Catalan Marc Márquez has returned to the top of the podium, the eleventh consecutive time on this stage, by authoritatively winning, from the first to the last lap, the German MotoGP Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit.
As a real “covered” and discarded after training for the fight for victory, Marc Márquez, who came out fifth, did not take a curve to get second and barely a lap to become the leader for command the German race from the first to the last lap.
Marc Márquez is not likely to be back for good, but what he did know is that Sachsenring could once again be his talisman circuit, and it has been 581 days after his last victory, in the circuit “Ricardo Tormo” of Cheste on the occasion of the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community of 2019.
Impressive start of Marc Márquez, who in the haste of the end of the straight has managed to place second after the rebuff of another Catalan, Aleix Espargaró, which also surprised the two French pilots, Johann Zarco i Fabio Quartararo, who had finished training ahead of him.
And just in the last corner, the start of the climb to the finish line, Marc Márquez has put a merciless “ax” inside, which was then returned to the driver of the Aprilia RS-GP, although that of Repsol Honda has not been intimidated and at the same point as in the previous lap it has been overtaken again. The tension at the start of the race was at its highest level.
Márquez has held the lead in the race from this moment ahead of Aleix Espargaró, Johann Zarco, the Australian Jack Miller, Fabio Quartararo and the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM RC 16), which in this order were leading the main group,
From behind Alex Marquez has swept the Italian Danilo Petrucci in curve one, which allowed to gain two positions to one Maverick Viñales, who is going through his worst moments of his sporting career rolling in last place.
The Repsol Honda rider held the first position, without being able to get a clear advantage over his pursuers until the ninth lap, in which he got more than 1.2 seconds ahead of a group that was still led by Aleix Espargaró , but in which Jack Miller was already behind his wake.
The rain flags – a red blade on a white background – began to wave along the track by which Race Direction has shown the white flag warning all riders who could enter to change bikes.
With Marc Márquez increasingly prominent, 1.7 seconds, Miller and Oliveira, one of whom had shown better pace in training, had given a good account of Aleix Espargaró, who led after his leaving Fabio Quartararo, Johann Zarco and the South African Brad Binder.
In the eleventh lap Miguel Oliveira had already reached the second position and with the track emptied in front of him he changed his pace to try to catch the Repsol Honda, which a lap later led him to mark the fast lap of career.
Márquez’s answer was not long in coming and in the thirteenth lap he scored the fast race lap, but the Portuguese has done the same and has left the situation practically the same, although Repsol Honda has persevered in its obstinacy and has again marked a new fast lap, still with almost half a race ahead and with a new response, in equal intensity – fast return -, of Oliveira.
Márquez and Oliveira have been consolidating their positions and their differences, while behind them has formed a group of six riders fighting for third place in which were Miller, Quartararo, Aleix Espargaró, Johann Zarco, Brad Binder and the Spanish Joan Mir, current MotoGP world champion.
The last laps have been a real tension between the two protagonists of the race, Marc Márquez and Miguel Oliveira, with the former defending himself in the best possible way with a physique that was increasingly at the limit and the latter attacking with all his momentum, but the Repsol Honda team has withstood the challenge and three laps from the end has managed to regain the second distance that would give him his first victory after 581 days of injury, suffering and recovery.
He was accompanied on the podium by Miguel Oliveira, Fabio Quartararo, with Brad Binder in fourth place, Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia, Jack Miller and Aleix Espargaró.
Joan Mir finished in ninth place, with Pol Espargaró, tenth, in front ofAlex Kidneys i Jorge Martin.
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