Marc Marquez wins German Grand Prix

Spain’s MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez won the German Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday for his sixth win in a row at the Sachsenring in a Honda one-two with compatriot Dani Pedrosa.

Italy’s Valentino Rossi finished third for Yamaha to extend his championship lead over Spanish team mate Jorge Lorenzo, who was fourth, to 13 points.

Rossi, a nine times champion in all categories, has 179 points to Lorenzo’s 166 after nine of 18 races. Marquez is fourth overall with 114.

The victory, at a circuit he has dominated since his 125cc days, was Marquez’s second of the season and Honda’s first one-two of the year.

“From the beginning I felt good and then when I had the gap I tried to manage it,” said the Spaniard, who was passed at the start by Lorenzo but retook the lead after four laps and pulled away.

“I’m happy because during this weekend we were completely first and it’s been a long time since I did that.”

With Marquez on his own, the battle for second provided most of the excitement.

Rossi went wheel-to-wheel with Lorenzo and passed after seven laps, with Marquez 1.8 seconds ahead, but any hopes the Italian had of closing the gap soon vanished.

Pedrosa overtook Lorenzo and reeled in Rossi before regaining second place — his grid position — with 14 of 30 laps remaining.

Belgium’s Xavier Simeon took his first ever Moto2 win , followed by Johann Zarco of France in second and Spain’s Alex Rins in third. Zarco leads by a massive 65 points in the overall standings. Reigning world champion Tito Rabat, second in the current

rankings, crashed out on the final corner with Italy’s Frano Morbidelli.

In Moto3 Britain’s Danny Kent crossed the line ahead of Spain’s Efren Vazquez in second and Enea Bastianini of Italy in third.