Starting grid for the 2026 Sachsenring MotoGP race after penalties
The full starting grid for Sunday's 2026 Sachsenring MotoGP race after Marco Bezzecchi's collarbone injury and two grid penalties.
Marc Marquez will be chasing a Sachsenring double - and record tenth German MotoGP victory - from pole position in Sunday's grand prix.
The Sprint winner again leads an all-Ducati front row after claiming pole by just 0.061s over younger brother Alex with a new lap record in qualifying.
Fabio di Giannantonio completes the front row for VR46, with the trio finishing where they started in the Sprint race.
Trackhouse Aprilia team-mates Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura head row two, with Fabio Quartararo fighting through Qualifying 1 to claim sixth for Yamaha.
Marco Bezzecchi out
Marco Bezzecchi’s weekend is over after a collarbone injury in a qualifying crash.
That moves KTM’s Pedro Acosta onto row three, with Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia, Pramac’s Jack Miller and Honda's Joan Mir on row four.
Bezzecchi's Aprilia team-mate and title leader Jorge Martin lines up in seventh, but could only finish one place higher in the Sprint.
Penalties
Franco Morbidelli and Diogo Moreira both have three-place grid penalties for the grand prix after obstructing other riders in Friday practice.
New grid format
Sachsenring is the first event to feature MotoGP’s revised grid format, with larger spacing between each rider and row.
The 30-lap German Grand Prix starts at 2pm local time (1pm UK) on Sunday.
Current title leader Jorge Martin plus di Giannantonio and Ogura can all mathematically lead the world championship heading into the summer break.
Now 32-points behind Martin, Marc Marquez could climb from fifth to second.
2026 Sachsenring MotoGP race: Full starting grid after penalties
Row 1: Marc Marquez (pole), Alex Marquez, Fabio Di Giannantonio
Row 2: Raul Fernandez, Ai Ogura, Fabio Quartararo
Row 3: Jorge Martin, Pedro Acosta, Francesco Bagnaia
Row 4: Franco Morbidelli*, Jack Miller, Joan Mir
Row 5: Luca Marini, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini
Row 6: Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alex Rins, Diogo Moreira*
Row 7: Maverick Viñales, Cal Crutchlow
Marco Bezzecchi (8th) withdraws.
*Three-place grid penalty: Franco Morbidelli, Diogo Moreira.
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