Overview
- Marc Márquez set a new Sachsenring lap record of 1:19.041 to claim pole position and will lead the front row alongside brother Álex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
- Álex Márquez topped Friday's final practice and qualified second, giving the Marquez family a strong starting position for the 15-lap sprint scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
- Marquez cautioned he may not have the best race pace and specifically named Di Giannantonio as faster over race distance, creating uncertainty about Sunday’s Grand Prix outcome.
- Marco Bezzecchi suffered a heavy highside in Q2 but walked from the gravel and qualified P8, Gresini’s Fermín Aldeguer remains sidelined with a vertebra injury from Assen, and Franco Morbidelli and Diogo Moreira received three-place grid penalties for blocking in practice.
- The result keeps Marquez on track to extend his Sachsenring record and frames the weekend as a test of qualifying speed versus consistent race pace with the sprint at 15:00 on Saturday and the main Grand Prix at 14:00 on Sunday.