MotoGP: Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) returns to reign the Sachsenring.

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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) has taken an incredible eighth win in a row at the Sachsenring, extending his run from the 125 World Championship to another year of the premier class – with all those wins from pole. It was anything but easy, however – with German rookie Jonas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) pushing the reigning Champion on home turf throughout the race in a stunning ride to his first podium. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) completed the podium to get back in contention following a more difficult Dutch GP.

Marquez took the lead into Turn 1 from pole, with teammate Dani Pedrosa slotting into second as Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) sliced through from P6 on the grid to third, pushing Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing) and Jonas Folger back.

Marquez and Pedrosa began to pull away in the lead as Folger charged through to get himself into third – and then started threatening the Repsol Honda duo in the lead. Choosing his moment, the German rookie then took Pedrosa and prepared to attack Marquez – pushing through soon after and below lap record pace.

With Petrucci through on Lorenzo into fourth, it was the ‘Doctor’ Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) who struck next, with the number 46, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and Petrucci then battling for fourth as Pedrosa began to drop back from the lead duo. Folger then headed wide and Marquez took the opportunity, but couldn’t shake the German.

That’s the way it stayed – with Marquez’ pitboard remaining +0.1 lap after lap, and the rookie not for giving up. Facing down the reigning Champion – chasing his eighth consecutive win at the track – Folger kept calm under incredible pressure, and even created some himself.

Finally it was a small mistake that saw Folger run deep, and Marquez pulled the pin to stretch the gap – eventually crossing the line for win number eight just over three seconds clear.

Folger kept it safe in the final laps to cross the line in second for his first premier class podium, sealing the deal in an incredible performance at his home race. Dani Pedrosa completed the podium after a more lonely ride in the latter stages, also bouncing back from a tough Dutch GP.

As the top ten battled it out further, Rossi had found his fourth under attack from Dovizioso, with Viñales then joining the fight and Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) soon on the scene. After some stunning wheel-to-wheel action, it was Viñales who took P4, with teammate Rossi for close company to complete the top five.

Bautista took P6 after proving a formidable force in the fight, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) crossing the line in seventh for a good haul of points for the Noale factory ahead of the summer break.

Championship leader going into the race, Dovizioso crossed the line in P8 and remains third in the standings – ahead of a stunning comeback from Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) to move through from P19 on the grid. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) completed the top ten, with Jorge Lorenzo crossing the line in P11 after running at the front earlier in the race.

Danilo Petrucci was another who fell back, taking twelfth ahead of another double points finish for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith. Jack Miller (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) completed the top fifteen.

The summer break now awaits, with MotoGP™ next on track at the beginning on August. And the Championship? The reigning Champion has one hand back on the throne after his German GP win, now five points clear of key rival Maverick Viñales. Dovizioso is now third – one point behind Viñales as the upcoming Brno and Red Bull Ring shine with promise for Ducati. Rossi lurks in fourth, only another four points off, with Pedrosa still very much in the fight in fifth.

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MotoGP Race Classification 2017.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	161.1	40’59.525
2	20	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	160.9	+3.310
3	16	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	160.4	+11.546
4	13	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	160.2	+14.253
5	11	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	160.2	+14.980
6	10	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	160.1	+16.534
7	9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	159.9	+19.736
8	8	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	159.8	+20.188
9	7	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	159.8	+21.138
10	6	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	159.6	+24.210
11	5	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Ducati Team	Ducati	159.5	+25.659
12	4	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	159.1	+31.540
13	3	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	159.1	+32.179
14	2	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	158.8	+36.453
15	1	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	158.7	+37.771
16		36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	158.7	+37.852
17		17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	158.6	+39.323
18		53	Tito RABAT	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	158.5	+41.190
19		76	Loris BAZ	FRA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	157.3	+59.850
20		45	Scott REDDING	GBR	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	157.2	+1’01.664
21		42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	157.2	+1’01.695
Not Classified
		29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	159.6	6 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	158.6	18 Laps
		8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati		0 Lap

MotoGP World Standing 2017.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	129
2	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	SPA	124
3	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	123
4	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	119
5	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	103
6	Johann ZARCO	Yamaha	FRA	84
7	Jonas FOLGER	Yamaha	GER	71
8	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	66
9	Jorge LORENZO	Ducati	SPA	65
10	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	64
11	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	SPA	44
12	Jack MILLER	Honda	AUS	41
13	Scott REDDING	Ducati	GBR	33
14	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia	SPA	32
15	Loris BAZ	Ducati	FRA	31
16	Andrea IANNONE	Suzuki	ITA	28
17	Tito RABAT	Honda	SPA	23
18	Hector BARBERA	Ducati	SPA	21
19	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	CZE	20
20	Pol ESPARGARO	KTM	SPA	14
21	Bradley SMITH	KTM	GBR	8
22	Alex RINS	Suzuki	SPA	7
23	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	7
24	Sam LOWES	Aprilia	GBR	2
25	Sylvain GUINTOLI	Suzuki	FRA	1
26	Mika KALLIO	KTM	FIN
27	Takuya TSUDA	Suzuki	JPN

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of Motogp.com

MotoGP: Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) returns to reign the Sachsenring.

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MotoGP World Standing 2017.

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