moto2 newcomers Monlau Competition, a team run b🐎y his own personal manager Emilio Alzamora.

Though Marquez will be Monlau𝓡's sole rider in 2011, the team will come with significant backing from prominent MotoGP sponsor Repsol - which also backed Marquez's 125GP campaign - and the CatalunyaCaixa bank.

A two-year deal for Marquez, the team will see several notable names join the operation with Santi Hernandez becoming chief mechanic having woജrked with Valentino Rossi and Sete Giber🍬nau in the past.

Marquez, who makes his Moto2 de🐈but at Jerez this week, will join fellow 125GP graduates Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith in graduating to the class.

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