German Grand Prix 2025: How to watch, predictions and everything you need to know

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The German Grand Prix is the 11th round of the 2025 MotoGP season, and it takes place at the iconic Sachsenring.

The 2.2-mile circuit is one of the slowest on the calendar, with seven consecutive left-handers which feature a mix of undulating corners.

Marc Marquez has won this race eight times in a row between 2013 and 2021, and enters this weekend with a 68-point advantage over his brother Alex Marquez.

With his brother recovering from a hand injury, he will need to pass a medical check before he’s able to participate.

Francesco Bagnaia is the defending winner from last year, and he will want to repeat that to close the gap in the points at the top.

With that in mind, here are our predictions ahead of the weekend along with the TV schedule.

How to watch the 2025 German Grand Prix on TV?

You can watch the 2025 MotoGP German Grand Prix on TV in the UK through TNT Sports. Below are the times for each session in BST.

Who will start from pole and win the German Grand Prix?

• Rory Mitchell: Marc Marquez

It would be the fourth victory in a row for Marquez in 2025 if he won at the Sachsenring and would put him on the cusp of another MotoGP title.

Marquez showed that he could bounce back from two big crashes in the Netherlands on Friday, with two victories in both the Sprint and the main race. He’s now 68 points ahead of his rival (and brother!) Alex Marquez in the title battle, who is returning this weekend after surgery to his hand.

An in-form Marquez is always one to beat, and it looks like he will edge closer to a seventh MotoGP title.

Who will be the biggest surprise in the German Grand Prix?

• Kyle Archer: Miguel Oliveira

MotoGP goes to the Sachsenring for the 2025 German Grand Prix this week for not just round 11 of the season, but potentially the final round for Miguel Oliveira or Jack Miller to deliver a display which convinces Yamaha to keep them at Pramac.

Yamaha intend to finalise Pramac’s 2026 rider line-up after the German GP, with Miller and Oliveira competing to partner Toprak Razgatlioglu next season. Miller is currently Yamaha’s preferred option over Oliveira, but his recent results are making it hard for the Iwata outfit.

Miller has scored points in just three of the last six Grands Prix and has only finished one of those in the top 10 with P7 at Silverstone. Oliveira has also only scored points twice in that stretch, but the Portuguese has been fighting back from a serious shoulder ligament injury.

Both Pramac pilots will know they must deliver at the Sachsenring, where rain is forecast on all three days of the German GP weekend. If the forecasted rain arrives for the race, Oliveira will feel optimistic after running well in the rain at Le Mans on his return from injury in May.

Oliveira may not have a top 10 finish since joining Pramac on a two-year works Yamaha deal this term. Yet the 30-year-old is strong in the rain and had a great time at the Sachsenring in 2024, as Oliveira secured P2 in the Sprint and P6 in the German GP with Trackhouse Aprilia.

Who will be the biggest disappointment in the German Grand Prix?

• Tyler Rowlinson: Fabio Quartararo

Quartararo might be the unluckiest MotoGP rider in 2025. With four pole positions to his name this season, he has only capitalised on one of them at Jerez, having crashed out or suffered mechanical issues that have denied him strong results.

Sachsenring presents a good opportunity for the Yamaha star to bounce back, having won there in 2022 and finished third the year prior. But since then, he has not finished in the top 12 at the German GP, and he comes into this weekend in a rotten form and mood.

The Frenchman is becoming more and more critical of Yamaha as the weeks go by as he demands a winning project. Quartararo is now making it ‘clear’ he could leave at the end of next season if the V4 project fails.

With his unfortunate record of results after taking pole positions and his anger towards Yamaha, one does not expect him to change his form at a track that is set to be dominated by Ducati.