Update MotoGP Stats while Sachsenring is waiting

MotoGP 2022 – Round 10
Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland

MotoGP facts and stats

At the Catalan GP, ​​Fabio Quartararo won the MotoGP 10th time and the second this year with Portugal.

Quartararo crossed the line at 6,473 seconds before Jorge Martin, which was Quartararo’s biggest victory since he stepped onto MotoGP in 2019, and biggest in dry conditions since Marc Marquez won by way 11.413 seconds in Australia in 2019. This is the biggest win in dry conditions for a Yamaha rider in MotoGP since Jorge Lorenzo won France in 2016 by a winning margin over Valentino. Rossi is 10,654 seconds.

Catalunya is Quartararo’s 11th victory in the GP race. He is still in 2nd place in the list of French drivers with the most GP wins, behind Johann Zarco who is leading with 16 victories.

This is also Quartararo’s 25th podium with Yamaha in MotoGP and he is currently seventh on the list of Yamaha riders with the most podiums in the top class, three behind MotoGP legend Max Biaggi (Valentino Rossi leads with 142 times). to the highest podium with Yamaha).

Jorge Martin finished second in Barcelona for his sixth MotoGP podium and second of the season so far alongside Argentina as he also finished second. Therefore, this is Martin’s sixth time on the podium with Ducati. He is currently 10th on the list of Ducati riders with the most podiums, one behind Andrea Iannone and Jorge Lorenzo, and two behind teammate Johann Zarco.

Johann Zarco finished third at the Catalan GP for his third podium so far this season alongside Indonesia and Portugal. This is his 14th podium in the top division, extending his record as the driver with the most podiums without a single win in his class (against Colin Edwards).

This is Zarco’s eighth time on the podium with Ducati, and he has risen to 7th place on the list of Ducati riders with the most podiums, two behind Danilo Petrucci.

In Quartararo and Zarco, this is the sixth time the two French drivers have shared the top podium and the fifth time with Quartararo and Zarco along with Doha (2021), France (2021), Indonesia (2022) and Portugal ( 2022).

For Martin and Zarco, this is the 15th MotoGP race in a row with at least one Ducati rider on the podium (the race started in Aragon last year). This is the first time of the Bologna factory since 2007 (Turkey) – 2008 (Qatar), with 17 consecutive races, their record in the class.

Francesco Baganaia, who won in Italy, fell in Catalunya. Since the opening race of the year, with the exception of Quartararo in Portugal (P1) and Spain (P2), all the winners failed to finish in the top 10 in the latter race.

Only two riders have scored in all of the MotoGP races this season: Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro.

Remy Gardner is 11th in Catalunya for his best MotoGP result. Marco Bezzecchi, who had an accident and retired, still leads the fight for Rookie of the Year with 30 points ahead of Darryn Binder (10), who finished P12 as second Yamaha rider, Remy Gardner (8), Fabio Di Giannantonio (8), who also crashed and retired, and Raul Fernandez (1), who scored the first point in MotoGP.

The only one of this year’s 5 MotoGP rookies to have ever won the German GP in any category smaller than last year’s Remy Gardner, who is on his way to claim the title.

However, Marc Bezzecchi (P2 2018 in Moto3 and P3 2021 in Moto2), previously stood on the podium at the Sachsenring.

Grand Prix racing in Germany

This is the 83rd Grand Prix event held in Germany and the 24th at the new Sachsenring circuit. The original Sachsenring was only 3,508 km long with a short stretch of the old road. Major modifications were made to the circuit in 2001 and then additional minor changes in 2003 resulting in the current 3,671 km track layout. The Sachsenring is one of five circuits on the current calendar that run counterclockwise, along with Austin, Aragon, Phillip Island and Valencia.

The first motorcycle Grand Prix held in Germany was the West German Grand Prix held at Solitude circuit in 1952, when it was reported that 400,000 spectators attended. Reg Armstrong won the 350cc and 500cc races with a Norton, while his hometown racers won the 250cc and 125cc races: Rudi Felgenheier with the DKW at 250cc and Werner Haas on the NSU at 125cc .

The first East German Grand Prix was held at the Sachsenring circuit in 1961. The original lap used for the event was an 8.73 km closed circuit. The East German GP continued to be held at the Sachsenring every year until 1972, after which the road lap was initially deemed too dangerous.

The West German Grand Prix was held annually from 1952 to 1990 and unified the country. Four different circuits were used between 1952 and 1990: Solitude, Schotten, Nürburgring and Hockenheim.

There has been a German Grand Prix held every year since the country’s reunification (except in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic); from 1991 to 1994 at the Hockenheim circuit, then three years at the Nürburgring, and then from 1998 to 2019 and in 2021 at the new Sachsenring circuit. In addition to the events mentioned above, another Grand Prix event was held in Germany: the GP Baden-Wurttemberg held in 1986 at the Hockenheim circuit for the 80cc and 125cc classes.

Honda’s last 1st place win at the Sachsenring: Marc Marquez in 2021. Honda has been the most successful manufacturer at the Sachsenring since 1998 with 17 championships, including the last 11 races. Honda riders also qualified from 2011 to 2019 at the German GP; Last year Johann Zarco (Ducati) was the first non-Honda driver to start from the pole in MotoGP at the Sachsenring since Jorge Lorenzo in 2010 (Yamaha).

Yamaha’s last top-flight win at the Sachsenring: 2009 Valentino Rossi from pole. Yamaha has won the first division four times since 1998 at the Sachsenring, with two riders: Valentino Rossi and Max Biaggi.

Ducati’s only MotoGP win at the Sachsenring: 2008 Casey Stoner from pole. Ducati had 4 other top podiums at this track: Troy Bayliss P3 in 2003, Loris Capirossi P2 2007, Casey Stoner P3 in 2010 and Andrea Dovizioso P3 in 2016.

Suzuki’s only win at the Sachsenring was in the 500cc in 1999 with Kenny Roberts Jr.

Aprilia’s best performance in MotoGP since 2002 at Sachsenring: Aleix Espargaro, P7 in 2017 and 2021; Tetsuya Harada also finished P7 at 500cc in 1999.

KTM’s best MotoGP result at Sachsenring: Miguel Oliveira, runner-up last year. His teammate Brad Binder finished fourth, the last time two KTMs made the top four in MotoGP.

The best in the top class for a German at the Sachsenring since 1998 was P2 for Jonas Folger in 2017.

There have been eight other podiums for German drivers at the Sachsenring circuit since 1998: Ralf Waldmann; P3 at 250cc 1999, Steve Jenkner; P3 at 125cc in 2002, Stefan Bradl; P2 at 125cc in 2008 and Moto2 in 2011, Sandro Cortese; 2010 P3 125cc and 2012 Moto3 winner, Jonas Folger; P2 in Moto2 in 2016 and most recently, Marcel Schrötter; P3 in Moto2 in 2019.

MotoGP Championship Score Ranking

Moto2 Champion Score Rankings

Moto3 Championship Score Ranking

German GP Schedule