Marc VDS Racing celebrate record-breaking 2014

It has taken just four years for the Marc VDS Racing squad to become the undisputed dominant force in the Moto2 world championship.

In a phenomenal 2014 campaign, the Belgium-based squad, run by Michael Bartholemy and bankrolled by super rich bike racing fan Marc van der Straten, smashed records galore with Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio.

The pair finished 1-2 in the final world championship rankings, and not surprisingly after completing one of the most dominant campaigns across all three classes in history; Marc VDS Racing has decided to shout about their unforgettable season.

Here’s a list that underlines just how dominant Marc VDS Racing was in the 18-round world championship campaign.
 
635 – Total number of points by the Marc VDS team in 2014 – the highest ever single season points score by a two rider team in the history of the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing
 
346 – Tito Rabat finished the year with a total of 346 points in the Moto2 world championship, a new record highest points’ total in the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing
 
24 – Podium finishes for the Marc VDS team in 2014 – the most podium finishes ever by one team in a single season in the Moto2 class
 
18 – Tito Rabat has finished in the top ten at all eighteen races in 2014, a record for most top ten finishes in a single season in the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing
 
18 – Marc VDS have had at least one rider on the podium at all of the eighteen races in 2014
 
14 – Rabat finished on the podium fourteen times in 2014 equaling the record number of podiums in a season in the intermediate-class, set by Marc Marquez in 2012
 
14 – The Marc VDS team riders have started from pole on 14 occasions during 2014 – the highest number of poles by a team in a single season in the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing
 
11 – Rabat has started from pole eleven times this year, a record number of poles in a single season in the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing
 
10 – Marc VDS have taken 10 race victories during the 2014 season – the greatest number of race victories in Moto2 in a single season by one team
 
6 – On six occasions in 2014 both of the Marc VDS riders finished together on the podium
 
4 – The Marc VDS team have finished one/two on four occasions during 2014
 
2 – Marc VDS are the first team to take the top two places in the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing since 2000, when Olivier Jacque won the championship from Shinya Nakano
 
1 – Tito Rabat is the first rider to lead the Moto2 championship throughout the season
 
1 – First time that a Belgium team has won a world championship title in the 66-year history of the world championship series.