Marc Marquez quickest at Grand Prix Germany Practice, Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi through to Q2
Published 10/07/2026 at 15:46 GMT+1
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Practice on Friday at Grand Prix Germany saw current MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez go quickest, though his Ducati Lenovo team-mate Francesco Bagnaia was just 13th fastest on the day and will have to start in Q1 for Saturday's qualifying session.
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The Ducati Lenovo factory rider started the weekend 40 points off the top of the world championship standings, with Aprilia Racing’s Jorge Martin leading the way overall.
It was a session dominated by various Ducati bikes, but second spot was taken by Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez.
Third spot went to Fabio Di Giannantonio, the best rider so far for the Italian manufacturer, with the VR46 Pertamina competitor on 177 points in the championship race, in third position and just 16 behind Martin.
BK8 Gresini’s Alex Marquez was fourth fastest, and there was a surprise fifth spot for Jack Miller's Prima Pramac Yamaha as he looks to finish strongly in what is expected to be his last season in the competition before moving on.
Trackhouse’s other rider, Ai Ogura, was sixth-fastest on Friday afternoon, and then seventh was Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi. Ogura is on 168 points in the world title race as he builds on his Rookie of the Year season in 2025 and looks to be a credible title challenger in one of the most open championships in MotoGP in years.
While Bezzecchi would normally be aiming for a quicker pace on the track, the Italian is making his way back from an enforced 10-day break from riding, due to a concussion suffered in the last round at Grand Prix Netherlands at Assen.
His stablemate Martin was in behind him, and TNT Sports pundit Neil Hodgson predicted that it was between the Spaniard and his compatriot, world champion Marquez, to fight it out at Sachsening ring for the points, with both Saturday’s Sprint and Sunday’s full-length race being shown on TNT Sports and HBO Max.
Bezzecchi currently trails Martin by seven points, having led the championship for much of the season until he was overhauled last weekend.
Pedro Acosta was the ninth quickest. The KTM factory rider is on his way to Ducati Lenovo next season but continues to battle with a relatively under-strength bike.
The last spot in the top 10 was claimed by VR46 Pertamina’s Franco Morbidelli, with that place being ahead of the crucial cut-off point for qualifying.
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All the 10 quickest will go straight through to Q2 to compete for the top 12 spots in qualifying for the weekend’s two races. Those outside the top 10 take part in the first session, Q1, with the two quickest from that session going through to Q2.
The biggest name fighting to get through that is former world champion, Ducati Lenovo’s Bagnaia, who was 13th fastest.
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Maverick Vinales, who this week revealed he expected to retire from MotoGP after failing to agree a factory or satellite deal with KTM for next season, was down in 18th.
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