2018 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2018 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernstthal on 15 July 2018.

Marc Márquez, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

  2018 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 July 2018
Official name	Pramac Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1]
Location	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:20.270 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:21.643 on lap 22 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha Third Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Mattia Pasini Kalex Time 1:23.787 Fastest lap Rider Joan Mir Kalex Time 1:24.634 on lap 3 Podium First Brad Binder KTM Second Joan Mir Kalex Third Luca Marini Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Honda Time 1:26.434 Fastest lap Rider Arón Canet Honda Time 1:27.136 on lap 11 Podium First Jorge Martín Honda Second Marco Bezzecchi KTM Third John McPhee KTM

Classification

MotoGP

Franco Morbidelli was replaced by Stefan Bradl after the first practice session due to injury.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	41:05.019	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	30	+2.196	6	20
3	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	30	+2.776	4	16
4	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	30	+3.376	2	13
5	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	30	+5.183	9	11
6	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	30	+5.780	3	10
7	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	30	+7.941	5	9
8	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+12.711	10	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+14.428	13	7
10	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	30	+21.474	16	6
11	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+25.809	17	5
12	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	30	+25.963	8	4
13	53	Tito Rabat	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	30	+29.040	18	3
14	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	30	+29.325	14	2
15	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	30	+34.123	19	1
16	6	Stefan Bradl	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	30	+38.207	20
17	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	30	+49.369	21
18	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	30	+1:01.022	22
19	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	30	+1:16.692	23
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	9	Accident	7
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	4	Accident	12
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	0	Collision	11
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0	Collision	15
DNS	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia		Did not start
DNS	36	Mika Kallio	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM		Did not start
WD	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda		Withdrew
Sources: [1][3][4]

• Aleix Espargaró suffered a thoracic trauma following a crash in the warm-up session and was declared unfit to start the race.
• Mika Kallio suffered a knee injury in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	28	39:46.306	10	25
2	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	28	+0.779	8	20
3	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	28	+0.933	2	16
4	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	28	+2.143	15	13
5	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	28	+6.376	4	11
6	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	28	+6.513	9	10
7	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	28	+15.544	6	9
8	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	28	+15.674	19	8
9	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	28	+16.004	18	7
10	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	28	+16.005	16	6
11	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	28	+16.596	20	5
12	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	28	+17.304	3	4
13	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	28	+17.458	7	3
14	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	28	+18.138	23	2
15	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	28	+23.816	13	1
16	13	Romano Fenati	Kalex	28	+24.611	11
17	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	28	+25.617	24
18	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	28	+28.019	22
19	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	28	+28.173	25
20	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	28	+36.398	21
21	51	Eric Granado	Suter	28	+40.199	27
22	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	28	+41.509	29
23	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	28	+1:04.024	31
24	18	Xavi Cardelús	Kalex	27	+1 lap	32
25	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	21	+7 laps	30[N 1]
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	16	Retired	14
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Speed Up	7	Accident	12
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	4	Accident	26
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	2	Accident	5
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	1	Accident	1
Ret	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	1	Accident	17
DNS	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex		Electrics	28
DNS	66	Niki Tuuli	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

• Jules Danilo suffered an electrical failure on the grid and failed to start the race.
• Niki Tuuli experienced pain from the finger injury suffered at the previous round at Assen and withdrew from the event.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	27	39:36.427	1	25
2	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	27	+2.515	7	20
3	17	John McPhee	KTM	27	+2.571	8	16
4	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	27	+2.936	2	13
5	44	Arón Canet	Honda	27	+3.028	5	11
6	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	27	+3.341	4	10
7	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	27	+3.532	21	9
8	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	27	+4.886	13	8
9	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	27	+5.383	17[N 1]	7
10	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	27	+5.486	9	6
11	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	27	+5.610	16	5
12	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	27	+9.938	24	4
13	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	27	+10.027	15	3
14	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	27	+10.360	25[N 1]	2
15	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	27	+10.467	22	1
16	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	27	+11.514	19[N 1]
17	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	27	+11.712	6
18	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	27	+20.039	23
19	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	27	+31.237	30[N 2]
20	43	Luca Grünwald	KTM	27	+32.768	26[N 1]
21	81	Stefano Nepa	KTM	27	+41.058	29[N 1]
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	24	Collision	12
Ret	32	Ai Ogura	Honda	24	Collision	18
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	22	Collision	3
Ret	72	Alonso López	Honda	22	Collision	20
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	20	Accident	11
Ret	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	18	Electrics	27[N 1]
Ret	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	16	Accident	28[N 1]
Ret	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	15	Collision	10
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	5	Accident	14
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 165 2 Valentino Rossi 119 3 Maverick Viñales 109 4 Andrea Dovizioso 88 5 Johann Zarco 88 6 Jorge Lorenzo 85 7 Danilo Petrucci 84 8 Cal Crutchlow 79 9 Andrea Iannone 75 10 Jack Miller 57

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 148 2 Miguel Oliveira 141 3 Álex Márquez 113 4 Joan Mir 95 5 Lorenzo Baldassarri 93 6 Brad Binder 91 7 Xavi Vierge 79 8 Marcel Schrötter 73 9 Fabio Quartararo 72 10 Mattia Pasini 63

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 130 2 Marco Bezzecchi 123 3 Arón Canet 92 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio 91 5 Enea Bastianini 84 6 Gabriel Rodrigo 65 7 Jakub Kornfeil 61 8 Andrea Migno 60 9 Marcos Ramírez 57 10 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 46

Notes

1. 3-place grid penalty.
2. Back of the grid start penalty.