The GermanGP will be remembered for months to come, for things that happened both on and off the track. Here are 10 things we learned from the weekend: MotoGP
Jorge Martin announced himself as a true MotoGP title threat with a double victory at the German Grand Prix. The Pramac Ducati rider went without a grand prix victory since the 2021 Styrian GP, but finally took a full 25 points after beating Francesco Bagnaia in a thrilling scrap. A win in the sprint meant Martin left Germany with a maximum haul of 37 points and is now just 16 behind Bagnaia in the standings.
As he explained after the sprint, the risk you need to take on the Honda to get a result usually results in a crash, as he demonstrated at Mugello and Le Mans while fighting for a podium. After his fifth crash of the weekend in the warm-up, bringing his season tally to 12 – putting him equal with team-mate Mir – he simply told the media “I don’t feel ready to race”.
The scenes of Marquez standing trackside after his fifth spill, helmet on but with the dejection plain to see, was symbolic of where his head is at now. Honda has let him down and there may be no way back now.Marquez's toils did not go unnoticed down the grid, with Quartararo congratulating the Spaniard on his determinationWhat shouldn’t be forgotten through all of the crashes and general misery of the Marquez situation is that his determination hasn’t wavered.
Doing the sprint and grand prix double, the latter result marked his first Sunday victory in MotoGP since his maiden success at the 2021 Styrian GP as a rookie. The Pramac Ducati rider was unlucky in qualifying with yellow flags leaving him sixth on the grid, but it proved no barrier to him as he carved through to the lead on lap four of the sprint before darting off to a 2.4-second advantage at the chequered flag.
Bagnaia noted on Saturday after the sprint that Martin was doing exactly what he expected of him now. And after Germany, it seems like ‘the real’ Jorge Martin has arrived – a dangerous prospect for Bagnaia’s title defence.Photo by: Alexander Trienitz With work on Yamaha’s 2024 bike already thought to be under way, Quartararo admitted he doesn’t have much confidence that it will give him the gains he needs. And that is concerning for a Yamaha squad that could lose its prized asset for 2025.
Ducati has won all but one grand prix in 2023 and all but two of the sprints from the first even rounds. Some riders over the weekend noted that MotoGP is “boring” now, and there are various factors at play . A number of riders suffered some fast crashes during the German GP weekend, while the controversial tangle between Marc Marquez and Johann Zarco, as the latter exited pitlane, raised questions about the suitability of the Sachsenring for modern MotoGP.
Sachsenring’s quirky layout of 10 left corners and three right make it a unique challenge and one that generally offers good racing. Preserving circuits like this should be a priority, so knocking a few mph off the speed of bikes would be preferable to any track butchery needed to keep up with the advances in machinery.Miller took aim at Marquez after the race in comments that proved divisiveIf there is one thing you can say about Jack Miller, it’s that he’s a headline generator.
Miller definitely wanted to get something off his chest about his rivals, and he likely meant no harm. But it doesn’t take much for top-level athletes with a big following to take a moment to think about how others may take their comments – especially just months after MotoGP’s global fan survey run in conjunction with the8. Di Giannantonio may have MotoGP as “Plan A”, but his fate seems sealed
With podiums the minimum target for all Ducati teams now, given the form of both the 2023 bike and the 2022 version, Di Giannantonio – who is the only Ducati runner other than Bastianini yet to get a rostrum in 2023 - isn’t delivering what he needs.Aleix Espargaro has taken aim at"boring" MotoGP races due to the proliferation of downforceThere are a lot of things wrong with MotoGP at the moment that the series is trying to fix.
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