Bike India – August 2019

MotoGPResult

Pos. RIdeR TImIng

1 marcMARQUEZ 41’08.276

2 maverickVIÑALES +4.587

3 CalCRUTCHLOW +7.741

4 daniloPETRUCCI +16.577

5 AndreaDOVIZIOSO +16.669

T

HEREWASJUSTONE

thing on the mind of every soul

during the build-up to the race

at the Sachsenring: will anyone stop

Marc Marquez in his bid for a 10th

victory in Germany? Would Andrea

Dovizioso make a comeback in a hope to

keep the race for the championship alive?

Would the youngster, Alex Rins, Fabio

Quartararo, and Maverick Viñales, all so

promising, rope in the Honda maestro?

Or how about a charge by The Doctor,

number 46, as in the good old days?

There were other questions, too. What

madness will we see this time around

during the Moto3 race, as quite often

those single-cylinder machines are

cornering four abreast? Or how will the

other Marquez, Alex, fare in Moto2 after

his crash in the previous round? Will

Alex continue his domination of the

Moto2 championship?

In the end, there were two things that

were certain. Firstly, the Moto3

continued to enthral us with absolute

madness once again. Secondly, the

Marquez dominance was squared once

again and how.

MotoGP

Qualifying saw the usual suspects taking

up the front row with Marquez,

Quartararo, and Viñales in first, second,

and third respectively. Alex Rins took the

fourth position, which meant that Marc

had the hungry youngsters hounding

impressive race initially, but with his

tyres wearing out, he was soon caught up

by a marauding group consisting of Cal

Crutchlow of the LCR Honda Castrol

team, the two Ducati factory riders,

Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso,

and the Pramac Racing team Aussie,

Jack Miller.

Cal Crutchlow got the better of the

group and pulled away to take a

comfortable third and final spot on the

podium.

The MotoGP now takes a little

breather before heading to Brno for the

Czech GP. Will Marquez continue this

domination we have become

accustomed to? Or will there be another

challenge to the champion?

him. But this was the Sachsenring, there was no rider as prolific

as Marquez at this track and, boy, did he prove that once again.

At the get-go, there was a scramble for the lead into corner one,

as always. The pack initially seemed to have got a better start that

the Spanish pole-setting champion, but as the bikes neared the

first apex, Marc slid his way into the lead. There were indeed a

few challenges made, especially by the prolific Yamaha factory

team rider, Viñales, but once the Honda man set into a rhythm,

there was no stopping him. Marc Marquez continued a flawless

race to take his 10th win at the Sachsenring and, in turn,

furthering his extremely commanding position in the

championship standings.

Maverick Viñales of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

team rode a lonely race to take second

spot in what is turning out to be a period

of good form for the young Spaniard.

The other youngster on the front row,

Fabio Quartararo of the Petronas Yamaha

SRT team, took a tumble earlier in the

race, followed soon thereafter by the third

young front-running talent of Team

Suzuki Ecstar, Alex Rins. Not the best

day in the office for the two at all. This is

the second consecutive race that the

Suzuki rider has crashed out and not a

good thing for his championship position

of fourth currently.

Rins’s teammate, Joan Mir, did ride an

MotoGPChampionshipStandings

Pos. RIdeR BIke PTs.

1 MarcMARQUEZ Honda 185

2 AndreaDOVIZIOSO Ducati 127

3 DaniloPETRUCCI Ducati 121

4 AlexRINS Suzuki 101

5 MaverickVIÑALES Yamaha 85

6 ValentinoROSSI Yamaha 80

7 JackMILLER Ducati 70

8 FabioQUARTARARO Yamaha 67

9 CalCRUTCHLOW Honda 67

10 Pol ESPARGARO KTM 56

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