The #93's charge rolls on with a ninth Sachsenring MotoGP win as Alex Marquez and Bagnaia pocket podiums
On his 200th start, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) moved into second place on the MotoGP victory tally charts – surpassing Legend Giacomo Agostini – in a display of perfection at the Liqui Moly Grand Prix of Germany. It’s 69 wins now for the King of the Sachsenring, as Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), on his 100th start, strung together an impressive ride to finish P2 while injured. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) bounced back with a podium finish in P3 in a battle that saw rostrum contenders crash out at the Sachsenring.
LIGHTS OUT: MARC GRABS HOLESHOT, DIGGIA POUNCES
With the threat of wet weather forcing its way into playing a leading role diminishing towards go time, we strapped ourselves in for a dry German GP and as the lights went out, it was Marc Marquez who collected the holeshot as Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) made a blinder from P6 to grab an early P3. Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) slotted into P2, as Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) slipped to P5 on the opening lap from the middle of the front row.
Di Giannantonio and Bezzecchi exchanged P2 on the opening lap before the former made a move stick at Turn 12, as Alex Marquez and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) engaged battle mode too. Marc Marquez, meanwhile, was blissfully unaware of the fight unfolding behind him as he stretched his advantage to 0.7s at the end of Lap 3.
ACOSTA CRASHES AS MARC EXTENDS ADVANTAGE
Acosta’s Grand Prix then ended with a crash at Turn 2 from P5, so that was KTM’s main hopes of the Sachsenring podium over. That promoted Bagnaia to P5, with Alex Marquez swarming all over the tailpipes of Bezzecchi for P3. 0.6s up the road in P2, Di Giannantonio was losing around a tenth a lap to Marc Marquez at this stage of the Grand Prix.
It was more than that for the next few laps though. The #93 was the only rider capable of lapping in the 1:20s on a consistent basis, he hadn’t dropped into the 1:21 bracket, and the gap on Lap 8 of 30 was up to 1.7s. And by Lap 16, just over half race distance, Marc Marquez’s lead was north of three seconds.
PODIUM CONTENDERS CRASH
Di Giannantonio was under a second ahead of Bezzecchi, with Alex Marquez and then Bagnaia all operating at equal distance behind each other. But then, we lost our second place rider from the Grand Prix. Di Giannantonio tucked the front at Turn 1 on Lap 18, and Zarco was out of the race at the same corner – albeit a little further around – as two of the top six had premature ends to their German GPs.
That meant Alex Marquez was lifted to a podium position in P3, and the rider second in the championship chase had 1.2s to play with to Pecco in P4. But then, Turn 1 caught out our P2 rider again. Bezzecchi’s impressive race was over in similar fashion to Di Giannantonio, so that meant it was Marc Marquez leading Alex Marquez by 5.9s, with Bagnaia now P3.
Turn 1 was really proving tricky. In the fight for the top 10, Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) took out the luckless Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol), and while the yellow flags were waving, Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing) chucked it down the road at Turn 1 too.
THE SACHSENKING KEEPS HIS CROWN
In terms of the victory and podium fight, there was nothing much to report. Marc Marquez cruised to a 9th MotoGP victory at the Sachsenring, with Alex Marquez limiting the points damage with a brilliant ride to P2 while nursing his fractured left hand, as Pecco salvages a solid P3 after a Saturday to forget.
YOUR POINTS SCORERS
In the fight for P4, Quartararo fended off Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) as the Frenchman and Spaniard claim P4 and P5 in Germany. The returning Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) earned his best HRC result in P6, in what was a fantastic fight between the Italian, seventh place Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and eighth place Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP).
Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) and Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) rounded out the top 10 and that was your lot in terms of finishers in a race of attrition at the Sachsenring.
NEXT UP: BRNO!
200 starts, 69 victories and that magical seventh MotoGP title firmly locked on the radar. The SachsenKing reigns again as we now set our sights on a return to Brno. Can the pack halt Marc Marquez’s formidable run in Czechia?
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Öncü victorious in drama-filled Moto2™ encounter
Talking points aplenty surfaced from a dramatic Moto2 Liqui Moly Grand Prix of Germany, and one of them is Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) becoming a winner for the second time in 2025 after the Turkish star fended off Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) before the red flags brought a premature end to the race. Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) crossed the line in P3 to bag his 19th podium, with the British rider involved in a couple of talking points through no fault of his own…
As dark clouds loomed, the Moto2 Grand Prix fired off in dramatic fashion as fourth on the grid Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) jumped the start, and then there was contact between the Australian and polesitter Dixon, which cost the Briton plenty of places. Dixon was down to P6 on the opening lap, with Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) leading the way from Öncü and Baltus.
Further back, Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) was enjoying a storming start. The Brazilian was up to P10 on Lap 4 from P25 on the grid, with Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) P9 and title chase leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) P13.
That was soon P8 as Moreira continued to carve his way through the pack like a hot knife through butter. At the end of Lap 6, the #10 was P7. That became P6 on the next lap, but that was because Arbolino crashed from P2 down at T12, which meant Dixon was promoted to P3.
On Lap 12 of 25, Moreira passed Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) to climb into P4 and he now had Dixon 0.7s ahead – in other words, a podium position. And that podium fight was beginning to bunch up before drama unfolded.
Moreira was trying to overtake Dixon at Turn 3 on Lap 16, but he was too impatient. There wasn’t really much of a gap there and having made contact with the rear wheel of Dixon, Moreira was off track. Then, coming back onto the circuit, Moriera was on the racing line and it left the helpless David Alonso (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) with nowhere to go. The Colombian collided with the Brazilian as both riders crashed out at Turn 4, but thankfully both were at least back up on their feet and able to walk away from the crash. A fantastic comeback ride from Moriera ended in controversy.
That left Öncü and Baltus as the duo fighting for the victory, 1.1s up the road from Arenas, Dixon and Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team). And in that battle, more drama. Ramirez, out of control into Turn 1 at the start of Lap 21, slammed into Arenas. The two Spaniards were out of the Grand Prix and because of that incident, the red flags were shown because of the Turn 1 air fence needing to be redeployed.
And that meant Öncü, who led over the line on the previous full lap ahead of Baltus, clinched his second Moto2 win, with Dixon passing Arenas a lap earlier to return to the podium since his Austin win.
Gonzalez salvaged a very important P4 to extend his championship lead, with Celestino Vietti (Folladore SpeedRS Team) rounding out the top five. Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) was P6 ahead of Canet, who collects a decent tally of points considering his big qualifying crash. Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) was P8, Ayumu Sasaki (RW – Idrofoglia Racing Team) earned a first Moto2 top 10 with a P9, as Filip Salač (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) now turns his attentions to his home Grand Prix at Brno next weekend following a P10 result.
Drama to say the least then on Sunday at the Sachsenring, as a trip back to the legendary Brno awaits the next round of this fascinating Moto2 championship chase.
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Muñoz grabs victory in final corner showdown at the Sachsenring
David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) was the one who came out on top to deliver his team a home win at the Sachsenring, beating Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) at the last corner, whilst Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) also got ahead of the #99 in a last corner shootout to remember.
Grabbing the holeshot from pole, polesitter Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power) avoided drama behind him as Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) pushed and shoved his way through into P3, slotting in behind a fast-starting Muñoz. Carpe’s ambitious opening corner pushed David Almansa (Leopard Racing) out wide – Carpe getting a Long Lap Penalty. At the front at Turn 12, Muñoz led. With the Grand Prix settling down, Maximo Quiles moved into P3 whilst Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), Cormac Buchanan (DENSSI Racing – BOE) and Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) all joined the huge fight at the front.
On Lap 4, the race came to an end for Eddie O’Shea (GRYD MLav Racing) and Leonardo Abruzzo (DENSSI Racing – BOE) in separate incidents whilst on Lap 6, Nicola Carraro (Rivacold Snipers Team) fell and rejoined at Turn 1. A lead group of 15 riders chopped and changed and one of the highlights was Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), donning his Sunday best and coming into the podium places from 17th on Lap 8. On Lap 9, contact at Turn 2 between Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and Rueda at Turn 2, taking off Fernandez’s mudguard; at Turn 3, the #31 crashed out. Teammate Almansa fell on Lap 16 at Turn 13 as Rueda led the way.
As the final third of the race kicked off, it was without Almansa who fell at Turn 13 trying to fight his way back into contention. At the start of Lap 20, Turn 1 caught out more riders – Yamanaka went into the gravel and behind, Ogden fell out of contention. Rueda led into the last two laps but with Muñoz and Quiles behind, attacks were imminent. Muñoz got his elbows out on the #99 and led at Turn 1 and with a gap behind, it was all about the top two. Rueda hit the front again at Turn 8 but it wasn’t done.
Furusato was back in the mix until he crashed with two corners to go but at the front, Muñoz lunged up the inside in a final corner shootout. He managed to get the job done over Rueda who was pushed wide, bringing Quiles into P2. Muñoz took a second career victory to deliver the goods for the home team with Quiles behind, Championship leader Rueda extending his advantage in P3 and to 73. Piqueras came back through to P4 to retake second in the standings ahead of Carpe who recovered to fifth.
Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) ghosted his way into the top six ahead of Pini who equals his best-ever result. Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) and Buchanan took eighth and ninth, highlighting a strong day for riders from Oceania – Australia in P6 and P8 and New Zealand in P9 and a career-best for the #14 of ‘Mac Attack’. Marcos Uriarte (LEVELUP-MTA) rounded out the top ten whilst behind, it was an impressive comeback from Dennis Foggia (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) from P24 to P11.
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