MotoGP returns to Germany where last year there was a record number of spectators for the season: 232,202 over the entire weekend. According to the Brembo technicians who work closely with all the MotoGP riders, the Sachsenring Circuit is a moderately demanding circuits for brakes.
On a scale of 1 to 6, it is rated 3 on the difficulty index. The Nürburgring Nordschleife with its 73 corners is much more demanding on the brake system. This was the venue for the German GP in 1978, the year when Virginio Ferrari with the Gallina team’s Suzuki and Brembo brakes won the 500 class race which was its first GP on two wheels whereas its first success in Formula 1 was in 1975.