Marc Marquez continues dominance around Sachsenring with comfortable sprint win

[p]The factory Ducati rider ‌led throughout the 15-lap sprint race and crossed ‌the line 0.368 seconds clear of Gresini Racing's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marquez-alex/6uLgHlWF/"]Alex Marquez[/a], ‌who remained within striking distance but was unable to ‌challenge for the lead.[/p][p]The result allowed seven-time MotoGP champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marquez-marc/UPhfij2b/"]Marc Marquez[/a] to cut the gap to championship leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martin-jorge/zBBka6dR/"]Jorge ‌Martin[/a] to 32 points.[/p][embed guid="d0b58ec1-c22b-434c-844d-f979bc575cde" url="https://x.com/MotoGP/status/2075938564597051608" social-type="twitter" /][p]A 12-time winner at ⁠Sachsenring across all classes, ‌Marc Marquez continued his remarkable record at the German circuit ​as he bounced back from a frustrating outing at Assen last month.[/p][p][b]"Alex was pushing quite hard. ​He was very close. He tried to keep a constant pace. But he was almost able to catch ⁠me in the ​last lap. We will see how it goes tomorrow,"[/b] Marc Marquez said.[/p][p]VR46 Racing's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/di-giannantonio-fabio/pI4o388M/"]Fabio Di Giannantonio[/a] finished third to complete a Ducati one-two-three, resisting pressure from Trackhouse Racing's Ai ‌Ogura in fourth, while the Japanese rider's teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-raul/dIyisVJD/"]Raul Fernandez[/a] took fifth.[/p][p][b]"It was vital for us to get as many points as possible today. Every point counts,"[/b] Di Giannantonio said.[/p][embed guid="2063fd31-21bb-4cd6-a972-46f31ff91a49" url="https://x.com/MotoGP/status/2075943192030044330" social-type="twitter" /][p]"At the beginning, I knew they had more pace. I was a little faster later in the race, but it was a risk to overtake, so I am happy to take a third-place finish."[/p][p]Aprilia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezzecchi-marco/EXzAZEse/"]‌Marco Bezzecchi[/a] was ruled out for the remainder of ​the weekend after suffering a broken collarbone in ‌a qualifying crash and will return to Italy for surgery. Championship leader Martin finished sixth, maintaining an 11-point advantage over his teammate at the top of the standings.[/p][p]Ducati's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bagnaia-francesco/nahP9n9q/"]Francesco Bagnaia[/a] came from 11th on ⁠the grid to finish ⁠seventh, while KTM's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/acosta-pedro/KrGeaHq5/"]Pedro ‌Acosta[/a] finished eighth.[/p]