Overview

• Fabio Di Giannantonio topped FP2 with a 1m19.071s lap that broke the Sachsenring MotoGP record using new soft tyres
• Marc Marquez led Friday’s FP1 with the fastest time but chose not to fit fresh soft rubber for the afternoon session
• Only Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli ran new soft tyres on their final FP2 laps, giving them a decisive pace advantage
• Alex Marquez returned from a hand fracture to secure second in FP2 while Enea Bastianini was ruled out of the weekend with appendicitis, reducing the grid to 20 riders
• The top ten FP2 finishers advanced directly to Q2, with yellow-flag disruptions from Fermin Aldeguer’s crashes affecting late qualifying runs