{"id":791917,"date":"2026-07-10T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791917\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:48:11","slug":"the-corner-motogp-riders-must-watch-out-for-at-german-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791917\/","title":{"rendered":"The corner MotoGP riders must watch out for at German GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year ago, it was the Sachsenring’s tricky first corner that caused mayhem during the German Grand Prix, when the right-hander conspired with the wind to catch out multiple riders on raceday.<\/p>\n

But if Friday’s evidence is anything to go by, the trap waiting to catch competitors this year has moved a little further along the unique Sachsenring circuit – and it lies directly on the racing line.<\/p>\n

A new bump has reared its head at the second apex of the long, slow Omega corner – and even the experienced Marc Marquez<\/a> fell prey to it during the opening day of practice.<\/p>\n

A total of three falls during the Moto3 and Moto2 sessions that kicked off Friday was already a hint that something was amiss at the right-hander. But that wasn’t enough to save Marquez from an almost comically low-speed fall just a couple of laps into his day’s work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was my mistake to not analyse the Moto2 crashes properly,” admitted Marquez at the end of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was a very big bump; even the asphalt was going up a bit. You need to be very careful there. Because if you take that bump with some banking, you crash. So, you cannot use the correct line.”<\/p>\n

\"Marc <\/p>\n

Marc Marquez, Ducati Team<\/p>\n

Photo by: Ronny Hartmann \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Later in the session, VR46 rider Franco Morbidelli<\/a> joined Marquez as an Omega victim, looking understandably perplexed when his Ducati spat him off without warning. Marquez’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia<\/a> also had a moment at the corner, although he managed to stay on board.<\/p>\n

While the MotoGP riders kept out of trouble at Omega during afternoon running – and both Marquez and Morbidelli made it through to Saturday’s Q2\u00a0 – three further accidents were registered at the corner in the lower classes.<\/p>\n

LCR Honda rider Diogo Moreira<\/a> revealed that the bump was not new, but that it had got worse over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

“It’s strange, because last year, I remember this bump was not so high,” said the Brazilian. “On the first lap this morning, I saw that the bump is super high. I don’t know why it’s there.<\/p>\n

“But anyway, it’s just on the perfect line, so we need to be either more on the outside or more to the inside.”<\/p>\n

While the riders are now aware of the problem area and will adapt their lines for the rest of the weekend, the Omega bump does add an extra quirk to a track that has never been short of idiosyncracies.<\/p>\n

The corner in question is one of only three\u00a0right-handers on the entire circuit – all of which must be approached with caution given that the right sides of the tyres tend to lose heat around the odd layout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Along with the aforementioned Turn 1, the other right-hander is the fast Ralf Waldmann Kurve, which caught out the troubled Maverick Vinales during Free Practice 1 this morning. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Oriol Puigdemont<\/p>\n

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