German MotoGP, Sachsenring - Free Practice (1) Results

Free Practice (1) results from the German MotoGP at Sachsenring, round 10 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.
Jack Miller, German MotoGP, 17 June
Jack Miller, German MotoGP, 17 June
German MotoGP, Sachsenring - Free Practice (1) Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax
1Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22)1'21.479s11/22300k
2Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)+0.015s16/22299k
3Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.078s11/25295k
4Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0.176s6/23300k
5Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)+0.181s6/22296k
6Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)+0.186s6/22299k
7Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.192s19/21295k
8Andrea DoviziosoITAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)+0.251s16/18298k
9Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0.256s12/23298k
10Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V)+0.293s22/24298k
11Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)+0.334s9/23300k
12Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.343s12/15297k
13Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.366s8/23296k
14Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.460s9/27293k
15Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.465s6/23301k
16Enea BastianiniITAGresini Ducati (GP21)+0.578s11/23303k
17Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*+0.673s16/23297k
18Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.758s7/24295k
19Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.772s11/13297k
20Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*+0.996s12/26301k
21Remy GardnerAUSKTM Tech3 (RC16)*+1.119s8/22294k
22Stefan BradlGERRepsol Honda (RC213V)+1.175s7/23298k
23Raul FernandezSPAKTM Tech3 (RC16)*+1.328s16/22295k
24Darryn BinderRSAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*+1.517s24/24294k

* Rookie
Official Sachsenring MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 20.195s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 21.228s (2019)

Ducati's Jack Miller leads opening practice for the 2022 German MotoGP at a bright and sunny Sachsenring, his first track session since confirming a switch to KTM next season.

Barcelona podium finisher and last year's Sachsenring pole qualifier Johann Zarco set the early pace, before Miller and reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo moved ahead by the halfway point of the 45 minutes.

Francesco Bagnaia then made it a Ducati Lenovo one-two behind team-mate Miller on the brink of the final ten minutes.

Takaaki Nakagami made a strong comeback from the turn 1 Catalunya disaster with fifth place for LCR Honda.

Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales officially debuted the new Aprilia fairing, seen at the Barcelona test, on their way to sixth and eleventh respectively.

The top 15 riders were covered by less than half-a-second this morning.

Alex Rins crash, German MotoGP, 17 June
Alex Rins crash, German MotoGP, 17 June

Andrea Dovizioso, Pol Espargaro and the already injured Alex Rins all fell in quick succession at turn one during the middle stages of the session.

Rins, whose left wrist remains fractured from Barcelona, did not take any further part in the session. Espargaro returned only to suffer yet another Turn 1 fall, this time a nasty highside, while Dovizioso recovered to eighth (on new rubber).

Medium tyres, front and rear, were the favoured choice of compounds in FP1.

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This weekend will see a new winner of the German MotoGP for the first time since 2013, with Marc Marquez - unbeaten at the Sachsenring since the 125cc class in 2011 - absent from the event as he continues to recover from a fourth operation on his right arm. Marquez is again replaced by HRC test rider and home Sachsenring hero Stefan Bradl.

Meanwhile, Fabio Quartararo leads the MotoGP standings by 22 points over Aleix Espargaro, after victory in Catalunya was combined with a last-lap blunder by the Aprilia rider.

But the pair have both now pulled clear of triple 2022 race winner Enea Bastianini, whose third DNF in five races has left the Gresini Ducati rider 53 from Quartararo, with Johann Zarco (Pramac Ducati) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) close behind.

Bastianini’s crew chief Alberto Giribuola is absent this weekend due to Covid. Gresini technical coordinator Sergio Verbena is standing in as his replacement.

Over at Pramac Ducati, Jorge Martin is riding for the first time since surgery to solve a nerve problem in his right hand.

Bagnaia and Alex Rins were taken out by Takaaki Nakagami’s scary turn one accident at the Barcelona race. Rins (who suffered a wrist fracture) and Nakagami (kept in hospital overnight) both missed the post-race test as a result of the incident, but are back in action this weekend.

Sachsenring is the shortest and slowest circuit on the MotoGP calendar, being just 3.7km in length and with a longest straight of 700m. The circuit also has a heavy anti-clockwise bias of 10 left hand corners, compared to 3 right turns, one of them being the infamous ‘waterfall’ downhill plunge at Turn 11.

Sachsenring also marks the midway point of the planned 20-round world championship season.

2022 German Grand Prix – MotoGP schedule (UK Time)

Friday 17 June

8am - 8.40am - Moto3 Free Practice 1

8.55am - 9.40am - MotoGP Free Practice 1

9.55am - 10.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 1

12.15pm - 12.55pm - Moto3 Free Practice 2

1.10pm - 1.55pm - MotoGP Free Practice 2

2.10pm - 2.50pm - Moto2 Free Practice 2

 

Saturday 18 June

8am - 8.40am - Moto3 Free Practice 3

8.55am - 9.40am - MotoGP Free Practice 3

9.55am - 10.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 3

11.35am - 11.50am - Moto3 Qualifying 1

12pm - 12.15pm - Moto3 Qualifying 2

12.30pm - 1pm - MotoGP Free Practice 4

1.10pm - 1.25pm - MotoGP Qualifying 1

1.35pm - 1.50pm - MotoGP Qualifying 2

2.10pm - 2.25pm - Moto2 Qualifying 1

2.35pm - 2.50pm - Moto2 Qualifying 2

 

Sunday 19 June

8am - 8.10am - Moto3 warm-up

8.20am - 8.30am - Moto2 warm-up

8.40am-9am - MotoGP warm-up

10am - Moto3 race

11.20am - Moto2 race

1pm - MotoGP race

Barcelona: MotoGP World Championship standings
Pos RiderNatTeamPointsDiff.
1=Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)147 
2=Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)125(-22)
3=Enea BastianiniITAGresini Ducati (GP21)94(-53)
4^1Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22)91(-56)
5˅1Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)81(-66)
6^1Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)73(-74)
7˅1Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)69(-78)
8^2Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)69(-78)
9˅1Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22)65(-82)
10˅1Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)60(-87)
11=Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)57(-90)
12^3Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22)51(-96)
13^1Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)46(-101)
14^2Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)41(-106)
15˅3Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)40(-107)
16˅3Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)38(-109)
17=Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*30(-117)
18=Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V)26(-121)
19=Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)22(-125)
20^2Darryn BinderRSAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*10(-137)
21˅1Fabio di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*8(-139)
22˅1Andrea DoviziosoITAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)8(-139)
23=Remy GardnerAUSKTM Tech3 (RC16)*8(-139)
24NARaul FernandezSPAKTM Tech3 (RC16)*1(-146)

 

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