Marquez 'in a different position' heading to unbeaten MotoGP track
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Marc Marquez hasn’t been beaten at the Sachsenring since 2009 in the 125cc category, kicking off a ten-race winning streak – that includes all seven of his German MotoGP class appearances – the following year.The run would have ended last season when the Repsol Honda rider was sidelined with a broken arm, but Sachsenring was dropped from the shortened Covid calendar.The Spaniard returns to Germany this weekend with a best finish of seventh from his five races this season, ing out in the last three events while battling rear grip problems with his RCV and a continued lack of strength in his right arm and shoulder.Throw in Honda’s longest premier-class losing streak since 1982 and it looks a long shot for Marquez to extend his victory run on Sunday.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); MotoGP podcast with : Black flags, Testing and QuestionsaccImages.createImage(); Valentino Rossi: I hope our race goes like we expect…Nonetheless, the anticlockwise circuit will play into the eight-time world champion hands, or rather shoulder, since he struggles far less in the left-hand corners that dominate the Sachsenring layout.The improvement in Marquez’s physical condition was also underlined by a massive 87 laps at the Catalunya test, compared with just 7 laps a month earlier at the Jerez Test.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Valentino Rossi: I hope our race goes like we expect…accImages.createImage(); Petrucci: Sachsenring a ‘good opportunity, we can be fast’“After the test day in Barcelona, the week between races went very well to recover. In this test we worked a lot and now we come to the Sachsenring where I have always enjoyed riding in the past,” Marquez said.”This year of course we arrive in a different position, but hopefully the layout should allow us to be more competitive from the physical side. Let’s see what the weekend brings.”cnxps.cmd.push(function () {cnxps({playerId: “b44576b9-6f7e-4a8d-ad0b-f498c77a5f76”, storyId: “843198b2-0c04-4765-95da-5e8d13e2248a” }).render(“eb6c0b449d8244858afef55f8c12794d”);});Monday’s post-race test was an important for new team-mate Pol Espargaro, as he also worked to improve rear grip, finishing with the sixth fastest lap time.”4“We arrive here in Germany after a good day of testing in Spain. It has been a hard few races so it is important to keep our focus and do what we can this weekend,” said Espargaro, a best of eighth place so far this season.”The Honda has been strong here in the past and with what we found in the test I hope that we can make some steps forward. Everything in MotoGP is so close so even a small improvement will help a lot, especially on Saturdays.”We now have two races before the summer break, we want to head into the break on a positive.””5Espargaro is currently twelfth in the world championship, but just two points behind the lead Honda of Takaaki Nakagami, with Marc Marquez in 18th place and 99-points behind title leader Fabio Quartararo.
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