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Marquez Secures Record 12th Sachsenring Victory, Extends MotoGP Lead

His start-to-finish triumph at a crash-marred Sachsenring round widened his championship cushion to 83 points ahead of the next race at Brno.

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Overview

  • Marquez led every lap to claim his 12th overall win at the Sachsenring and ninth in MotoGP, moving him to second on the all-time premier-class victory list behind Valentino Rossi.
  • He also won Saturday’s Sprint Race to notch a seventh Sprint-GP double of the season, matching the record for most Sprint-GP doubles in a single year.
  • Crashes at turn 1 eliminated eight riders, including Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi when they ran in second, with only ten riders finishing the main Grand Prix.
  • Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia completed a Ducati sweep of the podium by finishing second and third respectively.
  • A record 252,862 spectators attended the German GP weekend, and Marquez now tops the standings on 344 points, 83 clear of his brother and 147 ahead of Bagnaia.