Spain’s Marc Marquez has finished the 2014 MotoGP season way he started it, by winning.

The championship race may have ended long ago, the title wrapped up early by Marquez, but the Honda man was still keen to rack up the records this season and this he did by winning the final Moto GP race of the year at Valencia, in Spain, on Sunday.

Marquez capped the MotoGP season with a record 13th victory on a day when his brother Alex Marquez was also crowned Moto3 World Champion.

Honda then gave Marquez a day off from post-season testing at the Spanish circuit on Monday and the 21-year-old intends to celebrate a stunning season in style.

“Today is an incredible day for me, for my family and for the team, because 20 minutes before the race I was celebrating the title of my brother,” he said.

“It was a really difficult race and it was important for me and the team, because it was kind of like Aragon, and today we chose a better strategy. I’m happy for that and now we must enjoy 2014 because it will be difficult and almost impossible to repeat, especially for me and my brother.

“I want to say thank-you to Honda because they gave me a free day tomorrow!” he added. “But we must enjoy it and it’s important for the mechanics to celebrate and it will be important on Tuesday and Wednesday and we will concentrate on the 2015 bike and some new parts.”

Marquez conceded that he had considered pulling in to switch bikes as the threat of rain loomed during the race, but eventually he opted correctly to remain on track as the spots of rain eased.

“On one lap I was thinking to change the bike and I made the sign to my team with my leg that I would come in next time, but then I decided to stay out,” he said.

“It was wet but not really wet. Today we did the best strategy but in Aragon we were wrong. It was the opposite for [Jorge] Lorenzo, who did the best move in Aragon and today the wrong strategy.”

Marquez set a new premier class record of 13 wins in a season to better his Mick Doohan-equalling tally of 12 victories from 2012, but the Honda star wasn’t putting too much stock into the achievement, pointing out that Aussie Doohan had won more races as a percentage over a shorter season.

“It is not a record that I am really, really happy to beat because – honestly – before there were less races in a season,” Marquez said.

“So Doohan won more than me [as a percentage]. He won 12 from 15 races. So 13 is a new record, but not so important.”

MotoGP race result:

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 46m 39.627s
   2. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 46m 43.143s
   3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 46m 53.667s
   4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 46m 56.332s
   5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 46m 56.400s
   6. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 47m 17.511s
   7. Aleix Espargaro ESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 47m 17.795s
   8. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 47m 21.430s
   9. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici) 47m 25.337s
   10. Scott Redding GBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)* 47m 30.818s
   11. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici) 47m 36.139s
   12. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing Project (ART) 47m 36.627s
   13. Nicky Hayden USA Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R) 47m 36.889s
   14. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 47m 37.144s
   15. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Drive M7 Aspar (RC213V-RS) 47m 38.402s
   16. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 47m 38.491s
   17. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R) 47m 42.016s
   18. Alex De Angelis RSM NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 47m 55.422s
   19. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART) 48m 5.936s
   20. Broc Parkes AUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)* 48m 16.839s
   21. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)* 1 lap
   22. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) 1 lap
   Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) DNF
   Randy De Puniet FRA Team Suzuki MotoGP (GSX-RR) DNF
   Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici) DNF

Final 2014 MotoGP world championship standings: