Sasaki quickly stretched his advantage to 1.4s but once Öncü had dispatched Holgado for P2, the Turk cut that gap to 0.9s in a couple of laps. Öncü had cleared off from Holgado and Ortola and had his sights firmly set on Sasaki – it was now a two-horse race for Moto3™ German GP victory. 0.9s became 0.7s, then it was 0.5s. Öncü was coming, however on Lap 13 the #53 looked like he was beginning to have some issues with his left leg. Cramp has affected Öncü all weekend at the Sachsenring, but it wasn’t slowing him down too much – with nine laps left, the gap was down to 0.2s.
