The 2019 Honda RCV may not be perfect but, combined with the unique talents of Marc Marquez, it's on course to not only win this year's MotoGP championship but dominate it.

The first-ever MotoE race, held on the Sunday morning of the German MotoGP weekend, was very much a step into the unknown. Nobody knew quite what to expect after a somewhat processional race simulation at Valencia, while damp patches from overnight rain raised the tension further.

This time last year, MotoGP champion Marc Marquez had fallen eleven times and went on to finish the season with 23 spills - more than any other premier-class rider, even without taking into account his many miraculous saves. The year before, Marquez fell 27 times.

When Marc Marquez beat Andrea Dovizioso for second place at Ducati's home Italian MotoGP, the 2019 title chase was all but decided in favour of the Honda rider.

Niki Tuuli wrote his name into the history books by becoming the first-ever winner of a MotoE (electric bike) race, during the German MotoGP at Sachsenring earlier this month.

'I've made the decision that I want to race again in Moto2 next year' - Jonas Folger.

Tito Rabat claimed his second-best finish of the season with eleventh place in the German MotoGP at Sachsenring. But it may already be too late to keep his seat at the Reale Avintia team, which openly admits to seeking a 'young kid' from Moto2 to push the team forwards in 2020.

Aleix Espargaro may have crashed out of the German MotoGP, but the Aprilia rider was at least happy to go down fighting after a return to competitive form at the Sachsenring. Starting 15th, the Spaniard soon latched on to a big group of riders disputing what would become fourth place.

MotoGP rookie Miguel Oliveira had the pace to claim his and the Tech3 team's best result of the season so far, in the German Grand Prix. But despite setting the fastest lap of any KTM rider, Oliveira would fail to score a single point.

Pol Espargaro struggled with a massive loss of rear-tyre grip on his way to a disappointing twelfth place finish for KTM at the German MotoGP.

Valentino Rossi finished a MotoGP race for the first time since Le Mans in mid-May. That was the good news. The bad news was that the glimmer of hope after 'feeling good and being fast' on his Yamaha at Assen, before crashing out, evaporated at the Sachsenring.

Sunday's German MotoGP marked Stefan Bradl's second race appearance of the season, but first ever in Repsol Honda colours.

Once again, the difficulties faced by mentor Valentino Rossi seemed to be replicated for Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli, in Sunday's German MotoGP.

After just eight points from his opening five MotoGP races, all from an eighth place in Qatar, Joan Mir heads for the summer break having pulled in 31 points from the past four rounds.

Jack Miller took 'a bit of gamble' by fitting the soft rear tyre for Sunday's German MotoGP and, while it 'didn't really work out', the Australian moved to the top of the Independent standings heading into the summer break.

With the factory Ducati trio covered by just 0.259s at the end of the German MotoGP, Danilo Petrucci feels the evidence is clear that they had reached the limit of the bike.

Marc Marquez feels he has breathing space in the MotoGP world championship fight after pulling out a 58-point advantage over nearest rival Andrea Dovizioso, while he sees Yamaha duo Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo as “the guys to beat at the moment”.

Cal Cruthclow has joked “maybe I’ll get injured before every race” as he charged to the podium at the German MotoGP despite suffering a tibia fracture just days earlier.

It had to happen sometime. After just one fall as a MotoGP rider, during practice in Barcelona, rookie star Fabio Quartararo made his first race mistake at round nine in Germany.

Maverick Vinales feels his Monster Yamaha squad can be satisfied with second place at the German MotoGP after conceding it was “impossible” to overtake Marc Marquez before he stormed clear at the front.

Marc Marquez says he could have secured a 10 th consecutive Sachsenring victory by an even greater margin but was wary of pushing unnecessarily hard and suffering the same fate as he did at the Americas MotoGP earlier this year.

Full German MotoGP race results Marc Marquez has produced a perfect 10 performance at the German MotoGP to take full control of the world championship fight, while key rivals Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins both crashed out at Sachsenring.

Marquez romps to his tenth successive Sachsenring win, outbraking his rivals into turn one and easing away into the distance. The Repsol Honda star now heads for the MotoGP summer break with a 58-point title lead.

Sachsenring: MotoGP Championship standings Pos   Rider Nat Team Points Diff. 1