MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez believes Honda has “lost some performance” at the Sachsenring with its 2018 bike. Honda is unbeaten in the premier class at the Sachsenring since 2009, and Marquez himself has won each of the past five German Grands Prix. He was fifth in the combined classification after Friday practice for this year's race, and said the performance of rookie Takaaki Nakagami – finishing a tenth down in seventh in LCR's 2017-spec Honda – suggested last year's bike was a stronger package at the German venue. “With this Honda, our strong points are little bit less and our weak points are a little bit more,” Marquez said. “We have a really constant bike,...
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