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Repsol Honda riders and Moto3 stars Alex Rins and Alex Marquez go to Germany this week for round eight.
- – Marc Marquez has taken victory at his last three races at Sachsenring: One 125cc win and two Moto2 triumphs.
- – Dani Pedrosa has won six times in Germany. He has taken glory at the last three MotoGP German GPs in 2010, 2011 and 2012, in addition to a 2007 premier class win and 2004 and 2005 250cc wins.
- – Rookie Alex Marquez has not been out of the top five in any of the last four races.
The German Grand Prix begins this Friday, at one of the shortest and slowest circuits on the calendar. MotoGP riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez return to a happy hunting ground, whilst in Moto3 Alex Rins and Alex Marquez arrive on a high from the Dutch TT –where they placed third and fifth, respectively.
The Repsol Honda duo have a great record at Sachsenring, where they have won on numerous occasions. Dani Pedrosa leads the World Championship with 136 points, 9 points ahead of nearest rival Jorge Lorenzo. He has won six German GPs, including four in the premier class and two in the 250cc category.
Teammate Marc Marquez lies third in the standings, with a total of 113 points. The rookie has been making a positive recovery from fractures to his hand and foot suffered in Assen, where he placed second despite his injuries.
In Moto3, Alex Rins comes to Germany pleased after taking third at the Dutch TT. Sachsenring is a track well suited to his riding style, although last year he was adversely affected by the rain. Alex Marquez once again rides at a track for the first time, although he has accompanied his brother to German GPs on two occasions. Marquez has not dropped out of the top five at the last four races.nked corners, which will be tough for us to find the best line at in the beginning. We’ll have to learn how to get on the guess on the corners. After the descent, you have the fast part of the track. We will try to work in the same way as at all the GPs so far, and keep improving. At the Mugello test we took a very important step forward, as we found several things that helped us a lot with understanding the bike and what I needed to go faster. That allowed us to keep up the pace with the lead group at Montmelo –although the end result wasn’t great- and adapt quickly at Assen. The goal for Germany is to carry on like this.”
Dani Pedrosa
“This week we head to Germany and I hope we can get a good feeling and have a good weekend. Sachsenring has typically been a good track for me in the past and it’s a circuit where I always enjoy racing. It’s a short track where you spend a lot of time on the left, but the fastest corner is to the right, so tyre performance will be key. It’s important to keep the momentum and ride my best to keep fighting for race wins”
Marc Marquez
“It was a tough and complicated weekend in Assen, but the important thing is that we learned a lot and picked up another podium and some important points. Now we head to Sachsenring, another new circuit for us on the MotoGP machine. We will see how the weather is there as it can change quite a lot!It will be interesting to see what the circuit is like on this bike because it’s one of the smallest circuits on the calendar and I already found it small in Moto2 so I can’t imagine how it will be in MotoGP! When we get there, I’ll take my time to learn the lines with my team, as we do every week, and try our best for another good result”
Alex Rins
“The Sachsenring is a track that I really like. The first section is rather tricky, very narrow and very small. It is a little bit of a karting-style section, but then there is the part that is a bit more open, longer and faster. Maybe this is why I like this track so much, because it has a bit of everything and I adapt my driving well. Also, I remember that at the German Grand Prix last year we did OK during free practice and qualifying. The problem arose during the race, because of the rain. This year we come into the weekend after a third place, in addition to having achieved a podium at every race we’ve completed. So the goal is to fight for the top three.”
Alex Marquez
“I’ve been to the German Grand Prix a few times, in 2010 and 2011. From what I have seen, it is a track with a slow first part of linked corners, which will be tough for us to find the best line at the beginning. We’ll have to learn how to get on the guess on the corners. After the descent, you have the fast part of the track. We will try to work in the same way as at all the GPs so far, and keep improving. At the Mugello test we took a very important step forward, as we found several things that helped us a lot with understanding the bike and what I needed to go faster. That allowed us to keep up the pace with the lead group at Montmelo –although the end result wasn’t great- and adapt quickly at Assen. The goal for Germany is to carry on like this.”
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