MotoGP: 4 Riders with most wins in a single season

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Marc Marquez took the world by storm since his arrival to the MotoGP class
Marc Marquez took the world by storm since his arrival to the MotoGP class

#3 Giacomo Agostini - 11 wins

Giacomo Agostini is one of the greatest motorcycle riders of all time
Giacomo Agostini is one of the greatest motorcycle riders of all time

Considered by many as one of the best motorcycle riders of all time, Giacomo Agostini's record of eleven wins in the premier class came in the year 1972.

Riding the MV Augusta machine, the Italian won eleven races from eleven starts that season to claim his seventh successive world championship in the premier class. These eleven wins out of the thirteen races that season also meant that Agostini managed to record yet another season in the MotoGP class with a win percentage of over 80%.

Apart from the eleven wins in the 1972 season, the Italian managed to claim ten race wins in a single season on three other occasions.

Throughout his career, Giacomo Agostini has won 122 races in the 350cc and the 500c class and managed to claim 15 world championships, with eight of them coming in the 500c class.

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