Bagnaia vs. Martín Prediction on June 18, 2023

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After dominating Mugello by winning the sprint race, securing pole position, and winning the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley on June 11 convincingly, Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia continues his incredible run in the early MotoGP races this season. Will anyone be able to defeat the Italian rider one-on-one in 2023 with his advantage over the standings in the MotoGP standings expanding?

Before making any predictions for the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland 2023, which will close on Sunday, June 18, at Sachsenring (Hohenstein-Ernstthal), with the main race starting at 2 p.m. local time, we’ll take a closer look at the lengthy history of motorcycle racing in Germany and recent results.

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There were no odds at online bookies with no deposit bonuses for the German Grand Prix at the time of writing because it had just been a Grand Prix weekend in Italy. Two riders, however, are most likely not going to race because of injuries. Joan Mir of Honda missed the Gran Premio d’Italia due to a finger injury sustained in his 12th accident of the year, while Álex Rins of LCR Honda was the only rider from a team other than Ducati to win a Grand Prix this past weekend. Here are our picks for Deutschland Grand Prix predictions, along with the only riders we believe can unseat Bagnaia’s hegemony…

The Sachsenring became the German home of motorcycle racing in 1998, and the Deutschland Grand Prix has a lengthy history dating back to 1952. Only the 2020 race was missed because of the COVID-19 epidemic. In fact, the rider with the most victories at the Sachsenring is competing in 2023. Marc Márquez has won 11 motorcycle races, including each race that was conducted in the decade between 2010 and 2021. With a 1:21.228, the Spaniard also has the fastest motorbike lap time at the Sachsenring. Márquez’s amazing winning streak, though, was ended in 2022 by Fabio Quartararo, the 2021 Riders’ World Champion.

Throughout its decades of usage in motorsports, the Sachsenring has undergone numerous modifications and reconfigurations, although it will continue to employ the same layout as of 2021. The 30-lap Deutschland Grand Prix, however, is frequently one of the slower events of the season. From the beginning until turn 1, there’s a rapid sprint, but the meandering complex of turns 2 through 7—home to two of the Sachsenring’s three right-hand turns—seems to take forever. Out of turn 7 and during the back half of the lap, things pick up more speed.

Making your Deutschland Grand Prix predictions is dependent on riders surviving the series of tight turns to begin the Sprint or Grand Prix unharmed.

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Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati is our first pick for the Germany Grand Prix to win every race this weekend. In addition to two withdrawals this season, Bagnaia has three race victories, three pole positions, three sprint victories, and five top-three sprint finishes.

What happens, then, if Bagnaia is involved in a crash during or prior to the Grand Prix and is injured? Jorge Martín of Prima Pramac Racing-Ducati is someone we favor. The Spaniard has four top-five results so far this season, including a sprint victory in France and two consecutive second-place finishes in his previous two events. Martín is a contender to challenge Bagnaia based on his previous exploits in Le Mans and in Mugello.

While Martín’s teammate Johann Zarco has three top-three finishes this season, including third-place results in the previous two races, we are looking toward the Frenchman as a more probable winner compared to Marco Bezzecchi’s two Grand Prix victories this season.

20BET will release the odds shortly for the race…