MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JUNE 18-20, 2021
SACHSENRING / HOHENSTEIN-ERNSTTHAL, GERMANY
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BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
I
n what will go down as one of the best days in Marc
Marquez's life, the former eight-time world champion
returned to the winner's circle during the 2021 German
MotoGP. Repsol Honda's Marquez took the win after
sustained pressure from Red Bull KTM's Miguel Oliveira
finally faded in the closing laps, his victory coming 581
days since his last win due to a near career-ending injury
suffered at the 2020 Spanish MotoGP at Jerez.
Marquez's win was also his eighth-consecutive MotoGP
win and 11th in total at the Sachsenring. He joins all-time
championship record holder Giacomo Agostini as the only
rider to have achieved eight straight wins at a given circuit.
"This is one of the most important, and hardest, mo-
ments of my career," Marquez said. "Today I knew there
HE'S BACK!
It took nearly two years, but Marc
Marquez stood atop a MotoGP
podium once again as he triumphed
for an incredible eighth time at the
Sachsenring in Germany.