Marquez makes it 9 wins from 9 in Germany

Marc Marquez made it 9 wins in 9 rounds with victory at the German Grand Prix, despite starting from the pit lane.

In one of the most extraordinary starts, the start of the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland MotoGPâ„¢ contest was disrupted by pre-race rain, with most of the field heading into the pits for dry tyres after the warm-up lap, Marquez fought his way to the front to win from his teammate Dani Pedrosa.

The Yamaha duo of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi finished well behind, in 3rd and 4th respectively, the top five completed by the impressive Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) as the top Ducati-equipped rider.

Marquez now holds a 77 point lead over Pedrosa, who has now moved clear of Rossi in second place, at the halfway point of the season.

It was a very lonely grid with Germany's Stefan Bradl the lone starter on the front row, as the pit lane exit became the tightest start line.

It only took the world champion five laps to catch Bradl and overtake the home favourite and he led for the rest of the race to become the youngest man to win 9 consecutive races. Beating Mike Hailwoods' record.

Despite given a head start, Bradl could not keep the pace and fell all the way down to 16th. Bradl's bike set-up appeared to let him down with slicks hurriedly fitted to a previously wet set-up bike on the grid,.

It was a decent day for the British contingent as Cal Crutchlow came in 10th and Scoot Redding, who had been running as high as eighth at one point, fought his way to 11th.

It was a difficult weekend for Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) ended with a 19th place finish after an early crash – his fifth of the visit to Germany. Meanwhile on lap 19 Michael Laverty (Paul Bird Motorsport) crashed out, fortunately avoiding any serious injury.

With the strange start to the race, the satellite bikes had a chance to run at the front with Michael Laverty running second for the first three laps.

Danilo Petrucci had also been fighting at the front before they were caught by the factory riders,
starting from the pit lane.

MotoGP 2014 now heads into its summer break, with the teams and rider returning to Indianapolis on 8th August.

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MotoGPâ„¢ Race Classification

1- Marc Marquez SPA Honda 41’47.664
2- Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda +1.466
3- Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha +10.317

1st OPEN
6- Aleix Espargaro SPA Forward Yamaha +27.809

Moto2â„¢: Aegerter secures first career win in Germany

The Moto2â„¢ race at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland was won by Swiss rider Dominique Aegerter (Technomag carXpert), who got the better of Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing Team) on the final lap, with the podium completed by Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing).

An excellent performance gave Aegerter the victory, having started on pole in the 129th Grand Prix of his career. He crossed the line just 0.091s in front of Kallio, with Corsi taking third place by 0.152s from Esteve Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team).

The race result sees Kallio close to within 19 points of Rabat at the head of the standings.

Maverick Viñales (Pons HP 40) was in the podium hunt, but eventually crossed the line just behind Corsi and Rabat in fifth.

The top ten was completed by Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team), Randy Krummenacher (IodaRacing Project), Mattia Pasini (NGM Forward Racing), Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) and Xavier Simeon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2).

Azlan Shah (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) crashed early on, with Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2) highsiding out of the race at Turn 8 on lap 6 when battling for fifth. Shortly afterwards Lorenzo Baldassarri (Gresini Moto2) crashed from the race when running in eighth position, on lap 8.

There was disappointment for Jonas Folger (AGR Team) at his home round as he pulled into the pits with a mechanical fault on lap 10, though he was placed only 19th at the time of his retirement. Another German rider, Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) also retired late on.

Josh Herrin (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing) pulled into the pit lane midrace with a problem, shortly before his teammate Johann Zarco crashed out, leaving his bike in flames at trackside. Alex De Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2) tumbled out in the final stages, with stewards reacting quickly to remove his bike from the track.

Moto2â„¢ Race Classification

1- Dominique Aegerter SWI Suter 41’12.461
2- Mika Kallio FIN Kalex +0.091
3- Simone Corsi ITA Kalex +10.514

Moto3â„¢: Miller takes victory in exciting Sachsenring contest

Jack Miller won the Moto3â„¢ race at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland on Sunday, beating Brad Binder and Alexis Masbou to the line at the 3.67km Sachsenring circuit.

An incident packed start to the race saw Alex Rins (Estrella Galicia 0,0) go down early on lap one, with Romano Fenati (SKY Racing Team VR46) also crashing shortly afterwards.

At the front a group of five riders kept out of trouble with Miller (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Binder (Ambrogio Racing) and Masbou (Ongetta-Rivacold) were joined in the podium chase by Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) and Danny Kent (Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo).
Miller eventually crossed the finish line 0.180s ahead of Binder, as Miller extended his championship lead to 19 points and Binder earned a first ever podium. Lightweight class veteran Masbou was third for just the second podium of his decade long career.
A mistake by Marquez late in the race meant he could only eventually finish fourth, whilst a much improved showing from Kent took him to fifth.

In their team's home race SaxoPrint-RTG's Efren Vazquez and John McPhee were sixth and seventh, with Isaac Viñales (Calvo Team), Matteo Ferrari (San Carlo Team Italia) and Juanfran Guevara (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3) completing the top ten.

Substitute Gabriel Rodrigo (Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo) crashed on the first lap and was able to remount, with Livio Loi (Marc VDS Racing Team) doing brilliantly to stay upright as Rodrigo touched his bike – only for Loi to later retire due to a mechanical fault.

As the race progressed Dutch pair Scott Deroue (RW Racing GP) and Bryan Schouten (CIP) went down together, with Schouten reacting angrily. Schouten was later given two penalty points by Race Direction for approaching and pushing Deroue.

Andrea Locatelli (San Carlo Team Italia), Gabriel Ramos (Kiefer Racing) and Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Ongetta-AirAsia) also crashed mid-race.

Enea Bastianini (Junior Team Go&FUN Moto3) went down early but was able to remount and score a point in 15th.

Towards the end of the race Miguel Oliveira (Mahindra Racing) and Karel Hanika (Red Bull KTM Ajo) both went down together as Hanika lost the front, with Niccolo Antonelli (Junior Team GO&FUN) also crashing in the final stages.

Moto3â„¢ Race Classification

1- Jack Miller AUS KTM 39’26.927
2- Brad Binder RSA Mahindra +0.180
3- Alexis Masbou FRA Honda +1.119

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