The Repsol driver had a hectic weekend with the announcement of his retirement. He has, however, returned to the top 10 in testing and racing, but that is still far from where he is used to being.
After finishing the day on Friday in twentieth position, Dani Pedrosa took a leap forward on Saturday by moving back into the top 10 from FP3. This allowed him to progress directly to Q2 where he qualified in tenth position, five tenths from pole position.
Although he was a little disappointed, he hoped he could have a good race with a good start. Although he managed to maintain his position on Sunday during the first laps, he did not manage to be really fast and was only able to overtake two drivers to take eighth place, which he kept until the end of the race.
If this remains much better than his fifteenth place at Assen, Pedrosa still cannot fight for victory, or even for the podium, which obviously does not satisfy him: “The race was disappointing because I have always been fast on this track, but we struggled all weekend with the bike setup. We managed to make a little progress here but I never felt completely comfortable. I more or less did the same times throughout the race, but it wasn't fast enough. We can't do anything other than continue working to improve the settings and the feeling on the bike. »
German Grand Prix Sachsenring MotoGP J.3: Standings
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 41'05.019
2 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha +2.196
3 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha +2.776
4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati +3.376
5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati +5.183
6 99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati +5.780
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati +7.941
8 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda +12.711
9 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha +14.428
10 38 Bradley SMITH KTM +21.474
11 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha +25.809
12 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki +25.963
13 53 Tito RABAT Ducati +29.040
14 43 Jack MILLER Ducati +29.325
15 45 Scott REDDING Aprilia +34.123
16 6 Stefan BRADL Honda +38.207
17 12 Thomas LUTHI Honda +49.369
18 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati +1'01.022
19 10 Xavier SIMEON Ducati +1'16.692
Not Classified
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 21 Laps
30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda 26 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
42 Alex RINS Suzuki 0 Laps
44 Pol ESPARGARO KTM 0 Lap
