Marc Marquez vaulted Ducati to a front‑row lockout at the German Grand Prix qualifying, sealing pole with a blistering 1m19.041 s that shattered the Sachsenring record.
Ducati Dominates Qualifying
The Spaniard initialized the session on the factory bike, then Fabio di Giannantonio chased him down to capture third as the Marquez brothers closed the gap. Alex Marquez earned second, little less than a tenth slower than his elder brother’s lap.
Luis Fernández temporarily topped the timesheets in the early runs, posting 1m19.262 s before the first‑hand crash forced him to recover and relinquish the edge to di Giannantonio’s 1m19.188 s.
Marquez Sets Circuit Record
With three minutes remaining, Marquez unleashed a record‑breaking lap that put him firmly ahead of all competitors. The 33‑year‑old couldn’t be caught as the clock ran down, keeping front‑row positions locked for Ducati.
Aprilia and the Bezzecchi Crash
Aprilad side, Marco Bezzecchi leapt off his bike during the first four minutes, sending the Italian into a barrel roll over the gravel at Turn 7. He managed to recover, limped back to the service lane, and was unable to re‑enter the track for a fresh lap.
The incident deprived Aprilia of a chance to challenge for the top grid spots and set a painful narrative for the pending race.
Grid Shuffling and Penalties
Franco Morbidelli qualified seventh but will start from tenth after a 10‑second penalty for impeding Pedro Acosta. Gresini’s Luca Marini secured a provisional Q2 spot but fell to thirteenth when Quartararo out‑paced him in the final run.
Jack Miller was twelfth for Pramac Yamaha, while Francesco Bagnaia and Joan Mir were positioned eleventh and thirteenth respectively, their times reflecting the intensity of the competition.
Additional Grid Movements
LCR rookie Diogo Moreira lined up fifteenth but will slip three places due to an impeding penalty, demoting him behind KTM’s Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini and Pramac’s Toprak Razgatlıoğlu. Yamaha’s Alex Rins and Tech3’s Maverick Vinales finished nineteenth and twentieth, while Johann Zarco’s stand‑in Cal Crutchlow rounded out the field in twenty‑first.
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