Marc Marquez completes a decade of
dominance at the Sachsenring after cruising to a 4.5 second victory at the 2019
HJC Helmets Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland; the reigning Champion makes it 10
wins in a row in Germany to beat Maverick Vinales and Cal Crutchlow.
Marquez was sluggish off the line
and it looked like he would get swallowed up heading into Turn 1 but the number
93 was last of the late brakers to dive back into the lead. Fabio Quartararo
(Petronas Yamaha SRT) slipped back from second to sixth at the start as Vinales,
Jack Miller (Pramac Racing), Rins and Crutchlow all got past the Frenchman.
And then, Quartararo race ended at Turn 3. The rookie went to get back past
Ducati Team’s Danilo Petrucci on Lap 2 but the front of his Yamaha washed away
from him as the 20-year-old crashed out of a race for the first time this
season.
Marquez was in the groove as the
seven-time Champion showed exactly why the Sachsenring is his playground. The
Repsol Honda man wasn’t powering away at a rapid rate, but a tenth a lap on
Laps 8 and 9 saw his lead go up to 1.5, but then the hammer was well and truly
down. Lap 10 saw Marquez go 0.4 faster than Rins as the gap rose above the
two-second barrier and from then on, there was no stopping the nine-time
Sachsenring winner.
The
battle for the second and third steps on the podium was on though.
Crutchlow was shadowing Vinales who in turn was sitting a second back from
Rins, with the gap remaining constant between the trio as we passed the
mid-stage of the race. At this point, the battle for fifth place was also
hotting up as Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso and Petrucci were going
head-to-head with fellow GP19 rider Miller, Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar),
Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Aprilia Racing Team Gresini
Aleix Espargaro.
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