Marc Marquez has re-written another
piece of history, storming the Sachsenring from a ninth pole in a row to take
his ninth win in a row across all classes. Valentino Rossi took second and
maintains his second place in the standings after an impressive bounce back
with the podium completed by teammate Maverick Vinales.
At lights out it was Jorge Lorenzo
(Ducati Team) who got the holeshot from pole, moving from third into the lead
as Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac Racing) slotted into second – with Marquez
shuffled back into third. Rossi made a good start from sixth to move into
fourth ahead of teammate Vinales, with Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) the key
man to lose out from fifth.
Petrucci top Independent Team rider
in a well-fought fourth, just ahead of Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Team)’s
stunning ride to fifth. Bautista was the fastest man on track for a good number
of laps and kept that incredible form to the end, the final man able to muscle
past Lorenzo by the flag.
Lorenzo
took P6 ahead of a tough day for teammate Andrea Dovizioso, with Dani Pedrosa
(Repsol Honda Team) putting in a solid ride to eighth. Johann Zarco (Monster
Yamaha Tech 3) improved from his worst qualifying of the season so far to take
ninth despite the difficult weekend, with an incredible ride from Bradley Smith
(Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) putting the Brit in tenth to take KTM’s first top
ten of the season.
Hafizh
Syahrin (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was top rookie in eleventh and takes over at
the top of the Rookie of the Year standings, ahead of Andrea Iannone (Team
Suzuki Ecstar), who was caught in an early incident that saw Pol Espargaro (Red
Bull KTM Factory Racing) make contact with Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and
both go down; also affecting Iannone and Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing.
Miller finished P14, with Tito Rabat (Reale Avintia Racing) between him and
Iannone. Scott Redding (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) completed the points.
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