Motorsports
Guevara, fifth youngest champion of all time
Mallorcan Izan Guevara He became the fifth-youngest ever World Champion in the Small category this Sunday at the age of 18 years and 110 days, and the second-youngest in the Moto3 era. In 1990 Philippe He won the title at Island and is on the list of winners led by Loris Capirossi. At 17 years and 165 days at the time, Pedro Acosta, Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa are ahead.
Izan is the 11th champion in the history of Moto3, a category launched in 2012 to replace the previous 125cc. He took the crown of another child prodigy, Murcian Pedro Acosta, in the Moto3 category after Maverick Vinales in 2’13, Alex Marquez in 2014, Joan Mir in 2017, Jorge Martin and Albert in 2018. is his seventh Spaniard to be crowned. 2020 Arenas and his 2021 Pedro Acosta. Since 2017, Spanish motorcycles have only missed out on a small crown in his 2019, also the title that Philippe his Islander Lorenzo d’Allaporta won for Honda in his battle with Aloncane in Valencia.
He is also the 23rd Spanish champion in history and 56 titles won by a Spanish rider since the eternal Angel Nieto won the first world title in 50cc at the Opatija circuit in Croatia on 14th September 1969. I’m here.
Spanish history champion
13 Angel’s Grandson
– 6 50cc (1969, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77)
– 7 125cc (1971, 72, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84)
8 Mark Marquez
– 1 125cc (2010)
– 1 Moto2 (2012)
– 6 MotoGP (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
5 George Lawrence
– 2 250cc (2006 and 07)
– 2 MotoGP (2010, 2012, 2015)
4 Jorge Martinez “Asper”
– 3 80cc (1986, 87, 88)
– 1 125cc (1988)
3 Daniel Pedrosa
– 1 125cc (2003)
– 2 250cc (2004 and 05)
2 Ricardo Tormo
– 2 50cc 1978 and 81)
2 Ponsite
– 2 250cc (1988 and 89)
2 Alex Creville
– 1 125cc (1989)
– 1500cc (1999)
2 Alex Marquez
– 1 Moto3 (2014)
– 1 Moto2 (2019)
2 Joan Mir
-1 Moto3 (2017)
-1 MotoGP (2020)
1 Manuel ‘Champi’ Herreros
– 1 80cc (1989)
1 Emily Alzamora
– 1 125cc (1999)
1 Alvaro Bautista
– 1 125cc (2006)
1 Julito Simon
– 1 125cc (2009)
1 Tony Elijah
-1 Moto2 (2010)
1 Nico Terol
– 1 125cc (2011)
1 Pol Espargaro
-1 Moto2 (2013)
1 Maverick Vinales
-1 Moto3 (2013)
1 Titus Rabat
-1 Moto2 (2014)
1 George Martin
-1 Moto3 (2018)
1 Albert Arenas
-1 Moto3 (2020)
1 Peter Acosta
-1 Moto3 (2021)
1 Izan Guevara
– 1 Moto3 (2022)
Moto3 winner
2012 Sandro Cortese (Yale/KTM)
2013 Maverick VIÑALES (Esp/KTM)
2014 Alex Marquez (Esp/Honda)
2015 Danny Kent (GBr/Honda)
2016 Brad Binder (RSA) KTM
2017 Joan Mir (Esp/Honda)
2018 Jorge Martin (Esp/Honda)
2019 Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Ida/Honda)
2020 Albert Arena (Esp/KTM)
2021 Pedro Acosta (Esp/KTM)
2022 Izan Guevara (Esp/GasGas)
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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