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THREE things in life are certain: death, taxes, and Marc Marquez wins at Sachsenring.
The reigning world champion MotoGP has extended his unbelievable series to nine consecutive wins of nine consecutive positions with the victory at the German Grand Prix.
Márquez recovers from a slow start to pass Jorge Lorenzo in the lead just before the halfway mark, and the Honda rider never leaves again.
Yamaha's Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales complete the podium, with the latter accumulating a late charge that earned him his second consecutive podium.
From pole position, as every year during his series on the German circuit, Márquez immediately lost a few places while Lorenzo took the lead.
Márquez recovered and grabbed Lorenzo but was content to hunt down the Ducati for a while on the short and sinuous circuit of the Sachsenring that focuses on the tires.
As the leader began to lose traction, Márquez took the lead with 17 laps to go, but continued to roll carefully, allowing Rossi to reduce the gap.
With 10 laps to go, Márquez accelerates.
"When I see that the time is 0.6, I think it's now time to push on," Marquez said.
Rossi insisted that Yamaha did well.
"The Sachsenring is normally difficult for us, we are very happy to make a double podium."
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The Ducatis who had shone in qualifying all faded into the race, occupying all four spots under the podium – but perhaps not in the order that the factory would have liked.
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Danilo Petrucci finishes fourth on the Pramac Ducati satellite, Alvaro Bautista ahead of him on a machine of Aspar Angel Nieto.
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Then come the two red factory bikes that are struggling as the race progresses, Lorenzo moving from his early lead to sixth place with Andrea Dovizioso in seventh position.
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Dani Pedrosa, who was soon to retire, finished eighth in Johann Zarco with Bradley Smith scoring his first top 10 of the season for KTM.
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The hopes of the Austrian brand were high in the race after the arrival of Pol Espargaro at the warm-up session.
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But the Spaniard reached the third corner, contact with Andrea Iannone sending him crashing against Alex Rins and forcing Jack Miller to escape into the gravel.
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Miller joined at the back of the pack and climbed to 14th place at the flag, Iannone recovering at the 12th.
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Sunday was not good for the Espargaro brothers.
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Elder brother Aleix did not even race, a big accident in the warm-up sending him to the hospital with bad chest trauma in the left-hand coast region but fortunately not broken bones.
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Stefan Bradl, the only German driver on the starting grid, missed the points after being replaced to replace Franco Morbidelli, still injured, crossing the 16th but more than 11 seconds ahead of Thomas Luthi, his teammate at Marc VDS. .
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Joining Rins and Pol Espargaro on the DNF list were both Honda LCRs.
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Cal Crutchlow escaped from fifth place to the penultimate corner on the 10th lap, while Takaaki Nakagami dropped to the last corner as he battled Zarco on the 5th lap.
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South Africa's Brad Binder (KTM) won his first Moto2 Grand Prix ahead of Spain's Joan Mir and team-mate Kalex Luca Marini.
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Binder finished 0.779 seconds ahead of Mir, who was up against Marini, Valentino Rossi's half-brother, by 0.154 seconds.
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Remy Gardner had his best race of the season since returning from injury, crossing the line in 11th position after starting 20th on the grid.
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In Moto3, Jorge Martin (Honda) increased his slim lead in the championship finishing comfortably ahead of his closest challenger in the standings, Italian Marco Bezzecchi (KTM), with Scot John McPhee (KTM), third .
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Martin's only anxious moment came when his teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio touched his rear wheel, but the Spaniard managed to keep his balance while the Italian slipped.
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"My teammate was very aggressive, I do not know why, I thought I was going to crack," Martin said.
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The next stage of the World Championship will take place on August 5th at the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno.
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<p> <em> – with AFP </em> </p>
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