For the Sachsenring, this will be the 40th GP, having already hosted 12 editions of the East Germany GP and 27 of the Germany GP. However, the first race was held 99 years ago, although it was only 10 years later that it took the name Sachsenring.

According to Brembo engineers, who for the 11th consecutive year work closely with all MotoGP teams, the 3.671 km long Sachsenring falls into the category of moderately demanding circuits for brakes. On a scale from 1 to 6, it has earned a difficulty index of 3 despite having only 6 braking sections per lap for a total of 19 and a half seconds. Three of the braking sections are classified as High, one as Medium, and 2 as Light.

The hardest corner at the Sachsenring for the braking system is the first one after the finish line: MotoGP bikes go from 297 km/h to 70 km/h in 5.4 seconds – one of the longest intervals of the season – during which they cover 240 meters while riders apply a load of 5.2 kg on the brake lever. The deceleration is 1.5 g, the Brembo brake fluid pressure reaches 11.2 bar, and the temperature of the carbon discs hits 670 °C.

With 12 victories, Marc Marquez is the most successful rider at the Sachsenring. Last year, he surpassed Giacomo Agostini, who remained at 11 wins: 5 in the 350cc and 6 in the 500cc. The Italian legend was unlucky because, in his last 5 championship seasons, from 1973 to 1977, the Sachsenring was no longer used. Marquez, on the other hand, has raced at the Sachsenring in 15 GPs from 2008 to 2025, climbing the podium 13 times: he missed it only in 2008 and 2009 in the 125cc when he finished 9th and 16th respectively, even though he was already using Brembo calipers back then.