Fabio Di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez were Marc Marquez in the sprint at least still close on the heels. In the Grand Prix they took the exit into the gravel bed.
A fall in turn 8 overshadowed the warm-up of the MotoGP on the Sachsenring: Fabio di Giannantonio destroyed his deployment Ducati. Marc Marquez drove best time, two Yamahas landed in the top 5.