Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez steps into his tenth season in MotoGP as the grid prepares for 2022’s opening race at Qatar this weekend.

The iconic number 93 is aiming to secure his seventh World Championship title in Repsol colours after a difficult two seasons dominated by personal injury and the global pandemic.

Joining the premier class in 2013 alongside Dani Pedrosa, the young Marquez quickly made an impression, finishing third on his MotoGP debut in Qatar before claiming victory at just the second race of the season. The achievement saw Marquez become the youngest premier class winner at 20 years and 63 days old when he took the first of his seven Texan wins at the Americas GP.

Four straight wins midseason, in Germany, Laguna Seca, Indianapolis and Brno followed, allowing title hopes to be raised with the target ultimately achieved at Valencia having spent just two races off the podium, to DNF’s, in his debut year. Marquez became the youngest premier class World Champion at 20 years and 266 days old, taking the record from fellow Honda Legend Freddie Spencer.

A further five MotoGP Championships to his name and a roster of records - from the first rider to win 13 premier class Grands Prix in a single season in 2014, to the most points scored after amassing 420 during his domination of the 2019 campaign - Marquez heads into 2022 refreshed after the rollercoaster of recent events and with a new target, 100 MotoGP podiums, the first on his checklist for the coming year.

Now synonymous with Honda’s history in Grand Prix racing, only Dani Pedrosa has spent more time inside the Repsol Honda Team, having raced in the iconic colours for 13 years.

Reflecting on both his achievements and challenges across the decade, Marquez admits he learnt a lot from partnering Pedrosa for the majority of his career and feels intrinsically linked to the Japanese factory he has called home for the past ten years, with the intention to both stay and win still very much alive.