AKI AJO’S World TiTleS

2008: Mike Di Meglio, Derbi, 125 cc

Di Meglio had won a single victory in his previous four seasons and had never even finished in a championship top 10. Everything changed with Ajo behind him and a factory Derbi beneath him. The 20-year-old Frenchman won four GPs and comfortably took the title.

2010: Marc Márquez, Derbi, 125 cc

When Márquez joined Ajo in the spring of 2010, he had already done two seasons of GPs, during which he had scored podium finishes. The 17-year-old won his first GP at Mugello in 2010 and won nine of the last 12 races to clinch Ajo’s second world championship.

2012: Sandro Cortese, KTM, Moto3

This was the first year of Moto3 and Ajo’s first year with the KTM factory, who showed their face by putting him in charge of their official team. The Austrian brand definitely had an advantage over Honda, who did not run a factory team, and Cortese won the title.

2015/2016: Johann Zarco, Kalex, Moto2

Zarco first rode for Ajo in 2011, when he scored his first GP victory in 125. He moved to Moto2 in 2012 but did not win a race until he returned to Ajo in 2015, when he won eight races and the title. He retained the crown in 2016, with seven wins, then moved to MotoGP. control, no specific wheelie control, no engine brake control, and no cornering ABS. However, TC is lean-sensitive, the quickshifter is standard and there’s keyless ignition.

2016: Brad Binder, KTM, Moto3

Binder joined Ajo in 2015. In 2016, he won his first GP at Jerez, starting from the back of the grid, and dominated the championship. He then rode Moto2 for Ajo and probably would have won the 2018 title if he had had a Kalex chassis and not a KTM.

2021: Remy Gardner, Kalex, Moto2

Gardner won a single victory in his first five seasons in the Moto2 world championship. He won his first Moto2 race at the end of 2020, then won five races with Ajo in 2021, to take the title, after an in-house battle with impressive rookie teammate Raul Fernandez.

2021: Pedro Acosta, KTM, Moto3

Sixteen-year-old Acosta joined Ajo as Red Bull Rookies champion for 2021 and was the sensation of the Moto3 championship. He won second time out, despite starting from pit-lane, and took a further five wins. This year he scored his first Moto2 pole at Le Mans.