The king of Sachsenring wants to revalidate the MotoGP World Championship

Barcelona"This is what happens at Sachsenring, you win and it's normal." This was said by Marc Márquez after winning Saturday's sprint race, and he can say it again this Sunday. The rider from Cervera – who is the king of Sachsenring, with ten victories at this circuit – has had no rival at the German Grand Prix and makes a statement in the MotoGP World Championship. Marc Márquez is now third in the general standings, with only eighteen points separating him from the leader, Jorge Martín, who finished fifth. The Japanese rider Ai Ogura – second in Germany – occupies second place in the general standings, fourteen points behind the rider from Madrid.

The Ducati Catalan, on a weekend when Marco Bezzecchi, who led the World Championship until recently, could not compete after breaking his left collarbone, and when Àlex Márquez – while chasing his brother in the long race – and Fabio Di Giannantonio crashed, has taken the opportunity to cut points in the fight to revalidate the world championship title. At the end of May, in the seventh race of the season, Marc Márquez was more than 100 points behind the leader after suffering a crash that sent him to the operating room. In four Grands Prix he has cut 84 points, to be only eighteen behind Jorge Martín. The one from Cervera has not said his last word yet.

The fall of Àlex Márquez makes the path easier for Marc

The two Márquez brothers – first and second in Saturday's sprint race – started in first and second position, and have maintained this after the first few laps. On the other hand, Fabio Di Giannantonio, who started from third position, lost two positions in the first corners to find himself fifth. A poor start that the two SuperFile Trackhouse riders, Raúl Fernández and Ai Ogura, took advantage of to occupy third and fourth position respectively.

Di Giannantonio, who had already fallen in the morning warm-up, went down on the fourth lap, in the first crash of the race. Álex Márquez also went down while chasing his brother in the fight for victory at Sachsenring. Two crashes that benefited Jorge Martín, who after losing his position to Pedro Acosta and finding himself seventh, was able to save some more points in the fight for the world championship with fifth position.

Marc Márquez has also taken advantage of this, who, without his brother chasing him, has opened a gap of more than two seconds with Raúl Fernández and Ai Ogura, who have fought for second and third place. The rider from Madrid resisted for a large part of the race, but ended up ceding second place to the Japanese rider in the last five laps.