Marc Marquez continues to write his personal MotoGP history. At the Sachsenring, Ducati's Spaniard put in another record-breaking performance, winning the German Grand Prix and signing his seventh Sprint-GP one-two of the season. It was a triumph built from the start, managed with authority lap after lap, and closed with a solo victory that confirmed his absolute dominance over the championship. Behind him, completing the podium, came his brother Alex Marquez on the Ducati Gresini and Francesco Bagnaia on the official Desmosedici. Both took advantage of the slips of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi, who fell ruinously while occupying second position. The two episodes had a profound effect on the outcome of the race, giving the chasers a clear path to the podium. Marquez's numbers tell better than anything else the scope of what is happening: with 69 Top Class wins, he has surpassed Giacomo Agostini and now ranks second overall behind Valentino Rossi (89). But it is above all his 12th victory at the Sachsenring that impresses, taking him to the World Championship's halfway mark with an 83-point lead right over his brother Alex. If the pace remains this, the title could come as early as the Asian rounds in the fall. The race itself was not particularly spectacular: lots of twists and turns, but more due to crashes than overtaking. Only 10 of the 18 riders at the start managed to cross the finish line, in what became a true elimination race. The out of tracks of Di Giannantonio and Bezzecchi, both at Turn 1, were the heaviest: the two Italians were firmly in second position before ending up in the gravel due to a front-end lock, leaving a bitter taste in their mouths for a great opportunity gone. Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia seized the opportunity, also confirming themselves in the standings as the leader's main pursuers. For Alex, recovering from a hand injury, second place is an encouraging result; for Bagnaia, however, it remains a bitter podium, conditioned by the usual front-end problems and a constant difficulty in finding the right pace to fight with those ahead of him. At the foot of the podium finished Fabio Quartararo with the first official Yamaha, followed by Aldeguer with the other Ducati Gresini, Luca Marini (sixth with the Honda on his return after the bad accident in Suzuka), Brad Binder with the KTM, Jack Miller with the Yamaha Tech3, Raul Fernandez with the Aprilia Trackhouse and Alex Rins with the second official Yamaha. One fact jumps out: it was since the Phillip Island GP in 2011 that such a small number of riders at the finish line had not been seen in a MotoGP race.