Marc Marquez has taken his 8th consecutive victory at the Sachsenring, after fending off home hero Jonas Folger.

It was anything but plain sailing for Marquez in the beginning, who came under threat from Jonas Folger early on. Folger piled on the pressure, eager to impress in front of his home crowd. He eventually took the lead and started to create a gap between him and the factory Honda, and Marquez quietly followed Folger round, waiting for the right moment to overtake and run away with the lead.

Even after Marquez took back the lead, Folger wasn't letting him get away and was lapping faster than him in some sectors. The gap between the pair remained at 0.2 seconds, but during the closing laps Marquez began to break away leaving Folger to settle for 2nd in front of his home crowd.

Dani Pedrosa had a lonely race, as he finished in 3rd - exactly the same position he started in. Pedrosa originally began to break away with Marquez at the front, but dropped back to 3rd when Folger came through. He was under no pressure from the likes of Viñales, Rossi and Aleix Espargaro who were fighting for 4th behind him.

Hector Barbera was caught out at the very beginning with a jump start, but was later black flagged for not completing his ride through penalty.

Sam Lowes' weekend was brought to an end with 18 laps to go, when he crashed out unhurt at turn 7. A few laps later, Andrea Iannone - who is having a far from impressive season, went down at t12 as he was battling with Jorge Lorenzo.

The factory Yamaha's weekend improved dramatically, with Viñales working his way up from 11th to 4th and Rossi coming from 9th to 5th. 

Marc Marquez's victory left him at the top of the championship standings, with Dovizioso dropping back to 3rd.

1. Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team - 40:59.525
2. Jonas Folger, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 3.310
3. Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda Team + 11.546
4. Maverick Viñales, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP + 14.253
5. Valentino Rossi, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP + 14.980
6. Alvaro Bautista, Pull&Bear Aspar Team + 16.534
7. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini + 19.736
8. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team + 20.188
9. Johann Zarco, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 21.138
10. Cal Crutchlow, LCR Honda + 24.210

In typical Moto3 fashion, it was virtually impossible to keep up with which rider was in which position throughout the race. But one thing that was absolutely certain was that neither Joan Mir or Romano Fenati were going to give up the win without a fight.

The race was dry and the sun was out - a rare sight this weekend. And under the sun was where Joan Mir took the hole shot, leading into the first corner. Pole sitter Aron Canet dropped back to 5th by turn 1, but bailed out of the race at turn 12 with 12 laps to go.

Back at the front Mir and Fenati were looking racy, swapping between 1st and 2nd constantly. The leading group was quickly reduced to just 5 riders - Mir, Fenati, Ramirez, Arbolino and Bulega, a rarity in Moto3. The group was further reduced as the race went on. With Tony Arbolino on for his best finish of the season, he crashed out from 4th at turn 2 opening the gap between Ramirez in 3rd and Bulega in 5th. 

It wasn't a lucky weekend for the Brits in Moto3. Wild card Danny Kent was shunted to the back of the grid thanks to his 12 place grid penalty, but crashed out at turn 3 with 12 laps to go. And John McPhee was looking to continue his podium streak after a third place finish in Assen. Unfortunately for the Scot, he went down at turn 13 with 21 laps to go.

Fenati led into the last lap, but Mir took the lead into the final sector allowing him to snatch the win from Fenati in the closing moments. Marcos Ramirez rode incredibly and rounds out the podium in 3rd, making it his first podium of the season.

Joan Mir still leads the championship going into the summer break with 165 points. Romano Fenati sits in 2nd with 128 points, with Aron Canet 18 points behind in 3rd.

1. Joan Mir, Leopard Racing - 39:44.575   
2. Romano Fenati, Marinelli Rivacold Snipers + 0.121   
3. Marcos Ramirez, Platinum Bay Real Estate + 0.218
4. Nicolo Bulega, Sky Racing Team VR46 + 5.074
5. Philipp Oettl, Südmetall Schedl GP Racing + 13.073
6. Enea Bastianini, Estrella Galicia 0,0 + 13.650
7. Livio Loi, Leopard Racing +14.318
8. Bo Bendsneyder, Red Bull KTM Ajo + 14.466
9. Tatsuki Suzuki, SIC58 Squadra Corse + 14.583
10. Darryn Binder, Platinum Bay Real Estate + 14.666

The rain managed to hold off even longer to give us a dry Moto2 race, which saw Franco Morbidelli reign supreme.

Alex Marquez took the hole shot, pushing championship leader Franco Morbidelli back to 2nd. But both Morbidelli and Thomas Luthi were on the case of the Spaniard, with both eventually passing him. When Marquez looked as if he was in a good position to fight, he went down in a dramatic crash that saw the bike land on him. Thankfully, he was okay but the crash could play havoc with his title bid in the long run.

It wasn't just Marquez's race that came to an abrupt end. Wild card Hector Garzo was going well this weekend, qualifying in 5th on his Moto2 debut. But with 26 laps to go he went down, with Andrea Locatelli crashing in sympathy at the same time. Locatelli's bike narrowly missed newcomer Garzo, and both riders were okay. By far the most surprising crash was that of Thomas Luthi, a rider who is certainly not known for making mistakes. He went down from 2nd with 17 laps to go, after bridging a gap between him and Miguel Olivera who was running in 3rd.

This gave Olivera the chance to make time on Morbidelli who was sailing away in front. And make time he did, as he constantly chipped away at the gap between them, eventually putting himself in a position to overtake and even take his first Moto2 victory with the KTM Ajo squad.

Unfortunately that win didn't come for Olivera, but he proved that he is more than capable of staying with the front runners. He kept up with the pace of the Marc VDS machinery right up to the line, ending the race with just a 0.066 second gap on the Italian. Francesco Bagnaia rounded out the podium.

1. Franco Morbidelli, EG 0,0 Marc VDS - 41:05.137 
2. Miguel Olivera, Red Bull KTM Ajo + 0.066
3. Francesco Bagnaia, Sky Racing Team VR46 + 0.574
4. Simone Corsi, Speed Up Racing + 0.749
5. Mattia Pasini, Italtrans Racing Team + 1.300
6. Jorge Navarro, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 + 8.958
7. Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM Ajo + 9.204
8. Sandro Cortest, Dynavolt Intact GP + 15.099
9. Marcel Schrotter, Dynavolt Intact GP + 17.875
10. Taka Nakagami, IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia + 19.291

Honda rider Marc Marquez took a stunning last dash pole position at the German GP after rain came down on Q2, beating Pramac's Danilo Petrucci to the top on his final lap of the Sachsenring.

That makes it eight years in a row - from the 125 World Championship to MotoGP - that the number 93 has taken pole at the venue, with each having been converted into a race win. It’s also Marquez’ 40th pole in the premier class.

"It looks like every year it’s more and more difficult." Said Marquez

"In the wet you never know what feeling you’re going to have on the bike but in the beginning I was pushing, and then waiting to push to my limits in the last part – then I realised with less water there was even less grip! Our target was the front row so pole position I'm very happy."

"This year with the new asphalt it dries very quickly, it’s something we need to concentrate on tomorrow if it’s a flag to flag race. He added

"We’re ready in both conditions, and I’m looking forward to being here tomorrow on the podium – but of course we will try to fight for the victory"

source: motogp.com