on Friday, the impact ripping the
front forks and wheel clean off
his Ducati.
Marquez would ultimately
finish 11th in the Sprint but an-
other crash on Sunday morning in
warmup saw the eight-time World
Champion withdraw from the
remainder of the weekend with a
fractured finger and leave Honda
in the direst of straits heading
into the next round in Assen.
Sprint Race
Pecco qualified on pole, but the
qualifying drama surrounded
one Marc Marquez, who made a
good fist of throwing his Repsol
Honda at the gravel with every
given opportunity. The Spaniard
crashed three times on Friday,
plus another monster off when
he collected the hapless Johann
Zarco (Alma Pramac Ducati) as
the Frenchman exited pitlane
ROUND 7 JUNE 16-18, 2023
SACHSENRING / HOHENSTEIN-ERNSTTHAL, GERMANY
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P84
1 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA
2-2 MOTOGP
"That was fun! We found something
more since yesterday, the pace today
was incredible and I wasn't expecting
it. I think to beat Jorge we needed
something more today but we were
very close, we touched twice! I'm
happy with the result and happy for
him, he deserved the win so let's
now move on to Assen with a great
feeling."
21 FRANCO MORBIDELLI
15-12 MOTOGP
"If I look at the final race time, it
would have been enough to fight for
the race win last year, but this year
we are 12th," Morbidelli said. "This
means we didn't improve enough,
though I did improve a lot. If I look at
the improvements we made com-
pared to last year: the situation now
is much better. But if we look at the
overall situation, we are struggling.
We know this. We did the maximum
this weekend, and the crew did a
wonderful job in making all the right
moves and choices. I'm happy about
that. We just have to carry on."
MYOWNRACE
Martin begins his disappearing
act in the Sprint race.
