Ducatis Dominated the top 5 places, in the German GP with Jorge Martin taking the Chequered Flag in the end.

Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) gave an enthralling head-to-head battle at the Sachsenring circuit in Germany, with Martin taking the chequered flag by 0.06s at the finishing line.

As the Race Began. Bagnaia led in the opening lap, although Martin, who started from sixth on the grid, quickly moved to the front with a spectacular show during the race. Both Riders pulled away from the rest of the field, there was little diff between the two until the end, the gap oscillating between 0.6s and 0.4s.

With 17 laps to go Bagnaia closed Martin’s lead and took over at the front for three laps.

In lap 20, Martin was back in front, from lap 24, it was a slipstream battle to the line. As the race progressed to the latter stages, during the heat of the battle, Bagnaia’s front tyre came in contact with Martin’s rear, due to this incident, Martin completed his extraordinarily successful German GP weekend.

Zarco, Bezzecchi, and Marini took third, fourth, and fifth, as Ducati dominated the top 5 in the premier class positions for the first time, and also became the first constructor to do so since Honda in the 2003 Rio de Janeiro GP. Btw, Eight Desmosedici GP bikes closed in the top 9 positions.

In the MotoGP World Championship, four Ducatis are in the top 4 positions in the classification.

Francesco Bagnaia (#1 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 2nd

“That was fun! We found something more since yesterday, the pace today was incredible and I wasn’t expecting it. I think to beat Jorge we needed something more today but we were very close, we touched twice! I’m happy with the result and happy for him, he deserved the win so let’s now move on to Assen with a great feeling. He was able to be closer compared to me in the exit of the corners, I was just trying to maximize the feeling and it was OK, in the last lap I tried to get back to him but for sure we have to improve on circuits where the bike turns more. Now we move on to Assen next week, one of my favourite tracks!”

Enea Bastianini (#23 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 8th

“Today’s race went well and I am happy. I am still not totally back to normal, but we are close. I didn’t expect to be able to do this performance after Mugello, but I feel good. This was a less demanding track, and while I had to take a day off after the Italian GP, now I feel ready to go back to training right away! Today’s race showed that ours is a really good package, but I think Jorge and Pecco also made the difference compared to the other Ducati riders. I still don’t know the GP23 that well, but I hope I can soon get to fight with them and for the top 5 after the summer break.”

The Ducati Lenovo Team will now pack up and quickly head across Germany for Sunday’s final round of three in successive weekends, at the classic TT Assen Circuit in the Netherlands.

Story and Pics Source: Ducati Media House