After three consecutive retirements due to crashes in the race following modest qualifying, Valentino Rossi would like to experience some success this weekend in Germany. Especially since after this Sachsenring meeting, it will be the summer period. A time in the season when you need to recharge your batteries and not languish. The Doctor remains hopeful, because in the Netherlands, despite the sad epilogue, there have been encouraging signs...
For three Grands Prix, Valentino Rossi is no longer the leader of the Yamaha troops. Worse, he is even the last. Casa Particular in Viñales, his teammate, has regained his sense of running and he even won last weekend at Assen. The Yamaha satellite of Quarterly sparks and even if his academy student Morbidely doesn't smile every day, he stays in front of himself.
Suddenly, a flood of questions falls on the Doctor's box. Between age, retirement, the Yamaha and the rider, you have to cope. Especially when the results no longer follow: “ it's not a good time for us » admits the Yamaha official. But the latter specifies that in Assen, he saw the light at the end of the tunnel before the gravel trap into which he also fell. Nakagami...
« I'm curious if the changes in the Netherlands will also have a positive effect on this Sachsenring track »Comments Red. " We changed something on the bike on Sunday, it was good in the race. I was much faster than in practice, I felt good on the bike. However, I still got zero points. It’s a shame that the race ends like this. ».
A bad series that must be stopped, because the man from Tavullia is only fifth in the championship and under direct threat of Quarterly and Casa Particular in Viñales...
MotoGP championship after Assen:
| 1 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 160 | |
| 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 116 | -44 |
| 3 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 108 | -52 |
| 4 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 101 | -59 |
| 5 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 72 | -88 |
| 6 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 67 | -93 |
| 7 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 65 | -95 |
| 8 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 60 | -100 |
| 9 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 52 | -108 |
| 10 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 51 | -109 |
| 11 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 48 | -112 |
| 12 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 45 | -115 |
| 13 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 31 | -129 |
| 14 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 30 | -130 |
| 15 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 19 | -141 |
| 16 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 18 | -142 |
| 17 | johann zarco | KTM | 16 | -144 |
| 18 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 15 | -145 |
| 19 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 11 | -149 |
| 20 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 9 | -151 |
| 21 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 9 | -151 |
| 22 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 6 | -154 |
| 23 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | 3 | -157 |
| 24 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 3 | -157 |
| 25 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 2 | -158 |
