“First and second gear was ok, I tried to put the third gear and I didn’t shift. Unfortunately I broke too early and I had a touch with Jack (Miller) and on the second lap I tried to overtake Petrucci, I was hesitating a lot to see if I needed to do it or and unfortunately it was the wrong choice, too much lean angle, too fast and I lost the front. So yes, it’s our first mistake in the race, first crash and we will come back stronger.”

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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) 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 Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol)…

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Behind the leading duo, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder was on a real charge after the South African recovered from 17th on the grid to then join the podium fight, all thanks to a fastest lap of the race, before fronting the podium fight with an aggressive move on EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Xavi Vierge into the first corner.

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At the front, Fenati was holding the baton as the leading six had a slight gap due to the crash behind, but John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) and Can Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) quickly bridged the gap to make it a group of nine battling for the lead. The lead was changing all the time with the two Leopard machines at the forefront, but the likes of McPhee, Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PrüstelGP) and Fenati were swarming. Then, on Lap 11, Ramirez took the lead and found himself with a half-second gap and he held it for a handful of laps, with mistakes at the bottom of ‘The Waterfall’ and Turn 1 meant the chasers were back with him, Dalla Porta and McPhee took P1 and P2 ahead of the Spaniard.

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A lead group of seven quickly formed as the Energica Ego Corsa riders ripped around the Sachsenring, with the battle for the lead intensifying every lap. Tuuli, after dropping to fourth in the early stages, started to pick the riders off one-by-one before taking the lead – after a number of failed attempts – at Turn 1 on Lap 4. At this stage, the top four of Tuuli, Smith, Di Meglio and Garzo had a one-second gap to fifth place Matteo Ferrari (Trentino Gresini MotoE) and the fight for MotoE™ victory number one was on.

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Stefano Bedon: “Mirko, Giancarlo, me and all the Snipers are really happy to have renewed the agreement with Tony Arbolino. Not only because he’s a professional but even because he’s a guy loved by everyone and that gives harmony to the team. These are the right conditions for getting the result and, with him, we would like to bring the title of Moto3 back in Italy, after 15 year of abstinence”.

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Rain had fallen overnight which mean the Sachsenring was wet for most of the morning running, but as a dry line started to appear in the Moto3™ and Moto2™ session, it didn’t take long before the premier class were able to head out on slick tyres for the final ten minutes of Warm Up. Have Ducati found some pace overnight? Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing) led for a lot of the session as the reigning Moto2™ World Champion was the first to put in the slick tyres, the Italian ended the session fourth ahead of Germany’s Stefan Bradl (Repsol Honda Team). Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) is fit to ride after his fast Q2 crash, the Italian made it four Ducatis inside the top six on Sunday morning.

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Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) began Sunday at his home Grand Prix by topping the Moto2™ times in Warm Up at the HJC Helmets Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, a 1:33.403 in mixed conditions saw the German sit just 0.004 ahead of second fastest Augusto Fernandez (FlexBox HP 40), with Jake Dixon (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) have a great session to finish 0.3 off the front in third place.

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After confirming he will be staying with VNE Snipers in Moto3™ next season, Tony Arbolino went quickest in a damp lightweight class Warm Up at the HJC Helmets Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, a 1:34.943 was enough to beat second place Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse), with John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) completing the top three.

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