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A 10th MotoGP win in Germany sees the reigning World Champion move up to P3 in the standings as SuperFile Trackhouse celebrate a double rostrum and key contenders slide out.

Was it ever in doubt? MotoGP win number 10 at the Sachsenring. Career win 102. And from 102 points back after the Italian GP, Marc Marquez and the Ducati Lenovo Team are right back in the title race game. It’s a victory that lifts the reigning World Champion up to P3 in the overall standings, one place behind second place finisher Ai Ogura (SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team), as the Japanese sophomore notches up a third Sunday podium on the spin to get within 14 points of championship frontrunner Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing). And for the second Grand Prix in a row, SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP celebrate a double podium thanks to Raul Fernandez’s efforts to finish in P3.

From pole, just like he did in the Sprint, Marc Marquez got away from the line well and held onto the lead into Turn 1, with Alex Marquez keeping the SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP duo behind him – Ai Ogura leading Raul Fernandez, with Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) dropping a couple of places to P5.

A little further back, World Championship leader Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing), Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) had got the better of Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) by the end of Lap 2 of 30.

KEY DUO OUT: DI GIANNANTONIO & ALEX MARQUEZ

Early drama then unfolded at the front, as Di Giannantonio’s Grand Prix ended at Turn 10. The front end slid away from the Italian as he shadowed Ogura, and that’s big points lost in the championship. A chance at leading the title race heading into the summer break gone. Diggia’s first DNF of the season promoted Acosta to P5, who was now ahead of Martin after the #37 launched a classy move up the inside of the Aprilia star at Turn 1.

Another Ducati rider was then sliding out of contention. This time, at Turn 13 on Lap 9, it was Alex Marquez. It was another front-end fall, and having looked very comfortable in P2, it was no double podium in Germany for the #73. This left Marc Marquez with a 1.4s buffer to Fernandez, with Acosta trying to pile on the pressure to third place Ogura.

At the end of Lap 16, Marquez’s lead over Fernandez rose to 1.8s, and it crept up to the two-second mark by the time we clicked onto Lap 20. At this stage, Ogura had resisted the Acosta threat and was now targeting a pass on teammate Fernandez for P2, while the KTM star was over four seconds ahead of Martin and Bagnaia.

With Marquez 2.2s up the road, focus was on two battles behind - Fernandez vs Ogura, and Martin vs Pecco. In the Trackhouse tussle, Ogura pounced at Turn 1 and began stretching his legs in P2, with the 2023 and 2024 title race rivals getting busy in the closing stages, and in terms of the championship, this was big.

Something else that was seismic was the double victory for Marc Marquez. The King of the Ring keeps his crown. A record-equalling (with Hall of Famer Giacomo Agostini) 10th MotoGP win at a single circuit, and a 37-point weekend that sees the reigning World Champion climb up to P3 in the standings, four clear of the absent Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), having been over 100 adrift leaving Mugello. Back in the game? You bet.

Ogura once again showed late race supremacy to back up his Assen victory with a Sachsenring P2, on another weekend to remember for SuperFile Trackhouse as Fernandez hands the American squad another double Sunday podium. The Japanese rider now sits P2 in the standings, 14 points away from Martin.

Acosta’s return following his Carpal Tunnel Syndrome surgery ends with a gutsy P4, with Martin digging deep to keep Pecco behind him at the flag. 0.123s split the #89 and #63 over the line, as Martin heads into the summer break as the World Championship leader by that aforementioned 14-point gap.

Quartararo brought his Yamaha home in a commendable P7, as Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol), Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3), and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) closed out the German GP top 10.

Rookie Diogo Moreira (Pro Honda LCR), Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP), Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), and Toprak Razgatlioglu (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) picked up the final points on offer at the Sachsenring, with Cal Crutchlow (Castrol Honda LCR), Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) non-finishers.

COMING UP: SUMMER BREAK, THEN SILVERSTONE

Three weekends away from racing now race over the horizon, before we pick up this enthralling MotoGP title fight at the legendary Silverstone Circuit. Martin leads Ogura by 14. Marc Marquez is hunting. And how fit will Bezzecchi be? See you after the break at the British GP.

Ortola fends off Holgado in tense Sachsenring finish

It’s two wins in the last three for Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – R.O.M.E.A – MSI) after the Spaniard dug deep to fend off the challenge of compatriot Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Azul Marino Aspar Team) in an intense Sachsenring battle. It’s important points gained for third place Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2), while World Championship pacesetter Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) is forced to settle for P6 in a race which also saw David Alonso (CFMOTO Azul Marino Aspar Team) crash out of P4.

Ortola got the jump off the line he would have wanted; it was the holeshot for the polesitter, as Guevara held onto P2 by hanging it around the outside of Gonzalez at Turn 1. It wasn’t the opening lap the championship leader would have wanted because by the end of it, he was shuffled down to P5 behind Holgado and teammate Senna Agius, and then at Turn 1 on Lap 2, Alonso had a bite at the cherry too to climb into P5.

At the start of Lap 8, it was pretty much as you were at the front. Ortola led from Holgado, who had passed Guevara a couple of laps prior, with Agius and Alonso keeping their powder dry in P4 and P5. Gonzalez was 0.9s away from Alonso’s rear wheel in P6, with the top six split by a couple of seconds.

On Lap 17 of 25, Alonso was the first to make a move for quite some time. The Colombian carved up the inside of Agius at Turn 1 to jump into P4, but on the next lap at Turn 3, Alonso’s podium hopes ended with a highside. The Dutch GP winner lit up the rear, the bike chucked him off and out of the race, but thankfully Alonso was up on his feet and OK – but that’s a hammer blow to the #80’s title charge.

With four laps to go, it looked like it was Ortola vs Holgado for victory. Guevara’s pace was dropping off in P3, the gap now 1.3s to Holgado, with Agius and Gonzalez unable to get themselves into the podium equation. Instead, rookie Taiyo Furusato (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) was reeling in two of our 2026 race winners.

Right, two to go. Ortola vs Holgado. The latter was piling on the pressure, but no move came on the penultimate lap. Would it come on the last lap though? The duo were on the absolute limit, crying out for a bit of rear grip, and in the end, Ortola managed to fend off Holgado, who couldn’t hook up a move at the final corner.

Guevara was a lonely P3 in the end to pick up 16 crucial points in the championship, as Agius clinched P4 – but only just. A phenomenal final few laps from Furusato saw the Japanese star pass World Championship leader Gonzalez and then finish just 0.059s behind Agius to collect his best Moto2 result to date. Gonzalez, meanwhile, pocketed his worst result of the season in P6. Both he and Agius’ pace in the closing stages dropped off a cliff, and while Gonzalez remains the dominant championship leader heading into the summer, it’s a small number of points lost in Germany.

Filip Salač (OnlyFans American Racing Team) was just 0.2s away from Gonzalez in P7, with the Czech rider leading home Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda and Collin Veijer in P8 and P9, with rookie Luca Lunetta (MB Conveyors SpeedRS Team) picking up his second top 10 of the season in P10.

Gonzalez now heads to Silverstone with a 51.5-point lead over Guevara, as we look forward to the Moto2 title fight reigniting in the UK.

Uriarte defeats Quiles for Moto3 win in Sachsenring classic

Moto3 never fails to deliver the goods and Sunday morning at the Sachsenring was no exception as Brian Uriarte (Red Bull KTM Ajo) converted his pole position for a second victory of 2026. A late error from Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) saw the Spaniard have to settle for P2 but increases his Championship lead whilst it was a second rostrum of 2026 for Matteo Bertelle (LEVELUP-MTA) who claimed third.

Getting a fantastic launch from pole, Uriarte grabbed the holeshot ahead of Hakim Danish (AEON Credit – MT Helmets – MSI) before Marco Morelli (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) fired it up the inside at Turn 7. There was big drama at Turn 1 with a crash at the start of Lap 2 for Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Marcos Uriarte (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) whilst Nicola Carraro and Joel Kelso went into the gravel. Uriarte and Carraro were able to rejoin but Perrone’s Grand Prix was done.

Five laps in and there was a breakaway group of five at the front with Uriarte leading well ahead of Quiles and Carpe. Rico Salmela (Red Bull KTM Tech3) was having a cracking Grand Prix in fourth whilst Morelli was hanging back in P5. Further back, Casey O’Gorman (SIC58 Squadra Corse) fell at Turn 3 whilst a lap later, Scott Ogden (CIP GreenPower) joined him; both were able to rejoin.

There was a big crash from the battle for P7 as Adrian Cruces (CIP GreenPower) highsided, leaving Joel Esteban (LEVELUP-MTA) nowhere to go and both tumbled through the gravel and were thankfully OK. Back at the front, there was now a gap between Uriarte and Quiles in first and second and then Salmela, Carpe and Morelli behind. On Lap 12, Carpe had a huge moment at Turn 7 and some how kept it upright but dropped out of the podium battle and into P11. Three laps later, it was teammate Uriarte’s turn for an error as he went wide through Turn 2, giving Quiles the lead – but only for a few corners as the Championship leader seemingly let him back through up at Turn 5.

As the two at the front battled, Bertelle had done a cracking job to catch Morelli and Salmela and on Lap 18, got himself into P4. Four to go and Quiles pounced, taking over at the front but Uriarte was glued to his rear wheel. Both riding to the limit, a true Moto3 head-to-head was incoming.

At Turn 3 on the final lap, Quiles had a front-end moment, giving Uriarte the chance to go through; it was all building to the final sector. Both were on the limit but Quiles just couldn’t get through. Uriarte resisted the Championship leader’s charge to take a second Grand Prix win of his career and to move up into P2 overall in the standings. Behind both at the front, Bertelle drafted by Morelli on the run to the line for a second podium of the season whilst Salmela took fifth, a joint-best finish of his rookie season. Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) took top Honda honours in P6 ahead of Jesus Rios (Rivacold Snipers Team), Veda Pratama (Honda Team Asia), Ryusei Yamanaka (AEON Credit – MT Helmets – MSI) with a first top ten of 2026 and Eddie O’Shea (GRYD Racing).

104 points in the lead going into summer, Quiles will be able to relax a little bit before we get back on track for Silverstone from the 7th – 9th of August. Can anyone catch the Championship leader in the second half of the season or will his prowess continue? Join us in the UK to find out!

Moto3 Grand Prix results from the Sachsenring