Marc Marquez delivered a statement win at the Sachsenring, mastering chaos behind him to secure a dominant ninth MotoGP victory at the German Grand Prix – and his 69th in the premier class, overtaking Giacomo Agostini on the all-time win list.
From the moment he hit the front, the race was Marquez’s to lose. By lap two, he’d already started pulling clear, and by lap 26, his lead had ballooned to over seven seconds.
After some celebrations across the line he would eventually finish the race over six seconds ahead of the field in a race that quickly devolved into survival mode.
Behind him, it was pure attrition. The race produced the fewest finishers since Phillip Island 2011, with only ten riders making it to the chequered flag.
The crashes started early – Pedro Acosta and Miguel Oliveira both went down on lap 4, and the toll only grew from there.
A disappointing ending to the weekend for @37_pedroacosta 😔#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/3Ohsy8C8mh
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Fabio di Giannantonio and Johann Zarco crashed out at Turn 1 under yellow flags on lap 17.
Moments later, Ai Ogura took out Joan Mir, while Lorenzo Savadori crashed separately.
Now @aiogura79 has taken @JoanMirOfficial out 👀
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And Savadori crashes too 💥#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/71juuD2DrS
Having inherited P2 from Fabio di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi’s fall – who would have guessed – at turn one lap 21 summed up today’s theme of absolutely no one being safe.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??? 🤯
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BEZ has also CRASHED OUT FROM 2nd 💥#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/hTMPjPp1kZ
With the two Italians down and out from the race, Sunday at the Sachsenring turned into a fantastic day for Alex Marquez’s goal of limiting his title damage.
Still in pain from his Dutch GP crash and subsequent left hand surgery, the Spaniard finished the day second ahead of Pecco Bagnaia.
Fabio Quartararo, though under late pressure from rookie Fermin Aldeguer, held on for fourth, aided by Aldeguer running wide at Turn 1 with just a couple laps to go.
The Spaniard quickly reeled Quartararo back in but ultimately ran out of time to ride an attack on the Yamaha rider finishing just 0.178 seconds off P4.
Jack Miller initially ran in the fight for P6 but was gradually shuffled back by the recovering Luca Marini, who secured the Honda factory team’s best result since Thailand 2023, and Brad Binder in the closing stages.
Luca Marini grits his teeth and overtakes @jackmilleraus 👊#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/jybYCxOc95
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Raul Fernandez and Alex Rins completed the top ten (or the timesheet, for that matter).
With just ten finishers, the final riders home all scored points – a rare sight in modern MotoGP.
