Marc Marquez has taken his first MotoGP win since 🥀returning to the sport following a broken right shoulder in July 2020. 

Th🅰e victory in Sachsenring means Marquez also extends his unbeaten race winning record in Germany to 11 - nine wins in the premier class. 

Marquez looked like 🅘the Marquez of old as he created a gap early on and held off a charging Migue꧑l Oliveira. 

With the Jaws music cued, Oliveira did his utmost to reel in Marquez✅ - and for many laps the Por𓆉tuguese rider was able to chip away at the gap, but Marquez wasn’t going to be denied as he took MotoGP victory #58. 

As the lights went green, it was Aleix Espargaro who made the best ♏get-away as he led into turn one, however, a late lunge into turn 13 saw Marquez come across the line first.

Espargaro responded on🐻 lap two by regaining the lead into turn 12, but as was the case on lap one, Marquez snapped straight back at turn 13. 

Behind Marquez and Espargaro, Jack🎶 Miller made the most of his pace advantage in sector one by getting past fellow Ducati rider Johann🍃 Zarco. 

Then came the race winning moment as on lap eight there were white flags being waved as spots of rain appeared. Espargaro struggled the most out of anyone in ♋the front group while Marquez immediatel🎉y put the hammer-down and created a gap. 

Miller and Oliveira sa꧋w the Spaniard getting away and reacted with a double overtake on the 🔴Aprilia man - not before a 1.5s gap appeared. 

Espargaro managedꦬ to regroup and keep fourth place for several laps, but with 13 to go, Quartararo💖 got ahead of him.

Quꦬartararo then passed Miller for third with 11 laps to go, while Brad Bind🔜er got ahead of Zarco for sixth. 

Out front, Ma🗹rquez got his lead up🔯 to two seconds before Oliveira slowly reduced the gap. This was the case for an eight lap stretch before a one second interval became pretty consistent. 

This was as close as the ꧟Catalunya winner got before Marq♑uez reaffirmed his lead and won by 1.6 seconds. 

Quartararo finished third and increased his championship lead as the Ducati’s of Miller and Zarco were only sixth and🐻 eighth. Francesco Bagnaia was instead the top Ducati in fifth after a great last𒀰 few laps saw him get ahead of Zarco, Miller, and Espargaro. 

Binder took his best finish of the 2021 season with fourth, while Joan Mir and P🦋o🦂l Espargaro rounded out the top ten.  

Danilo Petrucci and Alex Marquez tangled on lap four going into turn one, which resulted in both riders crashing out. Loren🔯zo Savadori crashed out at turn ten on the following lap - becomꦉing the third non finisher.