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World champion Marco Marquez beat Dani Pedrosa in a Repsol Honda 1-2 at the German Moto GP on Sunday (12 July), claiming his sixth straight victory at the Sachsenring.

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World champion Marco Marquez beat Dani Pedrosa in a Repsol Honda 1-2 at the German Moto GP on Sunday (12 July), claiming his sixth straight victory at the Sachsenring.

Marquez crossed the line in 41 minutes, 1.087 seconds to maintain his run of German victories, all from pole position, after wins in MotoGP (2013, 2014), Moto2 (2011, 2012) and 125cc (2010).

It was the Spaniard's second victory of the season.

Compatriot Pedrosa was 2.226 seconds behind.

Italian nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi finished third, 5.608 behind, to stretch his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings to 13 points over Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who was fourth, almost 10 seconds back.

Marquez is 65 points behind Rossi at the halfway stage of the championship and faces a battle to keep his world title even after his 21st Moto GP win.

The next Grand Prix is in Indianapolis on 9th August.