Quartararo dominates race over Zarco, polesitter Bagnaia falls

Already 22 points clear of the rest of the pack after his Barcelona win, Quartararo is now 34 points ahead of nearest rival Aleix Espargaro after easing to his third win of the campaign and become the first rider who wasn’t the absent Marc Marquez to win at the Sachsenring since 2012.

His championship charge was only strengthened by a costly crash for Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia, a…