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German MotoGP: 'Pleased' Aleix Espargaro goes down fighting
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.
German MotoGP: Oliveira, Tech3 'sad' as best of season slips away
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.
German MotoGP: Pol Espargaro: I was doing dirt track
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.
German MotoGP: Rossi loses 20-seconds in a season, seeks answers
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.
German MotoGP: Bradl 'enjoys every moment' of Repsol Honda debut
Sunday's German MotoGP marked Stefan Bradl's second race appearance of the season, but first ever in Repsol Honda colours.
German MotoGP: Morbidelli 'in survival mode'
Once again, the difficulties faced by mentor Valentino Rossi seemed to be replicated for Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli, in Sunday's German MotoGP.
German MotoGP: Mir: Difficult to fight the Ducatis
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.
German MotoGP: Miller takes a gamble, 'main goal' achieved
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.
German MotoGP: Petrucci: Ducati on the limit, we need something more
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.
Rins ‘a few kph faster, then…’
Alex Rins held up his hands, admitting a small mistake led to his dramatic departure from the German Grand Prix, and has focussed his attention on securing more race wins and second in the MotoGP championship in the season’s second half.
Dovizioso: Ducati needs a strategy for the future
Andrea Dovizioso has provided a damning verdict on Ducati’s current struggles and has urged factory engineers to finally address the “DNA of the bike” that led to another tough MotoGP race weekend in Germany.
Marquez: Vinales, Quartararo will be fastest rivals for rest of 2019
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”.
From tibia break to German MotoGP podium for Crutchlow
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.
German MotoGP: 'Don't hesitate' – Quartararo's first race mistake
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.
Vinales takes “maximum” second with Marquez “impossible” to catch
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.
German MotoGP: Marquez: I had more pace but Austin was in my head
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.
Marquez beats Miller, Dovizioso in drying warm-up
Full German MotoGP warm-up results Marc Marquez has held on to top spot at Sachsenring in drying conditions following overnight rain as cooler temperatures appear to aid the struggling Ducati rid
Marquez "even faster" with carbon-covered Honda but not ready to race
Marc Marquez feels he can be “even faster” with Honda’s new carbon fibre-equipped chassis after retrying it during the German MotoGP round but confirms it isn’t ready to race yet and he will stick with his aluminium chassis.
German MotoGP: Rossi: Motorcycle 'more like a girlfriend than a mum!'
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:
Petrucci ‘quite scared, felt a lot of pain’
Danilo Petrucci faces his biggest challenge of 2019 on Sunday as he aims to navigate a way toward the top six from twelfth on the grid while battling “a lot of pain” in his right hand and left wrist.
German MotoGP: Nakagami: The pain is incredible
Takaaki Nakagami couldn't even take a step from his bike without the aid of crutches on Saturday afternoon at the German MotoGP.
Vinales: We’ve found consistency, now we must prove it
Maverick Vinales feels his improved consistency has come from “a little bit of everything” adapting with his Monster Yamaha squad but accepts he must produce a strong performance at the German MotoGP to finish the job.
Dovizioso: We don’t have a lot of cards to play
Andrea Dovizioso admitted he does not “have a lot of cards” to play in Sunday’s MotoGP race at the Sachsenring, after the Italian endured a day to forget in Germany.
Quartararo: Now I am balanced with my arm injuries!
Fabio Quartararo will wait until tomorrow morning to assess his physical condition ahead of the German MotoGP but remains confident of being fully fit despite suffering a partial left shoulder dislocation during FP3.