It’s not very often a 16-year-old kid rocks up to the World Championship and instantly takes it by storm. The then Leopard Racing man was able to take an incredible ten victories on his way to the lightweight class title, but in his second year of Grand Prix racing. Marquez holds the record for most wins in a lightweight class season with Mir, however, trumping Acosta on that front. The man with the most victories in a lightweight class season is none other than Valentino Rossi. Check out some of the key stats behind the newly crowned lightweight class World Champion.

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