{"id":795478,"date":"2026-07-12T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795478\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:32:09","slug":"motogp-germany-live-race-updates-as-marc-marquez-looks-for-10th-sachsenring-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795478\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP Germany LIVE: Race updates as Marc Marquez looks for 10th Sachsenring win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KEY MOMENTSGerman Grand Prix is underwayMarc Marquez leadsAlex Marquez, Di Giannantonio have crashedMarco Bezzecchi is out with injury<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 MotoGP German Grand Prix concludes on Sunday 12 July with the 30-lap main race, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> starts from pole.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning world champion clinched pole on Saturday morning with a new lap record, before converting that to a slender victory in the sprint.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez comes into Sunday\u2019s grand prix at the Sachsenring just 32 points from the championship lead, as he chases a third main race victory of the season.<\/p>\n<p>And he will do so without erstwhile championship leader Marco Bezzecchi present, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1100841\/1\/marco-bezzecchi-sends-defiant-message-after-sachsenring-motogp-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after the Aprilia rider fractured his left collarbone in a heavy crash in qualifying.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It continues a wretched run for Bezzecchi, who will no pass through four grands prix without scoring any points.<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate Jorge Martin was only sixth in the sprint in Germany, but did extend his championship lead to 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>He will go from eighth on the grid as he looks to extend that further, though the points lead could well be stripped from him by an in-form Fabio Di Giannantonio.<\/p>\n<p>The VR46 Ducati rider is just 13 points from the championship lead after finishing third in the sprint on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Starting from third on the grid behind the Marquez brothers, he is expected to be a big rival to Marc Marquez in Sunday\u2019s main race.<\/p>\n<p>Aprilia\u2019s hopes of a strong result appear to rest on the shoulders of Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura of Trackhouse, with both going from the second row.<\/p>\n<p>However, Aprilia does look to be a step behind Ducati this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Marquez goes from second on the grid sporting a special 2003 tribute livery on his Gresini Ducati, as he looks to score back-to-back podiums this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>VR46\u2019s Franco Morbidelli and LCR Honda\u2019s Diogo Moreira were given three-place grid penalties for impeding in qualifying, dropping them to 10th and 18th instead.<\/p>\n<p>2026 MotoGP German Grand Prix schedule<\/p>\n<p>Race (30 laps) &#8211; 1pm BST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KEY MOMENTSGerman Grand Prix is underwayMarc Marquez leadsAlex Marquez, Di Giannantonio have crashedMarco Bezzecchi is out with injury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-795478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}