Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) clinched victory at the German Grand Prix and with that the championship lead as Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) threw away the race win following a crash on the penultimate lap.
Bagnaia took the lead off pole-sitter Martin in the opening stages of the race, but had to relinquish the position again to his title rival on Lap 7.
Martin immediately made a break for it from there while Bagnaia was forced into battle with Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing). When he finally prevailed, Martin had already escaped at the front and held a consistent gap of around eight tenths of a second.
Disaster struck for Martin though on the penultimate lap when his front tyre folded at Turn 1 and he went down and out. Bagnaia inherited the lead and brought it home for a fourth straight GP race win.
Behind, the Maquez brothers secured a double podium for Gresini Racing.
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