Barcelona winner Oliveira continues the momentum by leading Friday practice for the German MotoGP at Sachsenring. Oliveira soon beat Marc Marquez's FP1 time, then kept his KTM fastest until Marquez responded at the midway stage of the 45-minutes. New-tyre time attacks in the closing minutes saw the timesheet shuffled, Oliveira ultimately rising back to the top from title leader Quartararo, while Marquez bucked the trend by electing to remain on used tyres and dropped outside the top ten (+0.6s). Sachsenring, the shortest and slowest circuit for top speed in the world championship, was not part of last year's Covid calendar, which also meant Marc Marquez's record of winning every race...
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