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Qatar Tribune
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Marc Marquez celebrates 200th MotoGP win at Sachsenring
DPA/Agencies Hohenstein-Ernstthal (Germany) Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez celebrated his 200th race in the premier class with a win at the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring on Sunday. It was his ninth win at the German GP, this time in front of a record crowd of 256,441 people. The Ducati rider claimed his seventh win this season to extend his lead in the championship standings. Marquez is widely considered one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. Just 10 riders finished the race, marking the first time in MotoGP since the 2011 Australian Grand Prix that so few saw the chequered flag. The starting grid was already depleted, with just 18 riders starting Sunday's 30-lap Grand Prix. During the race, eight riders ultimately failed to make the finish due to crashes. Marc Marquez's brother, Alex, was injured but took an unlikely second-place finish, while Francesco Bagnaia made his way into third having come from 10th on the grid. While the rest of the grid struggled to remain on their bikes at this notoriously tricky Sachsenring track, Marc Marquez enjoyed a dream afternoon. Setting off from pole he was never challenged, crossing the line over six seconds clear for his seventh perfect weekend of 2025 having also won Saturday's sprint. At the midway stage of the 22-race campaign Marquez leads brother Alex by 83 points in the riders' standings, with his Ducati factory teammate Bagnaia a yawning 147 off the lead. 'My confidence is super high now coming here with three wins in a row and now it's four,' beamed Marquez. 'I have to be really concentrated for the second half of the season,' he added. His younger sibling was competing despite fracturing his left hand at the Dutch MotoGP a fortnight ago. For Marquez this was his seventh race win of the year and fourth on the trot as he tightens his grip on a seventh MotoGP world title - and first since 2019 - to draw level with the legendary Valentino Rossi. The last time only 10 riders completed a MotoGP was in Australia, 14 years ago. Results & Standings (Top 10) 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Ducati) 40min 42.854sec, 2. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) at 6.380sec, 3. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 7.080, 4. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 18.738, 5. Fermin Aldeguer (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 18.916, 6. Luca Marini (ITA/Honda) 24.743, 7. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 24.820, 8. Jack Miller (AUS/Yamaha-Pramac) 25.757, 9. Raul Fernandez (ESP/Aprilia-Trackhouse) 25.859, 10. Alex Rins (ESP/Yamaha) 39.419 DNF: Miguel Oliveira (POR/Yamaha-Pramac), Pedro Acosta (ESP/KTM), Johann Zarco (FRA/Honda-LCR), Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati-VR46), Lorenzo Savadori (ITA/Aprilia), Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Aprilia), Joan Mir (ESP/Honda), Ai Ogura (JPN/Aprilia-Trackhouse) Overall (after 11 of 22 races) 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Ducati) 344 pts, 2. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 261, 3. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 197, 4. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 142, 5. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 139, 6. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Aprilia) 130, 7. Johann Zarco (FRA/Honda-LCR) 104, 8. Pedro Acosta (ESP/KTM) 99, 9. Fermin Aldeguer (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 92, 10. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 87


United News of India
a day ago
- Sport
- United News of India
Marquez reigns in Germany as podium contenders crash
Saxony(Germany) July 13 (UNI) Simply put, different class. 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. 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 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'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. 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. UNI RKM
Yahoo
a day ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Attritional German GP matches record for fewest finishers in MotoGP era
When only 10 riders made it to the chequered flag in the MotoGP German Grand Prix, it equalled the record for the lowest number of finishers in a premier class race since the end of the 500cc era. Since the MotoGP era began in 2002, only the 2011 Australian Grand Prix has ended with as few finishers as Sunday's race at the Sachsenring. Advertisement But the 2025 German GP, with its 18 starters, was more attritional in percentage terms than Australia 2011. A mere 14 riders started that race at Phillip Island, after an already slim entry of 17 lost three further competitors. Jorge Lorenzo, Damian Cudlin and Ben Spies all withdrew from the grand prix due to accidents earlier in the weekend. Before the advent of MotoGP in 2002, however, there were multiple examples of fewer finishers to a race in the premier class of the motorcycle world championship. Only four riders completed the 500cc West German Grand Prix in 1974. That race, held in April on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, featured only seven starters – and presumably some lengthy silent spells for spectators – as home rider Edmund Czihak took the win for Yamaha. Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia Racing Crash Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia Racing Crash Most of the eight retirees at this year's German GP fell victim to the Sachsenring's notorious first corner, in a flurry of accidents late in the race. However, Pedro Acosta's low-side crash came at Turn 2 early in the contest – and Miguel Oliveira also crashed elsewhere on the track. Advertisement Among the mitigating circumstances for today's low number of finishers was the fact that Joan Mir didn't make a riding mistake of his own on his way to the Turn 1 gravel trap. Rather, he was collected by the Trackhouse Aprilia of Ai Ogura, making it a case of two falls from one error. Read Also: MotoGP German GP: Marc Marquez dominates for victory in crash-strewn race Another factor was that this race featured the lowest number of starters in 2025. While the regular number of contenders in a MotoGP race this year stands at 22, there were four absentees by the time Sunday came around in Germany. Somkiat Chantra (training accident) and Enea Bastianini (appendicitis) withdrew before the weekend. Then, on a wet Saturday, both Maverick Vinales and Franco Morbidelli were injured in accidents and were forced to pull out of the rest of the event. To read more articles visit our website.


Time of India
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Maverick Vinales suffers shocking injury blow after brutal Sachsenring crash ends German MotoGP hopes
Maverick Vinales suffers shocking injury blow after brutal Sachsenring crash ends German MotoGP hopes Maverick Vinales fell right before the main race day; what went incorrect for him? Maverick Vinales fell severely on Saturday, July 12, 2025, during the Sachsenring German Grand Prix's Q2 session. It happened in wet conditions only minutes after the qualifying session started. The 29-year-old Spanish biker was booted off his Red Bull KTM Tech3 bike at Turn he rose, he was certainly hurting. Medical teams rushed to him, and within hours, news confirmed what fans feared, Maverick Vinales would not race in Germany this weekend. What happened as Maverick Vinales was ruled out after Sachsenring crash in Q2 During his first flying lap in the second qualifying session at the Sachsenring track in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany, Maverick Vinales had a horrific crash at Turn 4. The collision happened shortly after 3:10 p.m. local time on July 12, 2025. MotoGP's official update and Motorsport. com said he dislocated his left shoulder. Medical staff on site immediately placed it back, but due to the severity of the injury, Maverick Vinales was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital in Chemnitz. X-rays revealed a fracture near the joint. MotoGP's official X page also confirmed: 'BREAKING: @maverick12official to sit out of the remainder of the #GermanGP following his Q2 crash. We wish you a speedy recovery, Mav!' Also Read: Aleix Espargaro Confident About Fighting Ducati In 2023: 'We Are Not That Far From The Top' Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini both out leaving Tech3 KTM empty This sudden exit leaves Red Bull KTM Tech3 without any riders for Sunday's race. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: One simple trick to get internet without a subscription Techno Mag Learn More Undo Maverick Vinales' teammate, Enea Bastianini, was already ruled out earlier this week due to emergency appendicitis surgery. Now, with Maverick Vinales out too, the team will not field a single bike in the German GP. Speaking to reporters, team boss Nicolas Goyon said: 'It's unfortunate, but rider safety is first. Maverick is in pain and needs rest. We'll see how things go in the next few days.' This is Maverick Vinales' first MotoGP missed race as a result of injury. As The-Race. com reports, his return for the following round in Brno depends on medical tests and his healing path. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Manika Batra's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 3. Watch Here!


The Citizen
3 days ago
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Quartararo good value for MotoGP pole
Marquez brilliance has constricted the betting market. The remarkable dominance of Marc Marquez in the 2025 MotoGP season has throttled what was for several years a very lively betting market. This doesn't mean there are no longer opportunities for bike racing fans to add interest to their viewing with a wager or two. For example, Betway offers odds on the Saturday Sprint race and on qualifying. A variety different grand prix winners was once the MotoGP norm, but the odds board looks different these days – after Marquez on a factory Ducati bike has won six of the 10 GPs contested so far this season. This has made the Spaniard a 1-100 favourite to claim his seventh rider championship (The other six came in seven years during the 2010s for Honda). The second favourite for the overall title is Marc's brother Alex, for the second-string Ducati team Gresini, at R25.00 the Win. MotoGP contenders Crashes and retirements are an ever-present threat in motor racing and one tiny misjudgment can take even the best out of the running – as happened at the Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, when Marquez took a tumble and the chequered flag fell on teammate Pecco Bagnaia. With Marquez having more or less wrapped up the championship he might – just might – decide not to push things to crash-able limits in qualifying. Former world champion Fabio Quartararo has taken four pole positions in 2025 – to Marquez's six – though his speedy Yamaha hasn't proven competitive in the actual races. The R6.00 for the Frenchman to grab pole at this weekend's German GP seems very good value. The season reaches its halfway point on Sunday at the Sachsenring. German GP odds: Marc Marquez – R1.28 a Win (and R1.44 for the Saturday Sprint) Alex Marquez – R6.50 Pecco Bagnaia – R8.00 Marco Bezzechi – R11.00 [South Africa's Brad Binder – R67.00]