Marquez leads morning warm-up for the German MotoGP, held on a damp but drying track after overnight rain. Riders switched from wets to slicks during the session, with Marquez not venturing out until the closing stages.
Niki Tuuli wins the first ever MotoE (electric-bike) race, held on a slightly damp track and halted on the penultimate lap after a fall for Savadori damaged an airfence. The results were taken from the end of lap 5, of 7...
Riders are often known to form a close bond with their machinery and, after qualifying eleventh on the grid for Sunday's German MotoGP, Valentino Rossi was asked what the status of his relationship is with the M1:
Niki Tuuli dominates the one-lap Superpole session for the first ever MotoE electric-bike race at Sachsenring. Granado put on a spectacular tyre-smoking show, while Raffin and Herrara were black-flagged for starting their laps at the wrong time.
Rossi tops Qualifying 1 at the German MotoGP despite a fall at the end of the session, but Dovizioso is knocked out of second place by a late lap from the injured Nakagami!
When Fabio Quartararo put his Petronas Yamaha fastest during opening practice for the German MotoGP, it was the 13th time this season that the rookie has topped a MotoGP session.
Marquez takes over at the top during Free Practice 2 for the German MotoGP. Rins had been fastest on the hard rear tyre, before Marquez and others fitted new rear softs for a flying lap in the closing minutes.
Maverick Vinales took to the Sachsenring track with "completely the same" bike set-up as he had used to claim Yamaha's debut MotoGP victory of the season last Sunday at Assen.
Rookie Quartararo continues his stellar form by leading Free Practice 1 for the German MotoGP. The Petronas Yamaha rider knocked Marquez from the top spot, with new soft front and medium rear tyres, in the final minutes.