Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain celebrates on the podium after winning the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix at the Losail International circuit in Doha March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
(Reuters) - MotoGP's youngest world champion Marc Marquez won the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday after a thrilling duel in Doha with the old master of motorcycling, Italian Valentino Rossi.
Starting from pole position at the Losail circuit only six weeks after he broke his leg in a training accident, the 21-year-old Spaniard crossed the finish line a mere 0.259 of a second ahead of the 35-year-old great.
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