WGP125 Red Bull Ajo Motorsport’s Marquez wins fourth consecutive victory with DENSO Iridium Racing Spark Plugs

Spanish Red Bull Ajo Motorsport rider Marc Marquez took hold of the Championship lead today, after a dominant victory in his home Grand Prix at the Barcelona circuit. After setting the pace in all of the practice sessions of the weekend, Marquez started from pole position and cleared off from the start, leaving the rest of the field to fight for 2nd position. The Barcelona victory was the fourth consecutive victory for the young Spaniard, making him the youngest ever rider to win four back-to-back races. German Avant Mitsubishi Ajo rider Sandro Cortese was also among the top-honour fighters in the race, having a race-long battle for 5th place and finally securing 4th place at the chequered flag after pulling off an impossible passing manoeuvre at the final corner.

DENSO has been sponsoring Ajo Motorsports for 8 years, since the days of famous Japanese WGP rider, Masao Azuma, and has provided the most suitable Iridium Racing spark plugs, "IAE01-34", for generating maximum power from the machine. Spanish Red Bull Ajo Motorsport rider Marc Marquez took hold of the Championship lead today, after a dominant victory in his home Grand Prix at the Barcelona circuit. After setting the pace in all of the practice sessions of the weekend, Marquez started from pole position and cleared off from the start, leaving the rest of the field to fight for 2nd position over 4 seconds. The Barcelona victory was his fourth consecutive victory, making him the youngest ever rider to win four back-to-back races.

After the season’s seventh race today, Marc Marquez takes the lead in the Championship, with Cortese rising to 6th place overall.

After the season’s seventh race today, Marc Marquez takes the lead in the Championship, with a 1 point lead over Espargaro.

Result in Catalunya WGP125

Pos.	Rider	Country	Team	Machine
1	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Red Bull Ajo Motorsport	Derbi
2	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia
3	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi
4	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Avant Mitsubishi Ajo	Derbi
5	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi
6	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia
7	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia
8	Johann ZARCO	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	Aprilia
9	Jonas FOLGER	GER		Aprilia
10	Danny WEBB	GBR	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia

Points up to Catalunya(No7) WGP125

Pos.	Rider	Machine	Country	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Derbi	SPA	132
2	Pol ESPARGARO	Derbi	SPA	131
3	Nicolas TEROL	Aprilia	SPA	118
4	Bradley SMITH	Aprilia	GBR	94
5	Efren VAZQUEZ	Derbi	SPA	60
6	Sandro CORTESE	Derbi	GER	60
7	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Aprilia	SWI	58
8	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	Aprilia	JPN	57
9	Esteve RABAT	Aprilia	SPA	50
10	Johann ZARCO	Aprilia	FRA	45