Sachsenring MotoGP: Marc Marquez adds to points lead with another win
Marc Marquez kept alive his winning streak at the Sachsenring as he won MotoGP's German Grand Prix in dominant fashion ahead of Valentino Rossi


The Spaniard won from pole position at the German venue to extend his championship lead to 46 points heading into the summer break.
It marked the ninth straight year in which Marquez has achieved the feat at the Sachsenring, stretching back to his 125cc days in 2010.
Honda rider Marquez started the race alongside Danilo Petrucci and Jorge Lorenzo, and both Ducati riders had better getaways.
Lorenzo led Petrucci, but it took Marquez only four laps to start his recovery as he moved past the Pramac Ducati rider at Turn 1.
He then inched closer Lorenzo and, despite sitting only half a second behind, he spent seven laps before moving within striking distance.
Marquez eventually moved past Lorenzo at the final corner, and immediately pulled away as the Ducati rider had to turn his attention to the charging Rossi.
It took Rossi only three laps to overtake Lorenzo, taking advantage of a mistake from the latter at Turn 10, by which time Marquez already had a one-second lead.
The Italian nearly halved the gap by setting the fastest lap, but Marquez responded by going even faster a lap later and then consistently increased his lead thereafter.
He eventually won by 2.1s from Rossi with Marquez dropping a second on the last lap, as Maverick Vinales completed a double podium finish for Yamaha in third.
Vinales had yet another poor start to the race, running only seventh in the early laps, but passed four Ducatis on his way back to the final podium step.
The final move he made was on Petrucci with two laps remaining, the Pramac Ducati rider having to settle for fourth ahead of Angel Nieto rider Alvaro Bautista, who took his best finish of the season.

Both factory Ducatis struggled to stay competitive in the late stages of the race, with Lorenzo slipping to sixth, ahead of team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.
Dani Pedrosa and Johann Zarco spent the race together in eighth and ninth with the former winning that battle, while Bradley Smith matched his best result on a KTM in 10th.
The Briton's team-mate Pol Espargaro was the catalyst of a multi-bike incident at the start, the Spaniard tagging Andrea Iannone and then collecting the other Suzuki of Alex Rins at Turn 2.
Espargaro and Rins retired on the spot with Iannone, as well as Jack Miller, dropping down the order and only finishing 12th and 14th respectively.
Stefan Bradl, who replaced the injured Franco Morbidelli for a home race return, finished 16th, 11 seconds ahead of his Marc VDS team-mate Tom Luthi.
Both LCR Hondas of Cal Crutchlow and Takaaki Nakagami crashed, the Briton falling at Turn 12 while contending for the podium positions.
KTM wildcard Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargaro both withdrew from the race, the Finn injuring his right knee in FP2 and the Aprilia man suffering a blow to the ribs in Sunday morning warm-up.
Race result
Pos | Rider | Team | Bike | Laps | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marc Marquez | Honda | Honda | 30 | 41m05.019s |
2 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | 2.196s |
3 | Maverick Vinales | Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | 2.776s |
4 | Danilo Petrucci | Pramac Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 3.376s |
5 | Alvaro Bautista | Aspar Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 5.183s |
6 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 5.780s |
7 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 7.941s |
8 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | Honda | 30 | 12.711s |
9 | Johann Zarco | Tech3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | 14.428s |
10 | Bradley Smith | KTM | KTM | 30 | 21.474s |
11 | Hafizh Syahrin | Tech3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | 25.809s |
12 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | 25.963s |
13 | Tito Rabat | Avintia Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 29.040s |
14 | Jack Miller | Pramac Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 29.325s |
15 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | Aprilia | 30 | 34.123s |
16 | Stefan Bradl | MVDS Honda | Honda | 30 | 38.207s |
17 | Thomas Luthi | MVDS Honda | Honda | 30 | 49.369s |
18 | Karel Abraham | Aspar Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 1m01.022s |
19 | Xavier Simeon | Avintia Ducati | Ducati | 30 | 1m16.692s |
- | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 9 | Retirement |
- | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda | Honda | 4 | Retirement |
- | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | Aprilia | 0 | Withdrawn |
- | Alex Rins | Suzuki | Suzuki | 0 | Retirement |
- | Pol Espargaro | KTM | KTM | 0 | Retirement |
- | Franco Morbidelli | MVDS Honda | Honda | 0 | Withdrawn |
- | Mika Kallio | KTM | KTM | 0 | Withdrawn |

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