With the German GP MotoGp reaches the midway point of the season
The Sachsenring hosts the World Championship for the twenty-seventh time, while a total of 85 GPs have taken place in Germany, thanks to the presence, during the Cold War, of two rounds—one in West Germany and one in East Germany. The first GP was held in 1952 at Solitude, in front of a crowd of 400,000 spectators.
Other editions were raced at Schotten, the Nürburgring, and Hockenheim.
The GP data
According to Brembo technicians who work closely with all MotoGP riders, the 3.671 km Sachsenring falls into the category of moderately demanding circuits for brakes.
On a scale from 1 to 6, it earns a difficulty index of 3 because brakes are used for 21.5 seconds per lap.
Only 2 out of 8 braking zones are classified as High, another 2 as Medium, and 4 as Light.
The toughest corner
The most demanding corner for the braking system at the Sachsenring is the first one after the finish line: MotoGP bikes go from 298 km/h to 70 km/h in 5.2 seconds, covering 243 meters while riders apply a load of 5.4 kg to the brake lever.
Deceleration peaks at 1.4 g, Brembo brake fluid pressure reaches 11.6 bar, and carbon disc temperature hits 640°C.
Marc’s streak
The Sachsenring is one of five tracks on the calendar that run counterclockwise—a layout Marc Marquez traditionally thrives on.
No surprise then that the eight-time world champion has won 10 consecutive German GPs: in 2010 in 125cc, in 2011 and 2012 in Moto2, and from 2013 to 2019 in MotoGP.
The 2020 race was canceled due to the pandemic, and in 2021 Marquez won again, bringing his winning streak to 11—all with Brembo components.
Marc also boasts 10 consecutive pole positions here, from 2010 to 2019.
The first-ever victory
Among Brembo’s many victories in the German GP across different classes, one worth mentioning is the win at the 1978 West German GP on the 22.8 km Nordschleife.
The achievement came courtesy of Virginio Ferrari on the Gallina team’s Suzuki in the 500cc class: his RG 500 was equipped with Brembo 38 mm 2-piston calipers, a 15.87 mm axial Brembo master cylinder, and two 280 mm cast iron Brembo front discs. It was the first-ever premier class World Championship win for a bike equipped with Brembo components.
From Moto2 to MotoGP
The last 5 editions of the Moto2 German GP were won by riders who moved up to MotoGP the following year: Alex Marquez in 2019, Remy Gardner in 2021, Augusto Fernandez in 2022, Pedro Acosta in 2023, and Fermin Aldeguer in 2024.
This year in Moto2, all riders are using finned Brembo calipers, 90 percent use Brembo master cylinders, 80 percent use Brembo pads, and 30 percent use Brembo steel discs—with riders able to choose between finned and standard variants.