Ducati’s reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia went top of the MotoGP championship after winning the German Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Marc Márquez after title rival Jorge Martín crashed while he was leading the race with two laps to go. Márquez’s brother Álex finished third to make it two brothers on a MotoGP podium for the first time since Japan’s Nobuatsu and Takuma Aoki finished second and third in Imola 27 years ago. Martín had smashed the lap record to clinch pole and then win the sprint on Saturday to take a 15-points lead in the championship but Bagnaia’s fourth consecutive victory moved him 10 points clear in the championship. Martín had looked well set for the sprint and race double before he slid off at turn one allowing Bagnaia to race clear for victory while the Pramac Racing rider held his head in his hands as he saw his championship lead evaporate in an instant. Martín had a slow start in Saturday’s sprint but this time he opted for a different line and dived into turn one in the lead to stay ahead of Trackhouse Racing’s Miguel Oliveira. Although Bagnaia overtook Oliveira and Martín early on, the Spaniard made a daring overtake on the inside of turn one stick. Bagnaia then saw Franco Morbidelli also go through to make it a Pramac one-two with 22 laps to go. Second-placed Marc Márquez (left) celebrates with the third-placed rider, and his brother, Álex. View image in fullscreen Second-placed Marc Márquez (left) celebrates with the third-placed rider, and his brother, Alex. Photograph: Radek Miča/AFP/Getty Images Marc Márquez started 13th on the grid but he moved up several places at the start and settled into the race in sixth place with his brother Álex and Oliveira ahead of him. Marc Márquez was racing with painkillers following a brutal highside crash on Friday where he broke his finger and bruised his ribcage, and he eventually moved past Oliveira at the halfway stage to stay in the hunt for a spot on the podium. Bagnaia, meanwhile, conserved his tyres as he reclaimed second place while fellow Italian Morbidelli struggled to match his pace as Álex Márquez also moved up into third. Morbidelli and Marc Márquez collided with nine laps to go when the Pramac rider went wide and looked to shut the door, but the Spaniard managed to regain his balance and stay in fifth place even as Ducati’s Enea Bastianini looked to pounce. Marc Márquez finally overtook Morbidelli with five laps left and set his sights on his younger brother for the final podium spot, catching up at half a second a lap before he overtook him. Both brothers finished on the podium as Bagnaia’s pressure paid off with two laps to go when Martín crashed, allowing the Ducati rider to move into the lead and cruise to a race victory. “The Sachsenring was amazing. We had a lot of problems but the team never gave up,” said Marc Márquez, who remains third in the championship with 166 points. “I was coming back step-by-step. Then it clicked and it became full attack. To be with my brother on the podium is some feeling!” skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to The Recap Free weekly newsletter The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend’s action Enter your email address Sign up Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion “It wasn’t easy, I tried everything at the start but Jorge and Franco (Morbidelli) were quick and I thought they were pushing too much,” Bagnaia said. “In the last two-three laps I saw Jorge was making mistakes … Four wins in a row is fantastic.”