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"Con la Honda guidiamo in un’area di rischio. Bisogna essere intelligenti per gestire la situazione e non esagerare troppo. Zarco, Quartararo e Oliveira hanno un bel passo e forse non siamo abbastanza vicini per lottare con loro”

Valentino Rossi sieht den Sachsenring nicht als ausgewiesene Yamaha-Strecke, ein Blick auf die MotoGP-Startaufstellung gibt ihm recht. Neuigkeiten zum Aramco Racing Team VR46 sollen nächste Woche verkündet werden.

Die Franzosen Johann Zarco und Fabio Quartararo grüßen auch in der Startaufstellung des Deutschland-GP von der Spitze. Allerdings hat der WM-Spitzenreiter Quartararo diesmal das Nachsehen gegen seinen Landsmann.

Johann Zarco steht zum sechsten Mal auf der Pole-Position, er ist WM-Zweiter – aber er hat noch kein MotoGP-Rennen gewonnen. Das könnte sich am Sonntag in Sachsen ändern.

Enea 15° in griglia: “Per fortuna abbiamo risolto alcuni problemi, domani importante la gestione delle gomme”. Luca Marini 14°: “Mi è mancato veramente poco per accedere alla Q2!”

"Non so a cosa stava pensando. Vorrei fare la top ten domani. La gara comunque sarà un bel cinema, con questo caldo qui sarà difficile gestire le gomme sino alla fine"

Nach der Bestzeit am Freitag erhoffte sich Miguel Oliveira am Samstag im MotoGP-Qualifying am Sachsenring einen Platz in Startreihe 1, doch der KTM-Pilot musste die Zeitenjagd durch die gelben Flaggen abbrechen.

VIDEO - Un'altra doppietta in qualifica per i due francese che stanno mortificando la scuola spagnola e italiana in MotoGP. Ne parliamo con Carlo Pernat

Pol Espargaró schmiss seine Repsol-Honda beim deutschen WM-Lauf in jedem der ersten frei Trainings weg.

A new lap record, pole and the chance of victory; Fernandez is on fire in Germany!

"Questa è la MotoGP più difficile di sempre, livello altissimo. Se non sei perfetto non sei al top. Tanti piloti giovani vanno forte e il regolamento ha permesso a tanti Costruttori di sviluppare moto veloci"

MotoGP-Rookie Jorge Martin fühlt sich körperlich noch nicht ganz bereit für den Sachsenring-GP, seine Pace stellte ihn am Samstag aber zufrieden: «Für den Sieg reicht es nicht, aber vielleicht für die Top-6.»

Lo spagnolo conquista la sua terza pole position dell'anno e scatterà primo al via del GP di Germania. Ottimo recupero di Marco Bezzecchi che, dopo essere passato per la Q1, ha terminato 4°

Raul Fernandez surprised with a late record lap to secure pole position ahead of the Moto2 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.

Jack Miller wunderte sich nach dem Qualifying in Sachsen über gewisse Kollegen, die offenbar ohne Windschatten keine Topzeit fahren können.

Moto2 Qual Combined

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Qualifying results from the 2021 German Moto2 Grand Prix at Sachsenring.

Herfoss Wins Thrilling ASBK Darwin Opener

A breathtaking manoeuvre from Troy Herfoss at turn 11 on the final lap of today’s opening Alpinestars Superbike race at round four of the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), presented by Motul, has seen the Penrite Honda rider take victory from long-time rival Wayne Maxwell at Darwin’s Hidden Valley circuit.

From fourth on the grid, a strong start saw Herfoss immediately moving up to second behind Maxwell off the line; the 34-year-old stalked Maxwell for the entire 16-lap journey, both riders setting lap record times, before Herfoss made the race-defining move on the last lap.

“It was such a fun race,” Herfoss said.

“In qualifying, Wayne was so fast and with Mike (Jones) and Oli (Bayliss) also doing good times, we narrowly missed out on a front-row start, which was a little disappointing.

“There were stages during the race where I started to doubt myself, but I knew I had to play the patience game.

“Riding 16 laps in the heat is physically demanding, but I felt quite comfortable. I like going to races where fitness is one of the main factors, because I think it plays to my strengths.”

Earlier in the day, Maxwell had recorded a scorching 1:05.1 lap time in qualifying to secure his second pole position of the season. While he missed out on the race win, the Boost Mobile with K-Tech Ducati rider paid credit to Herfoss for his last-lap overtake.

“I covered Troy at turns five and six, and I tried to block the line into turn 11 – I went in there reasonably deep and tried to hang on the outside, but he was too good,” Maxwell said.

“I was in a rhythm for most of the race, just trying to hit a lap time; the grip went away towards the end.

“I love it – I’m really happy, there are so many positives for us to take out of the race and we’ll try to improve a tiny bit for tomorrow morning.”

Glenn Allerton recorded his first podium for the year aboard his brand-new BMW M1000 R, also moving up to third in the championship. The two-time Australian Superbike Champion revealed he was managing an issue for much of the race.

“It’s been a massive effort by the team to build a brand-new bike, strip it down, install all the suspension and electronics,” Allerton said.

“If this is our first race on it and we’re on the podium, it shows the potential is really high.

“The clutch was slipping really badly out of the last corner for a lot of the race and costing me a lot of time; I’m confident if we fix that issue for tomorrow, we’ll be right there with the top two.”

Oli Bayliss finished fourth, after earlier qualifying second; Bayliss lost a few positions at the start, but worked his way back up to third before again losing time with an off-track excursion.

However, Bayliss’ day was more satisfactory than his DesmoSport Ducati team-mate Mike Jones, who was scheduled to start third but failed to make the grid after a late qualifying crash left him under observation in hospital.

Bryan Staring (Kawasaki BCPerformance) completed the top five, with Arthur Sissis (Yamaha), Anthony West (Yamaha), Josh Waters (Kawasaki), Jed Metcher (Yamaha) and Cru Halliday (Yamaha) completing the top 10.

The other riders involved in dramas were Daniel Falzon and Corey Turner, who collided in the first corner; race direction have deemed Turner at fault for the altercation and imposed a relegation of three grid positions upon Turner for tomorrow’s races.

Two more Alpinestars Superbike races will be held tomorrow at Hidden Valley, at 10:50am and 2:05pm.

Keep up to date with the latest news on the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship, presented by Motul via www.asbk.com.au and following ASBK on Facebook and Instagram. You can also join our ASBK mailing list at www.asbk.com.au

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Mit einem Sturz endete das MotoGP-Qualifying von Takaaki Nakagami auf dem Sachsenring im Kiesbett. Mit Startplatz 9 für das Rennen am Sonntag war er nicht zufrieden, über die Spielchen in Q2 hat er eine klare Meinung.

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