2025 German MotoGP, Sachsenring – Race Results

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Marc Marquez disappears to his ninth German MotoGP win, leading from lights to flag at the Sachsenring.

The factory Ducati star’s 69th MotoGP win came in his 200th premier class start, extending his unbeaten run to eight races in a row, including Sprints.

Costly falls for Fabio di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi promoted the injured Alex Marquez to second, while Francesco Bagnaia completed the rostrum.

With the grid already reduced to 18 riders, accidents and collisions saw just ten riders reach the chequered flag.

After a wet Saturday and morning warm-up, the clouds cleared for a dry 30-lap grand prix, with all riders choosing the hard front and medium rear slicks.

Marquez launched from pole to lead into Turn 1, with Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez following.

di Giannantonio was soon into second but couldn’t keep pace with the red machine and turned attention to out-foxing Bezzecchi, Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia.

Bezzecchi was starting to apply pressure on Diggia when the VR46 rider crashed out at Turn 1 with 13 laps to go.

That put Sprint winner Bezzecchi into the runner-up spot… until he fell at the same corner a few laps later, moving Alex Marquez into second and Bagnaia third.

The dry weather was already bad news for front-row starter Zarco, Marquez’s nearest wet rival in qualifying and morning warm-up.

Zarco was holding sixth when he slid off his LCR Honda moments after di Giannantonio at Turn 1.

Meanwhile, Marquez’s team-mate Bagnaia, “upset” with a meagre twelfth place in the Sprint, was happier on slicks.

The Italian had overtaken Zarco for fifth early in the race, then reeled in the injured Alex Marquez but, as so often this year, couldn’t attack in the dirty air.

The chaos ahead, which also included a crash for Pedro Acosta (5th) in the opening laps, helped move Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, riding at the scene of his most recent 2022 MotoGP victory, to fourth place.

Pramac’s Jack Miller was briefly ahead of the Frenchman, then had his hands full against Fermin Aldeguer, Brad Binder, Luca Marini, Joan Mir, Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura.

Aldeguer overtook Miller at mid-distance, while Mir was wiped out by rookie Ogura – again at Turn 1. The FIM Stewards announced no further action.

Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori fell, for the second time, shortly after the clash.

Luca Marini, riding at “80% fitness” on his injury return, brought his RC213V home in sixth, with Brad Binder also overtaking Miller in the closing stages.

Raul Fernandez and Alex Rins were the only other riders to see the chequered flag.

Miguel Oliveira crashed out of 14th in the opening laps.

Both Tech3 KTM riders were missing. Enea Bastianini due to appendicitis, while team-mate Maverick Vinales suffered a shoulder dislocation and fracture in qualifying.

VR46’s Franco Morbidelli then injured his shoulder in Saturday’s Sprint race and withdrew from Sunday’s action.

HRC’s Luca Marini was returning to MotoGP action after missing the last three rounds due to a dislocated hip, fractured sternum, fractured collarbone and a collapsed lung, sustained during a Superbike testing accident at Suzuka.

However, another Honda rider was missing, with LCR’s Somkiat Chantra undergoing surgery after knee ligament damage during training.

Chantra was not replaced for Sachsenring, but HRC test rider and former LCR racer Takaaki Nakagami will step in for Brno.

Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori is again replacing injured reigning world champion Jorge Martin at Aprilia.

Martin is planning to finally return at next weekend’s Brno round, but Vinales is confirmed as missing the Czech round while Morbidelli and Bastianini remain in doubt.