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2021 MotoGP World Championship Season
German MotoGP
Round 8
Sachsenring
Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
Sunday, 20 June 2021
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2021 German MotoGP which is also known as the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland will take place in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany on June 20.
This will be the eighth round of this year's Championship and it is scheduled to be held at the Sachsenring.
Sachsenring has been hosting the German MotoGP since 1998 and the track has been made faster and longer in recent years, with the length now being 3645m.
The 2020 German MotoGP was cancelled due to Covid-19 and the 2019 race was won by Marc Marquez of Honda and he was followed by the Maverick Vinales of Yamaha and Honda's Carl Crutchlow respectively.
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The most recent race in the 2021 MotoGP World Championship season was the Catalan MotoGP which took place on June 6.
The 2021 Catalan MotoGP was won by Miguel Oliveira of KTM following an enthralling race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain.
The Portuguese rider was followed by the Ducati duo of Johann Zarco and Jack Miller, who finished second and third respectively.
Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo is still placed at the top of the 2021 Riders' standings, while Zarco and Miller are placed second and third respectively on the table.
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Ninth-placed Brad Binder, the KTM rider, finished eighth at the Catalan MotoGP and he feels that he should have done better in the race.
“It was a really tough race. I didn’t get the best of starts because someone hit me in Turn 2 and I lost a few positions. I tried to fight my way through but I was really struggling to get out of the corners," Binder said.
"I was catching the group in front of me but then with three laps to go my rear tire was finished and it was like my speed fell off a cliff: it was impossible to keep going forward.
"I would have liked to have done a lot better than eighth place because I felt we had the potential, but I struggled with that rear traction [on Sunday],” he explained.
Yamaha are placed at the top of Constructors' Championship standings and they are followed by Ducati and KTM respectively.
2019 German MotoGP results
Winner: Marc Marquez - Honda
Runner-Up: Maverick Vinales - Yamaha
Third-Place: Carl Crutchlow - Honda