Marco Bezzecchi
Ducati star Francesco Bagnaia heads to the Sachsenring simply trying to ‘give my all’ as ‘everyone’ predicts Marc Marquez will win his ninth MotoGP German Grand Prix.
The Sachsenring has been one of the Spaniard’s favourite playgrounds during his career with 11 victories across all world championship classes. Marquez secured his first German GP win in the 2010 125cc race, and he was technically not beaten at the track in Saxony until 2024.
Marquez won the Moto2 German GP every time he contested the intermediate class race in 2011 and 2012. The 32-year-old even won the MotoGP German GP every season from 2013 until 2021, with the race not featuring on the calendar in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fabio Quartararo ended Marquez’s run of absolute dominance at the Sachsenring with glory in the 2022 German GP. Jorge Martin also won the German GP in 2023. But Marquez did not contest the race in 2022 following surgery on his arm or 2023 after crashing in the warm-up.
Francesco Bagnaia tells Marc Marquez he ‘can’t take the pressure off himself’ at the German GP
Bagnaia became the first rider to beat Marquez for a German GP win when both riders were on the circuit since 2009 last year. The Ducati star inherited the lead of the 2024 German GP when Martin crashed out on the penultimate lap, with Marquez finishing second for Gresini.
Now, everyone predicts Marquez will win the 2025 German GP provided that the Ducati ace does not ruin his own race. So, Bagnaia believes his teammate cannot afford to give himself an easy time, while the best that the Italian can do is to ‘give my all’ and see what develops.
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Bagnaia expressed, via quotes by Motorsport.com: “Absolutely, this time Marc can’t take the pressure off himself. This is a track where everyone expects him to destroy everyone else, so I’ll try to give my all, as always.
“I know the potential can be high, our bikes are well-suited to this track. So, I’ll try to do my job, the same job I did in Assen. It was the best weekend we’ve had so far, so we’ll see.”
Marc Marquez can surpass Giacomo Agostini as the most successful premier class rider at the German Grand Prix in 2025
Just Giacomo Agostini with his 13 wins from eight 500cc class victories and five 350cc class wins has won the German GP more often than Marquez across all classes to date. Yet while the Italian has more all-time wins, Agostini secured his at the Nurburgring and Hockenheim.
That said, Agostini also won the East German Grand Prix 11 times at the Sachsenring with six 500cc class and five 350cc class wins. So, Agostini and Marquez are level with 11 wins at the Sachsenring, which became the sole home of the German GP from the 1998 500cc season.
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Victory on Sunday, then, would make Marquez the most successful rider at the Sachsenring and pull clear of Agostini as the most successful premier class rider at the German GP of all time. Scoring his ninth MotoGP German GP win would also be Marquez’s seventh this term.
Marquez has won six of the first 10 Grands Prix in the 2025 MotoGP season, plus nine Sprint Races, since joining Bagnaia at Ducati. Bagnaia took his only win when Marquez crashed in the lead of the 2025 Americas Grand Prix, which is another of the 32-year-old’s best races.
Bagnaia may have to hope for a repeat of the Americas GP if he is to triumph this Sunday, as Marquez is the king of the Sachsenring owing to its left-hand heavy layout. No rival shines as much as the Spaniard in left-hand corners, which make up 10 of the Sachsenring’s 13 turns.
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