It should be no surprise that Marc Marquez (Ducati) dominated this weekend at his favorite track in Germany. Winning Sunday’s GP for the ninth time, Marquez also took pole position and won Saturday’s Sprint.
Saturday’s wet Sprint saw Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) come home second and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) third.
Sunday’s race, although dry, was a crash fest with only 10 of the 18 starters reaching the checkered flag. Marc was followed home by his brother Alex Marquez (Ducati) in second and Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) in third.
Marc Marquez lengthens his championship points lead over his brother Alex going into the Czech race at Brno next weekend. For full results and points for Saturday’s Sprint race, visit the MotoGP site here. For full results and points for Sunday’s MotoGP race, visit the MotoGP site here.
Marquez is remarkable regardless of what he rides. Written off as a has been at the tail end of he Honda career and accused as a serial crasher when he was only riding on the feathered edge of traction in an attempt to gain lap time on corner speed. Few felt sorry for his time on the Honda when it wasn’t competitive yet everyone noticed when Fabio was suffering the Yamaha short comings. I said a year ago it could be years before Honda or Yamaha might see the front row, well
And they sacrificed AMA and WSB for this? A monotonous series of clown bikes that people only bicker about. YAY!
Here’s a challenge for Joe. Find a single comment on this website that anyone made about Marquez taking a while to learn the 2025 bike. Good luck buddy! You’re gonna need it.
I think Bagaia should go to Aprilia. Their bike is improving and Ducati no longer seems to have any interest in supplying him with a decent bike. It’s all about the season of brotherly love. Isn’t that cute? I wonder what it’s doing for the ratings. If Gene hadn’t rattled the fan boys there would be very few comments here at all.
Nothing was “sacrificed” for MotoGP. AMA superbike is not something FIM even considers, it’s out of sight, out of mind. Production classes have diminished because sport bike popularity has diminished. I cannot see much evidence that their popularity was meaningfully driven by racing. I think the legions of young Americans who bought CBR600 F1/F2/F3/F4 and later Yamaha R6’s were mostly unaware of AMA road racing. The guys who crashed them prolifically and drove insurance rates through the roof are the more likely culprit to the American sport-bike’s demise.
Boring as expected since MM could’ve won that race on any of the GP bikes. They should reverse the course. Make him turn right. 🙂
Not a hater so much it’s just his attitude, lack of anything resembling charisma, charm, marketability etc… Plus his father is as annoying as Verstapen’s. I’ve said before but he’s only ever won the championship when he was riding a bike that was much better than the others. If he had gone with Aprilia and won the championship I’d be impressed. Seeing him do what he’s doing on a Ducati is less than impressive, just expected.
I am not a fan it if marquez for sure but saying how he is dominating is less than impressive is wrong given bag aia is on the same bike
“MM could’ve won that race on any of the GP bikes”
The past few seasons proved that one pretty much has to have a Ducati to win in normal conditions.
In 2018 and 2019 the Honda that MM won on was a pretty bad bike, evidenced by the fact that the next Honda in the championship order was down in 9th place. The greats Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo couldn’t hardly crack top-10 on that dragon of bike. His current peers are much closer on similar machinery.
At least one hater coming out to give his one sided opinion, hating everything. boring race, calling out all of his reat attributes saying he has none, attacking his family, then saying one must win on a lesser machine to be “impressive”. glad to know gene has ridding all of the current motogp machines and all that, right? NO. then why arnt all the other motogp riders beating all of the other Ducati bikes eh? it makes no sense. MM93 is winning everything this year because he IS great. Sad to watch as others cant see it, then complain about it. Tennis championships were on last weekend, maybe watch reruns of those instead eh?
All personal opinions are one sided, 😉 that’s what makes them/it “mine”. You’re free to do the sames as you’ve just done. Didn’t attack his family either, just his father who has no business being in the garage, it’s not like MM is 6yo anymore.
Yes, MM is the best rider of his generation, just would’ve liked to have seen him do what Rossi, Stoner, Lorenzo etc… did by going to a non winning bike… But that’s just “my” opinion.
MM won titles in 2018 and 2019 in a non-winning bike. Nobody recognized it because it had the same paintjob (and rider) as the formerly dominant bike.
“Yes, MM is the best rider of his generation, just would’ve liked to have seen him do what Rossi, Stoner, Lorenzo etc… did by going to a non winning bike…”
Stay tuned.
After he and his brother finish 1-2 on factory Ducai’s , Marc will look for new challenges. It will be interesting to watch the transition to the 850cc bikes and what that will do for each of the brands, riders and teams over the next. couple years.
You think? I think the only thing Marc Marquez is looking for is more titles and legacy. If he wanted a challenge he could’ve stayed at Honda.
I don’t see the 2027 updates changing anything. What we’re seeing now is the measure of investment. Unless one of the other manufacturers changes their level of investment meaningfully, the whole class will continue to look like it does now.
And now for all those that hate MM93, and all the comments how it would take him a while to learn the new Ducati 2025 and all that, crickets.