Sachsenring 2016 - After race analysis

The rain causes always mess, especially when not constant during the race. In this particular case, it stopped in the second half of the race, drying the circuit and creating overheating problems to the wet tires. However there were only a couple of crashes, fortunately. 
Let's take a look to the race arrival list with the gaps from the leader

Marquez started with few issues which made loosing him time and positions. Then he saved from crash himself after probably a lost of grip, going wide in the gravel. He looked done for a while. Honda chose for a great strategy and called Marc into the box to swap the bike with the slick tires on it (medium for the rear and soft for the front). We know Marquez is able to manage tough situations by the way, indeed he started to go really fast getting 5 seconds per lap on the leading group Rossi-Dovizioso-Crutchlow that decided to enter a bit too late. He arrives with almost 10 seconds of advantage on the second, going to +48 on Lorenzo and +59 on Rossi.

Crutchlow got the same tyre set of Marquez, like any Honda rider. He is so fast that's able to overtake the competitive Ducati ridden by Dovizioso few laps before the checking flag. No mistake, precise and effective. It was a long time we didn't see him like that.

Dovizioso, despite his worries before the weekend, ran a good race. Probably he would make a better result if Ducati had opted for the slick set like Honda, instead of the inter-medium set. However he concluded third and not so far away from the lead.

Rossi shows his ability on the wet once again, staying together with the fast Ducatis of Petrucci and Dovizioso, toiling a bit. Then he receive the communication "BOX". Of course Yamaha monitored Marquez's rhythm after the swapping and started to worry. In a contrast with a strategy based on attack against the championship leader Marquez, coping his movement, he opted to defend the second position following the leader Dovizioso, entering in the box few laps later, compromising the advantage he got. He comes back with the inter-medium set, like Dovizioso, and the bikes goes bad, really bad. It starts only at the end to get confidence but it's too late and Valentino has been overtaken by several riders. He concluded eighth. Sorry to say this, but this is a completely wasted weekend that adds to the other fails of the season. The championship is too far by now.

Lorenzo has been totally absent like in the last GP. He really doesn't like the wet.

I spend just a word for the poor Petrucci who leads the race for few laps before to crash in the gravel. His ability on the wet are visible and he is one of the most competitive Ducati riders. What a pity.
What a pity also for Pedrosa who shown to be fast this weekend and loves this track.

This is the end of the first part of the season. Next Gp in Austria on the 14th of August.