10:20
Morbidelli is now fastest with a 1m29.776s.
Joan Mir, Honda Factory Racing, 2025 German MotoGP
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2025 German MotoGP: Sprint LIVE UPDATES!
Live text coverage of Saturday at the 2025 MotoGP German Grand Prix
The 2025 MotoGP German Grand Prix continues on Saturday with qualifying and the sprint at the Sachsenring.
Wet weather looks set to affect the second day of running in Germany, with Marc Marquez holding a 68-point championship lead ahead of Saturday's sprint.
Winner of all but one sprint so far in 2025, Marquez's Saturday form has been superior but he cautioned on Friday that he will need to weigh up risk over reward in a rain-hit Saturday.
The championship leader was third at the end of Friday's running, with VR46 Ducati's Fabio Di Giannantonio setting the pace with a new lap record.
Alex Marquez was second having been cleared to ride after medical checks and will welcome the wet weather on Saturday to ease the strain on his injured left hand.
Jorge Martin was on pole in Germany last year and won the sprint.
Saturday schedule:
Qualifying - 9:50am BST
Sprint - 2pm BST
12 Jul 2025
10:20
Marc Marques did go top with a 1m30.110s, but Binder has found a 1m29.994s.
10:19
Brad Binder has gone fastest now with a 1m31.419s from Morbidelli and Marc Marquez.
10:19
Identical crash to Vinales for Miller.
Meanwhile, Marc Marquez is top with a 1m31.419s - quite a bit slower than the 1m27.8s that topped Q1. Shows how bad the condiitions are now.
10:18
Crash - Jack Miller
Miller has now crashed at Turn 4. He's up and ok.
10:17
Morbidelli, Binder, Di Giannantonio and Marc Marquez have gone out on soft rear rain rubber. The rest are on medium. Rain is getting heavier, so that probably makes the soft the best option.
10:16
Crash - Maverick Vinales
Maverick Vinales has crashed on the outlap and Turn 4. Rear just came round on him/
Rain looks heavier. He was also out on a used medium.
10:15
Green flag
The pole shootout is GO!
10:11
Fabio Quartararo is catching up with Miguel Oliveira to get an idea of what the conditions are like out there ahead of Q2.
10:10
German MotoGP - Q2 group
- Di Giannantonio
- A.Marquez
- M.Marquez
- Acosta
- Binder
- Bagnaia
- Quartararo
- Bezzecchi
- Miller
- Morbidelli
- Zarco
- Vinales
10:09
Zarco didn't pit at all in Q1, giving him a very good feel for the conditions coming to Q2. He'll be a big threat for pole.
10:08
Shoutout to Luca Marini. He's outqualified his Honda team-mate Joan Mir on his comeback from injury.
10:06
Zarco holds onto top spot ahead of Vinales. So, those two will progess to Q2.
Oliveira will start 13th ahead of Aldeguer, Marini, Fernandez, Mir, Rins, Ogura and Savadori.
10:05
Chequered flag
The chequered flag is out. Zarco's time looks safe for the time being.
10:04
Zarco finds a big lap - a 1m27.827s - to go back to the top. One minutes to go in Q1!
10:03
But Vinales now goes top on a fresh soft rear rain tyre ahead of Zarco, with Oliveira back to third ahead of Raul Fernandez.
10:03
Zarco hasn't actually come into the pits. So, clearly just allowing those rain tyres to cool and he's produced a 1m28.190s.
10:00
Zarco is 0.563s clear of the field and it looks like he'll be coming in now, as he's backed off the throttle. That was a six-lap run.
09:59
Zarco improves again to a 1m28.370s. Most have been in the pits but he's just carrying on. That medium rear rain tyre is really working well in these mixed conditions.
09:57
Ai Ogura is really struggling in these conditions. He's almost a second off ninth place and is 2.8s down on the best time of the session.
09:57
Behind the top two, Oliveira is third ahead of Aldeguer, Marini, Fernandez, Mir, Savadori, Rins and Ogura.
09:56
Zarco improves to a 1m28.539s, while Vinalles is on a 1m28.933s.
09:55
Red sectors coming in all over the place.
09:54
Zarco now goes top with a 1m29.108s ahead of Vinales.
09:54
The rain is all over the place. It has stopped in some spots of the track but is steady in others. This could well be a session where last over the line is the rider who goes fastest.
