Alex Marquez: “I saw plus zero Marc and said ‘f***, now what do I do?’” | MotoGP

Alex Marquez: “I saw plus zero Marc and said ‘f***, now what do I do?’” | MotoGP

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Alex Marquez has given his delighted response to sharing the podium at the German MotoGP with brother Marc Marquez.Jorge Martin crashed out of the lead, surrendering the victory and the championship initiative to Pecco Bagnaia at the Sachsenring on Sunday.Marc was promoted a place into P2, as a result of Martin’s crash, while it gave Alex the chance to complete the podium.The Gresini Ducati celebrations were wild as their two riders – the Marquez brothers – each finished on the rostrum.A thrilled Alex told TNT Sports about scrapping with the front-runners in Germany: “It wasn’t easy to be with the front and rear tyre in the perfect time.“I saw plus zero Marc and said ‘f***, now what do I do?’“Later on, when I saw Martin’s crash – I am sorry for him – my body was shaking.“I saw Franco Morbidelli stopped Enea Bastianini. So we were were lucky for that.”The scrap between factory Ducati rider Bastianini and Pramac’s Morbidelli gave Alex the extra impetus to follow his brother onto the podium.It meant the two Gresini riders – on GP23s – beat GP24 riders Bastianini and Morbidelli.Alex described his race: “Everybody was trying to save tyres. It was a lap of management, trying not to use the rear tyre.“Later, I struggled to overtake Morbidelli.”He said about the difference between the bikes: “They have more in some areas – in the braking and going in – which is where you need to pass…”Alex later added: “A really good day for us. An unexpected podium for me. Before, I said P7 was a real target because we didn’t have the pace.“But we made changes which worked really well.“I was losing too much with Franco Morbidelli. I wasn’t able to take the slipstream from Pecco.“I’m happy to share the podium from Marc. But, when Jorge crashed, my body was shaking. I didn’t know what to make [of it].“I watched the big screen for where Enea was because we know, in the last laps, he is so fast. I tried to control until the end because I was on the limit with the tyres.”Alex was asked to score his season out of 10, after his standout result of the year.“Until yesterday, it was a 6,” he said. “Today 6-and-a-half with the podium!“We weren’t fast enough at the beginning of the season, only in Jerez. The race pace wasn’t as we need it to be.“Today we had a good rhythm. Hopefully we can turn around the situation and be fast until the end.”The German MotoGP was Alex’s third podium since joining Gresini.Last year, he was third in Argentina and second in Malaysia, while he also won the sprint races in Malaysia and Silverstone.This year, after being joined in the Gresini box by his esteemed brother, he has had to wait until the Sachsenring to return to the podium.

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Marquez felt like he “won” in German GP after tough MotoGP weekend

Marquez felt like he “won” in German GP after tough MotoGP weekend

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MotoGP star Marc Marquez felt like he “won” the German Grand Prix after charging from 13th on the grid to finish second behind future team-mate Francesco Bagnaia.
Marquez has repeatedly been labelled the ‘King of Sachsenring’ thanks to his unbeaten streak at the German venue between 2011-21 in MotoGP and its junior classes, but the Spaniard’s hopes of adding a 12th victory to his tally were derailed when he crashed in Friday practice – breaking a finger on his left hand and bruising his ribcage in the fall.
A combination of mechanical troubles and traffic on his final flying lap left him 13th on the grid on a notoriously difficult track for overtaking, prompting the 31-year-old to label the German GP as the “most difficult weekend” of the year so far on Saturday.
However, the six-time MotoGP champion was able to stage an incredible recovery in the grand prix on Sunday, jumping inside the top 10 on the opening lap before slowly scything his way through the pack to claim an unlikely podium finish.
It marked his fourth result inside the top-three positions in a Sunday race this year, but while he was in jubilant mood to share the podium with younger brother Alex, he didn’t hide his frustration over a weekend that had been riddled with issues and on-track incidents.
“I feel like I won the race, this is the real feeling,” he said. “Incredible, incredible race! I didn’t expect to finish on the podium.

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“The weekend has ended very well because we persisted, and because it’s [like] the Sanfermines [a Spanish festival known for the running of the bulls] .
“It’s true that we leave with a good taste in our mouths, but it was a bad weekend from which we have to learn.
“We had a lot of technical issues, I did that big mistake in Turn 11 that affected all weekend. If I had been able to square it, I would have been able to fight with Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martín.”
Marquez had to take part in Saturday’s sprint using the ‘strongest painkillers he could find’, with his ribcage – and not the fractured finger – being the chief cause of his struggles.
But the Gresini rider revealed that he was able to ride in “Marquez mode” on Sunday, having successfully completed a full recovery overnight in order to be fully fit for the grand prix..
“First thing and the most important is that today I got up and felt better with the body,” he explained. “So I arrived [this morning] and said [to my team] I feel better today and I can ride aggressively, I can ride in ‘Marquez mode’.
“Of course, the finger [is broken] but the finger was not even a limitation yesterday. The ribs yesterday were super stiff.
“But today I was able to get up and it was not any[more a] limitation. Without the crash in T11 my performance will be the same one.”

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Marquez clashed with the second Pramac bike of Franco Morbidelli during their battle for fourth late on in the grand prix, with the two making contact as they exited the opening right-hander.
He was eventually able to pass Morbidelli and also overtake his brother Alex on the penultimate lap to grab second place – aided by a late error from long-time race leader Martin on the Pramac Ducati.
Marquez stated that the incident with Morbidelli kicked him on to race aggressively in the final stages of the 30-lap contest.
“We started our race trying not to stress too much the tyres, try to make that comeback in a slow way. Not panic because here it is super difficult to overtake.
“The contact with Morbidelli was the one that was unexpected and then I lost a lot of time.
“Already two laps before that incident Franco went a bit wide in Turn 1 and then there I slowed a bit the bike, but then I closed in. Two laps after he went even more wide and then I said now is the time. But he came back and we had a massive contact.
“But that point also made that click, that off [switch for riding conservatively]. Now [I went] all in.
“And then in the last laps when I was catching my brother. [There were] many question marks, what can I do, attack, take a risk? If something happens [between us] what happens [then]?
“We were both [running] in podium [positions] in the last two laps and [that] makes everything easier.”
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‘Masochist’ Marc Marquez feted despite inflated airbag, smashed screen, rib agony | MotoGP

‘Masochist’ Marc Marquez feted despite inflated airbag, smashed screen, rib agony | MotoGP

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Marc Marquez has been hailed for his podium finish at the German MotoGP despite multiple painful obstacles.He rejected a last-minute bike set-up from his team which would have eased his injuries, in favour of battling through with a machine that gave him a greater chance of a good result.The Gresini Ducati rider’s crash on Friday caused a broken finger and pain to the ribs, before a frustrating qualifying session resulted in a P13 start.But Marquez sailed to a P2 finish, behind Pecco Bagnaia who profited from Jorge Martin crashing from the lead.Marquez also had to overcome contact with Franco Morbidelli which smashed his screen and inflated his airbag.“Adrenaline took over. He set his fastest first sector of the weekend without a screen, without wind protection,” Marquez’s crew chief Frankie Carchedi told TNT Sports.Carchedi paid tribute to a unique round for Marquez: “It’s a bit of an understatement. In all my years, I’ve never had a weekend like this.“You always make a plan –  how many laps, what bike you will used. We might as well have not bothered! Because nothing went to plan!“We had a technical [problem]. We had to use the other bike.“Saturday, we prepared everything in case he went out, which we weren’t sure about until the last second.“It was pretty much a bonus. There was no plan that went right.“In qualifying, we had a technical with one bike, had to jump on another, then traffic…“Yesterday he struggled in Sector 1, the two right corners, where he had problems with his ribs.“This morning, you don’t normally do a bike set-up for an injury. But we tried something to make it more agile to help him.“It helped his problem. But he said ‘no’.“Our base for FP1 was what he started the race with, and just gritted his teeth.“We just talked about finishing and getting as many points as we can. It’s so difficult to overtake.“Fortunately where Marc was strong, and we were strong, was the last sector.“He set his fastest Sector 1 of the whole weekend on the last lap.”Airbag “hurt” – “you can’t breathe”The contact with Pramac’s Morbidelli, which rocked Marquez and damaged his bike, spurred him on.“This triggered him into action,” Michael Laverty analysed on TNT Sports.“Frankie was wide, comes back on line. The door was open, Marc tried to stick his GP23 in there.“Contact, the airbag goes up, the screen is broken.“Their legs came together, it was a racing incident. It sparked something within Marc – game on!“At the next direction change, Enea Bastianini gets past him. Even with his airbag up, he fights at the top of the hill, back on Enea.”Sylvain Guintoli explained the impact of an airbag inflating: “It will have hurt his ribs a lot. It does deflate, but it takes time.“When it goes off, it feels really uncomfortable. It will have hurt.“The airbag inflated is on your arms, your sides, your back, everything feels super-tight and you can’t breathe.“The contact with Morbidelli fired him up, he took all the risk and didn’t care.”Laverty added: “Marc is a masochist, as soon as pain is triggered it spurs him into action. He is something exceptional.”Guintoli said: “There is no quitting. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong – multiple technical problems, a crash, an injury, the traffic on-track, he couldn’t get to Q2, starting from 13th.“Despite all this, there is no giving up. Only attacking all the time.”However, it was the first time in nine MotoGP grands prix that Marquez has started at the Sachsenring that he failed to win.He is third in the MotoGP standings, 58 points behind new leader Bagnaia.

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Marquez bemoans “worst MotoGP weekend of the year” in German GP

Marquez bemoans “worst MotoGP weekend of the year” in German GP

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Marc Marquez labelled the German Grand Prix weekend as “the worst of the year” so far, as crashes and mechanical troubles limited him to sixth in the Sachsenring MotoGP sprint.
The Gresini rider has a record eight wins at the track in MotoGP, but he wasn’t a factor in Saturday’s half-distance race after qualifying on the fifth row in 13th.
The Spaniard’s troubles began in practice on Friday with two high-speed crashes, the second of which at Turn 11 left him with a fractured finger and bruises on his ribs.
Forced to go through Q1, Marquez had to abort his second run due to a mechanical problem on his GP23 before a final effort on his second bike was wrecked by Honda wildcard Stefan Bradl, who was found guilty of impeding him and handed a three-place grid penalty for the offence.
Although the six-time MotoGP champion was able to make some progress from outside the top 10 in the sprint, overtaking Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales at the final corner to grab four points for sixth place, it was still a case of what could have been for a rider who between 2013 and 2019 was unbeatable at the Sachsenring.
Speaking after the sprint, the 31-year-old bemoaned the issues he encountered both on track and in the Gresini garage as he finished more than six seconds behind race winner Jorge Martin’s GP24-spec Pramac Ducati.
“I already said that if I had a perfect weekend I would be able to fight with the top riders,” he said. “But I had a disastrous weekend, the worst of the year.
“All the mechanical problems we can have, happened this weekend.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“With Q1, with second tyre, we had a mechanical problem there and for that reason, we say this bike, ‘no’. We jumped on the other bike and unlucky for us there was a traffic jam.
“But there are some things you cannot control and this weekend ‘somebody’ say that you cannot do it.
“But even like this, we continue to fight and starting from 13th place in the sprint race we were able to finish sixth.
“The good thing and the positive thing is when I had free track, the pace was very similar to the top.”
Marquez reported a lot of physical pain in the wake of his scary highside crash in second practice, despite being declared fit by doctors to take part in the sprint.
He explained that the anti-clockwise nature of the track allows him to see out the weekend, but even then it wasn’t easy to ride the bike for longer durations.
Asked for an update on his condition, Marquez said: “About the physical side, in two hours I will know because it’s true that I ride with the strongest painkillers we can take, with an injection [and it takes time for the effects of the painkiller to wear off].
“The finger is not a problem, it’s broken but okay, it’s acceptable. But with the ribs, especially when I do more than five laps I start to breathe more deeply and then the pain increases a lot.
“But fortunately, we have only two right corners. I promise you that if we are in a right [corner-heavy] circuit, [it was] impossible to ride. But with only two right corners, I can accept and tolerate that pain.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“I checked with the doctors; they said I can take the risk with what I have.
“But I feel something strange on the ribs, I feel that the finger was broken, I was moving [it was making] krr krr [sounds].
“But they said [yesterday] that it’s not risky to continue, it’s an acceptable risk. So for that reason I’m riding. If they say it’s too much, I stop.”
Marquez has made a number of podium comebacks this year after failing to break into Q2, with Le Mans and Catalunya standing out as two races where he was able to bounce back from difficult qualifying sessions.
But he was downbeat about his chances for Sunday’s race, explaining how Sachsenring is known to be notoriously difficult to overtake.
“Here it depends a lot on the start and the first lap,” he said.
“On the first lap, you already lose a lot of time because you cannot overtake. You have only one two points to overtake. Last corner and Turn 1, and then you cannot do anything.
“As soon as you are past Turn 1, until Turn 12 you cannot overtake. It’s impossible.
“So we need to be patient and try to understand that the situation is like this. Like today I was not crazy. I was just riding on my limit, fighting, trying to find my feelings and do my 100%.”

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Can M. Marquez make an incredible comeback to keep his Sachsenring crown?

Can M. Marquez make an incredible comeback to keep his Sachsenring crown?

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After a thrilling Saturday at the Sachsenring, Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) claimed an impressive Sprint victory – extending his Championship lead to 15 points. Miguel Oliveira (Trackhouse Racing) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) were charging hard behind with Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP) finishing down in P6. Marquez has a huge task ahead on Sunday, with the #93 starting from P13 he will have to complete a comeback to create history and win his first Grand Prix with Ducati and a 12th at the Sachsenring.
1. Championship leader Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) has qualified on pole for the fourth time so far this year along with Qatar, France, and Italy, setting a new all-time lap record at the Sachsenring. On Sunday, he could take his eighth MotoGP™ win and his second in a row in Germany to complete his second double at the Sachsenring.
2. Miguel Oliveira (Trackhouse Racing) has qualified second for his best qualifying result since he was on pole at the 2020 Portuguese GP (on his way to winning the race). This is also his first top three in qualifying since he qualified third in Catalunya last year. He will now be aiming to win for the first time since Thailand in 2022.
3. After passing through Q1, Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) qualified third for his second top three in qualifying in MotoGP™ with Catalunya earlier this year. With his teammate in second, this is the second time there are two Aprilia riders in the top three in qualifying so far this year along with Catalunya. He will be aiming to score his best result in MotoGP™ if he can beat his P5 taken in Valencia last year.
4. Reigning Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) has qualified fourth, which is the first time he failed to qualify either first or second since Jerez earlier this year (although he won the GP race there.) He will be aiming to take his fourth Grand Prix win in a row, something no rider has done since Bagnaia himself in 2022 when he won four in a row from Assen to Misano.
5. Despite a crash in Q2, Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) has qualified fifth for his second-best qualifying result so far this year after Assen last week when he qualified fourth. He will now aim to add to his premier class podium collection: two with Honda and two with Ducati so far.
6. Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing) has qualified sixth equalling his best qualifying result so far this year from Italy. He will be aiming to take his first podium since he finished third in Jerez in 2021.
7. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing), who suffered a big crash in Q2, has qualified seventh, and he will now aim to take his 11th MotoGP™ GP win.
8. Rookie Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) qualified 10th equalling his worst qualifying result in MotoGP™ from Spain and Assen last week. Aged 20 years and 43 days old on Sunday, he has his last chance to become the youngest premier class winner and take the record from Marc Marquez (20 years and 63 days old in Austin in 2013).
9. Aprilia and KTM/GASGAS riders will be aiming to give their manufacturer(s) their first win at the Sachsenring. So far, the best Aprilia result here is P4, while the best for KTM/GASGAS is P2.
10. Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), who crashed twice on Friday, has qualified 13th for his worst qualifying result at the Sachsenring in MotoGP™. He will now be aiming to win for the first time since Emilia- Romagna 2021 (987 days ago). It would be his first Grand Prix win with Ducati and Gresini, and his 12th Grand Prix race win at the track.
Will Marc Marquez keep his Sachsenring crown? Make sure you tune in at 14:00 local time (UTC +2) to find out!

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Marquez bemoans “worst MotoGP weekend of the year” in German GP

Marquez bemoans “worst MotoGP weekend of the year” in German GP

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Marc Marquez has described the German Grand Prix weekend as “the worst of the year” so far, as a spate of crashes and mechanical troubles prevented him from fighting at the front in the MotoGP sprint.
The Gresini rider has a record eight wins around Sachsenring in MotoGP, but sixth was all he could achieve in Saturday’s half-distance race after qualifying on the fifth row in 13th.
The Spaniard’s troubles began in practice on Friday with two high-speed crashes, the second of which at Turn 11 left him with a fractured finger and bruises on his ribs.
Forced to go through Q1, Marquez had to abort his second run due to a mechanical problem on his GP23 before a final effort on his second bike was wrecked by Honda wildcard Stefan Bradl, who was found guilty of impeding him and handed a three-place grid penalty for the offence.
Although the six-time MotoGP champion was able to make some progress from outside the top 10 in the sprint, overtaking Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales at the final corner to grab four points for sixth place, it was still a case of what could have been for a rider who was previously unbeatable at the Sachsenring.
Speaking after the sprint, the 31-year-old bemoaned the issues he encountered both on track and in the Gresini garage as he finished more than six seconds behind race winner Jorge Martin on the GP24-spec Pramac Ducati.
“I already said that if I had a perfect weekend I would be able to fight with the top riders. But I had a disastrous weekend, the worst of the year,” he said.
“All the mechanical problems we can have, happened this weekend.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“With Q1, with second tyre, we had a mechanical problem there and for that reason, we say this bike, ‘no’. We jumped on the other bike and unlucky for us there was a traffic jam.
“But there are some things you cannot control and this weekend ‘somebody’ say that you cannot do it.
“But even like this we continue to fight and starting from 13th place in the sprint race we were able to finish sixth.
“The good thing and the positive thing is when I had free track the pace was very similar to the top.”
Marquez reported a lot of physical pain in the wake of his scary highside crash in second practice despite being declared fit by doctors to take part in the sprint.
The Gresini rider explained that the anti-clockwise nature of the track allows him to see out the weekend, but even then it wasn’t easy to ride the bike for longer durations.
Asked for an update on his condition, he said: “About the physical side, in two hours I will know because it’s true that I ride with the strongest painkillers we can take, with an injection, [and it takes time for the effects of the painkiller to wear off]
“The finger is not a problem, it’s broken but okay, it’s acceptable. But with the ribs, especially when I do more than five laps I start to breathe more deeply and then the pain increases a lot.
“But fortunately, we have only two right corners. I promise you that if we are in a right [corner-heavy] circuit, [it was] impossible to ride. But with only two right corners I can accept and tolerate that pain.
“I checked with the doctors they said I can take the risk with what I have. But I feel something strange on the ribs, I feel that the finger was broken, I was moving [it was making] krr krr [sounds].

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“But they said [yesterday] that it’s not risky to continue, it’s an acceptable risk. So for that reason I’m riding. If they say it’s too much, I stop.”
Marquez has made a number of podium comebacks this year after failing to break into Q2, with Le Mans and Catalunya standing out as two races where he was able to bounce back from difficult qualifying sessions.
But he was downbeat about his chances for Sunday’s race, explaining how Sachsenring is known to be notoriously difficult to overtake.
“Here it depends a lot on the start and the first lap,” he said. “On the first lap, you already lose a lot of time because you cannot overtake. You have only one two points to overtake. Last corner and turn 1, and then you cannot do anything.
“As soon as you are past Turn 1, until Turn 12 you cannot overtake. It’s impossible. So we need to be patient and try to understand that the situation is like this. Like today I was not crazy. I was just riding on my limit, fighting, trying to find my feelings and do my 100%.”
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German MotoGP: Jorge Martin wins as Marc Marquez produces impressive sprint comeback | MotoGP

German MotoGP: Jorge Martin wins as Marc Marquez produces impressive sprint comeback | MotoGP

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Looking for the perfect launch after qualifying 13th, Marc Marquez made up three places while Francesco Bagnaia went from fourth to first.On lap two the world champion came under immediate threat from polesitter Jorge Martin.Martin made his first move at turn one on lap three before making the overtake stick seven corners later.Bagnaia was then demoted to third before the end of lap three as Oliveira dived to the inside at the final corner.Continuing his forward progress, Marc Marquez went through on Brad Binder at the final corner.Marquez then made a swift move on Raul Fernandez on lap seven, while at the front the leading four of Martin, Oliveira, Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini remained unchanged.On lap 10 Marquez lost eight tenths to Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Vinales after saving a front-end fall at turn one.Out of the points, Pedro Acosta’s hopes of making forward progress ended with three laps to go when he went through the gravel.Attempting to move into the top six, Marquez ran slightly wide at turn one on the final lap which allowed Vinales to swoop back underneath him.Marquez had one final chance which was at the final corner, which he made stick in superb fashion.At the front, Martin took a commanding victory ahead of Oliveira and Bagnaia.

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Marquez in farcical Q1 exit as Martin takes German GP pole

Marquez in farcical Q1 exit as Martin takes German GP pole

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MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin took pole position in a deeply messy German Grand Prix qualifying that included a controversial Q1 exit for Sachsenring master Marc Marquez.Marquez, managing the pain from a rib bruise and finger fracture after his fast get-off on Friday afternoon, logged the second-fastest time in the early going of Q1 – but abandoned his second run amid excessive jockeying for track position.The Spaniard was clearly a target to follow for much of the grid and, when Marquez rolled out on the main straight and those ahead of him did so into Turn 1, Jack Miller was seemingly caught out by the modulating pace and overshot Turn 1, nearly wiping out Marquez in the process.

Disaster avoided 🤯@jackmilleraus goes wide after a big close call! #GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/z0o6fqIH7m— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) July 6, 2024

Marquez did then return to the track after pitting for one final attempt – somehow picking up a tail of several riders once again – but came up on his former Honda stablemate Stefan Bradl at Turn 2, with Bradl making a desperate attempt to cut across the track in an effort to avoid impeding Marquez and only making the situation more dangerous.

LAP RUINED ❌Game over for @marcmarquez93 as he encounters @stefanbradl on his way! 😱The incident is under investigation ⚠️#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/Mtqu0FatAS— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) July 6, 2024

It consigned Marquez to a Q1 exit, and Bradl’s attempt at an apology during the practice starts went unaccepted. The stewards took a dim view and handed Bradl a three-place grid penalty that demotes him one spot to last. The pole fightThe Q2 crop of MotoGP riders was marginally better-behaved than their Q1 predecessors, although reigning champion Pecco Bagnaia was at one point resigned to pulling over in the middle of pitlane in an effort to shake off those who had followed him out of their pit boxes.A 1m19.243s for Martin, set on the opening run, replaced Friday’s Maverick Vinales benchmark as the lap record, and then went unmatched in the closing minutes in Q2.

A second crash for Maverick this morning! 😱That’s a BIG ONE at T10 as smoke comes out of his bike’s exhaust 💨⚠️#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/7psQ08TUx5— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) July 6, 2024

In part, that was due to yellow flags. Vinales had a nasty highside coming through Turn 1, going over the handlebars of his Aprilia – which then seemingly blew an engine while lying on its side on track and needed a minute or two to be removed.That crash thwarted several laps through yellow flags, including one for Bagnaia, and when the Ducati rider set off for a last-gasp attempt, Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez crashed ahead of him and wrote that off, too.It meant Bagnaia will start a row behind main championship rival Martin in fourth.Slotting in between them were the two Trackhouse Aprilia riders, Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez, with Oliveira just 0.048s off pole on his best day of the season and Fernandez right behind him after having dominated Q1.Despite his crash, in which he reached the air fence, Alex Marquez will line up fifth, followed by Pramac Ducati rider Franco Morbidelli and Vinales.VR46 Ducati’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, another rider nursing an injury from Friday, was eighth, followed by Ducati works rider Enea Bastianini and rookie Pedro Acosta – again the top KTM RC16 rider, this time by a tenth over Brad Binder.Di Giannantonio’s team-mate Marco Bezzecchi enjoyed a rare moment of happiness in what had been an awful weekend so far by booking a spot in Q2, but could do no better than 12th once in there.Also out in Q1Set to line up in 13th, Marc Marquez will be joined by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo and Tech3 Gas Gas’s Augusto Fernandez on row five, Fernandez qualifying a tenth ahead of works KTM rider Jack Miller in arguably his best showing of the season (but also being aided by grabbing a tow from Marquez on his only completed fast lap).Takaaki Nakagami was the top Honda qualifier for the first time this season, denying Luca Marini the honour by 0.013s.Yamaha’s Alex Rins stand-in Remy Gardner was last, a second back from Quartararo. He was just seven tenths off after the initial runs but couldn’t find an improvement amid the late-session melee.



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Martin beats Trackhouse duo to pole, Marquez 13th

Martin beats Trackhouse duo to pole, Marquez 13th

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Jorge Martin claimed pole position for MotoGP’s German Grand Prix ahead of Trackhouse duo Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez, as Marc Marquez qualified 13th after being knocked out in Q1.
Pramac rider Martin broke the circuit lap record with a 1m19.423s on his first run around the Sachsenring, which would remain unbeaten as a number of yellow flags prevented rivals from improving their times at the close of the 15-minute shootout.
This was his fourth pole position of the year and followed just a week after factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia dominated the Assen weekend from start to finish to close within 10 points of him in the standings.
Bagnaia had to abort a flying lap twice in the final stages, first for a horrifying highside for Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales and again for Gresini rider Alex Marquez’s crash, leaving him fourth on the grid for both the sprint and the grand prix.
Two riders who took advantage of the situation were Aprilia pair Oliveira and Fernandez, who had already looked rapid in the run-up to Q2.
Oliveira’s time of 1m19.471s from his first run was good enough to take second place, as he finished just 0.048s behind Martin, while Fernandez came from Q to make it two Trackhouse entries on the front row in third – despite still riding last year’s RS-GP bike. 
Fifth place behind Bagnaia went to Alex Marquez despite his late crash, while Franco Morbidelli lapped 0.523s behind his pole-sitting team-mate Martin to complete the second row of the grid.
Aprilia rider Vinales, one of the favourites for pole position after breaking the lap record on Friday, ended up seventh after being thrown off his bike in a nasty highside at Turn 10. Vinales was visibly shaken after the accident, as team-mate Aleix Espargaro watched on from the garage after withdrawing from the weekend.
Fabio di Giannantonio was among a few riders who were able to improve on their second run as he put his VR46 Ducati to eighth, ahead of factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini and GasGas Tech3 rider Pedro Acosta, who was once again the top qualifier on the KTM.
Acosta was closely followed by factory KTM rider Brad Binder, while VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi took 12th after narrowly making it into the second part of qualifying.
Gresini’s Marc Marquez was the first rider to be eliminated in Q1 and will line up 13th at the Sachsenring, a track where he has won eight times in the premier class.
Still not fully fit after a frightening highside in Friday practice that left him with a broken finger and a bruise to his rib cage, Marquez posted a time of 1m20.263s in his first run that provisionally put him second.
After aborting his second run to switch bikes, Marquez had one final shot at progressing into Q2 when he encountered Honda wildcard Stefan Bradl in the first sector, wrecking any chance of improving his previous lap.
With Bezzecchi already having gone quicker than him, a frustrated Marquez was demoted to the fifth row of the grid alongside the top Yamaha of 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo and the Tech3 GasGas bike of Augusto Fernandez.
Jack Miller was a lowly 16th on the factory KTM ahead of LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami, who beat factory rider Joan Mir and team-mate Johann Zarco to finish as the top Honda rider in 17th.
Remy Gardner qualified 22nd and last on his first MotoGP appearance since 2022, as he deputised for an injured Alex Rins at Yamaha.
But Gardner will move up a place in the final starting order, with Bradl – who originally qualified 21st – being hit with a three-place grid penalty for impeding Marquez on his final lap.
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Martin beats Trackhouse Aprilia duo to pole, Marquez 13th

Martin beats Trackhouse Aprilia duo to pole, Marquez 13th

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Jorge Martin claimed pole position for MotoGP’s German Grand Prix ahead of Trackhouse Aprilia duo Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez, as Marc Marquez qualified 13th after being knocked out in Q1.
Pramac Ducati rider Martin broke the circuit lap record with a 1m19.423s on his first run around the Sachsenring, which would remain unbeaten as a number of yellow flags prevented rivals from improving their times at the close of the 15-minute shootout.
This was his fourth pole position of the year and followed just a week after factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia dominated the Assen weekend from start to finish to close within 10 points of him in the standings.
Bagnaia had to abort a flying lap twice in the final stages, first for a horrifying highside for Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales and again for Gresini rider Alex Marquez’s crash, leaving him fourth on the grid for both the sprint and the grand prix.
Two riders who took advantage of the situation were Trackhouse Aprilia pair Oliveira and Fernandez, who had already looked rapid in the run-up to Q2.
Oliveira’s time of 1m19.471s from his first run was good enough to take second place, as he finished just 0.048s behind Martin, while Fernandez came from Q1 to make it two Trackhouse entries on the front row in third – despite still riding last year’s RS-GP bike.

Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Racing Team
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Fifth place behind Bagnaia went to Alex Marquez despite his late crash, while Franco Morbidelli lapped 0.523s behind his pole-sitting team-mate Martin to complete the second row of the grid.
Aprilia rider Vinales, one of the favourites for pole position after breaking the lap record on Friday, ended up seventh after being thrown off his bike in a nasty highside at Turn 10. Vinales was visibly shaken after the accident, as team-mate Aleix Espargaro watched on from the garage after withdrawing from the weekend.
Fabio di Giannantonio was among a few riders who were able to improve on their second run as he put his VR46 Ducati to eighth, ahead of factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini and GasGas Tech3 rider Pedro Acosta, who was once again the top qualifier on the KTM.
Acosta was closely followed by factory KTM rider Brad Binder, while VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi took 12th after narrowly making it into the second part of qualifying.
Gresini’s Marc Marquez was the first rider to be eliminated in Q1 and will line up 13th at the Sachsenring, a track where he has won eight times in the premier class.
Still not fully fit after a frightening highside in Friday practice that left him with a broken finger and a bruised rib cage, Marquez posted a time of 1m20.263s in his first run that provisionally put him second.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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After aborting his second run to switch bikes, Marquez had one final shot at progressing into Q2 when he encountered Honda wildcard Stefan Bradl in the first sector, wrecking any chance of improving his previous lap.
With Bezzecchi already having gone quicker than him, a frustrated Marquez was demoted to the fifth row of the grid alongside the top Yamaha of 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo and the Tech3 GasGas bike of Augusto Fernandez.
Jack Miller was a lowly 16th on the factory KTM ahead of LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami, who beat factory rider Joan Mir and team-mate Johann Zarco to finish as the top Honda rider in 17th.
Remy Gardner qualified 22nd and last on his first MotoGP appearance since 2022, as he deputised for an injured Alex Rins at Yamaha.
But Gardner will move up a place in the final starting order, with Bradl – who originally qualified 21st – being hit with a three-place grid penalty for impeding Marquez on his final lap.
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