With Pecco, just as with the first time, I’m always filled with enthusiasm

His sixth MotoGP win of the season, the fourth consecutive, setting an extraordinary “poker”, is another masterpiece that bears the Champion's hallmark. It is also his first victory here at Sachsenring as well as his last... as a bachelor! There couldn’t have been a better occasion to disprove this taboo as well as to set a new record for wins with Ducati and to take the lead in the World Championship standings, at the expense of an ever combative, fast and indomitable Martin.

Pecco yet again managed his resources and energy with absolute mastery, always believing in himself, lucidly biding his time and then closing in on the lead lap after lap, optimising and chiselling each lap with painstaking “craftsmanship”.

Let’s not forget that he was also pushing the limits by setting a relentless pace, but he managed to keep in store that extra something that made the difference in the end. A victory that was the combination of head and heart together.

Pecco is perfectly aware of when he has to attack and when instead he has to manage, almost sensing what is about to happen: but it is his talent, speed and the courage to take that further step that completes him as an absolute champion. He knows how to win both by setting a hammering pace from start to finish, unsustainable for others, and by imposing more “reasoned” races like today's, on a track where, moreover, we were definitively not favoured.

And then once more, on the leader board, the Ducatis were 5 out of 5! Yet another celebration for us all!

An amazing Marc Marquez, with a spectacular comeback that was worth a win and that speaks for itself, after an unfortunate qualifying round that had relegated him to 13th place on the grid. I think that without the problems he had on Friday and Saturday, to which the whole team reacted promptly, he would have been able to fight for top spot on a track that he undoubtedly finds most congenial. Anyway, in all, it is an excellent podium that sees the two Marquez brothers together for the first time, and this is also thanks to a brilliant Alex who in this way involves the whole Team Gresini! Congratulations to them all!

In 4th place, a stubborn Enea who confirms all the good he is turning out, especially in the second half of the races. He got the better of a Morbidelli who I was really pleased to see up front again in the important crescendo of his season: this to be emphasized...

Now some rest for everyone, ready to again start what will be a second half of the championship without respite: but first a big hug to Domizia and Francesco: Long live the newly weds!