Moto4 Northern Cup/Sachsenring: Podium firmly in German hands

In glorious summer weather, German fans gathered at the Sachsenring this weekend to celebrate the MotoGP stars and the up-and-coming talents of the Moto4 Northern Cup. The historic circuit once again attracted thousands of fans and set a new attendance record. The young riders really got the crowd going, and Robin Siegert treated them to the German national anthem twice – on Saturday and Sunday – with his two victories.

Domination on home turf

Kiefer Racing rider Robin Siegert dominated on his home circuit. After the 15-year-old had secured pole position by a comfortable margin, he rode two clean 16-lap races, winning each by 6.123 and 3.401 seconds respectively. “It was another brilliant weekend. This time we managed to secure first place in practice as well. I felt great all weekend long, setting a new lap record to take pole position. My team did a brilliant job and it was great fun celebrating these successes together with them. I was absolutely delighted, and now we’re looking ahead to Oschersleben, where we’ve a real chance of winning the title. It’s great fun. I’d like to say thank you once again to everyone who was here – supporters, fans, sponsors and everyone who watched from home and backed me. “It was really cool,” beams Siegert. The Motorsport Team Germany development driver has extended his overall lead to 229 points ahead of the final two rounds of the season.

Podium streak continues

Anina Urlaß secured third and second places on Saturday and Sunday respectively, having started from third on the grid. “Both races went really well, though I’ll admit there’s room for improvement,” begins the Motorsport Team Germany development driver, somewhat self-critically. “My start in the first race was really poor. But I managed to improve on that in the second race and get straight into the pack. With third and second places, I managed to pick up two more podium finishes. I’m now just trying to defend my second place in the championship as best I can and hopefully pick up another win or two,” adds the Mass Sports Racing by Jrp Motorsport driver.

Two podium finishes at the Sachsenring

Like Urlaß, his Motorsport Team Germany scholarship colleague Thias Wenzel also took home 36 points from the Sachsenring. The Team NSA driver secured second place in the first race and completed the second all-German podium in the second race with third place. “On Saturday, I initially had a gap to the front. I tried to be the first in my group, as there were lots of overtaking manoeuvres, which were great fun. In the final corner, I managed to overtake the driver in second place and eventually finished second,” reports the 17-year-old. On Sunday, Wenzel says he made a few mistakes. “I’ll be analysing these now to avoid such mistakes in future. Nevertheless, there were plenty of overtaking manoeuvres again, and in the end I finished third,” he adds.

Only crossed the line in the second race

Danny Hinkelmann had initially qualified in 11th place, but crashed halfway through the first race and thus initially came away empty-handed. However, on Sunday, the Hinkelmann DH14 Racing rider showed his strength, was in the fight for the podium throughout the race and eventually crossed the line in fifth place. “There was so much more to be had this weekend. After my crash in the first race, I was still feeling the effects and also had to contend with a lot of technical problems with the motorbike,” summarises the 15-year-old.

Mixed feelings

Louis Wolff also enjoyed a successful weekend. Although the second Kiefer Racing rider only secured 17th place in qualifying, the 18-year-old fought his way up to 11th in the first race and even to 10th in the second. Like Hinkelmann and Wolff, Jason Rudolph also took home eleven points from his home race. The Racingteam Rudolph rider had qualified in a strong seventh place and, starting from there, finished the first race in ninth position. In the second race, the 16-year-old Motorsport Team Germany development rider saw the chequered flag in twelfth place.

Tudor Dedea had a difficult weekend. Starting from 20th on the grid, he was a little too hasty in the first race and, following a false start, had to serve two long-lap penalties, which dropped him from a strong midfield position down to 16th. “My start in the first race went very well. Unfortunately, too well, as it was a false start. By that point, I’d worked my way up from P20 to 12th. After serving the two long laps, the group was unfortunately already too far ahead,” said Dedea. In the second race, the 15-year-old from the Tudor Racing Team finished in 17th place.

Not entirely happy

Smilla Göttlich went home less satisfied. The Team Freudenberg – Paligo Racing rider, who is also supported by Motorsport Team Germany, initially secured a strong fifth place on the grid on Friday, but crashed on the third lap of the first race and was therefore forced to retire early. As she had caused the crash, Göttlich also had to serve a long lap in the second race and therefore had little chance of a good result. She finished in 20th place.

“At the moment, it’s difficult to describe this weekend, especially as things were going extremely well on Friday evening. In the first race, I crashed on lap 3 because I didn’t expect the rider in front of me to brake so early, and then I couldn’t swerve out of the way. The long-lap penalty didn’t make life any easier for me in Race 2 either. I lost a few positions on the starting lap and then even more after the long lap. I was nowhere near fast enough in the race to make up those positions,” summarised the 15-year-old.

After three nerve-wracking events alongside the MotoGP, the Moto4 Northern Cup talents will now head to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in just under three weeks’ time (31 July to 2 August) for the penultimate round of the 2026 season.