MotoGP

• Marc Marquez is on pole for the fourth time in 2015. This is the sixth successive year he has been pole at the Sachsenring – on the previous five occasions he has gone on to win the race.
• Dani Pedrosa is in second place on the grid, which is his best qualifying result since he was second fastest qualifier at the opening race of the year in Qatar. Pedrosa has had six podium finishes from his eight starts in the MotoGP class at the Sachsenring, including four wins.
• This is the first time since the Malaysian Grand Prix last year that Honda riders have taken the top two places on the grid.
• Jorge Lorenzo is on the front row of the grid for the sixth time this year at one of only three circuits on the current schedule where he has not had a grand prix victory.
• Andrea Iannone, who heads the second row of the grid, has been the first Ducati rider across the line at the last three races.
• Yonny Hernandez is in fifth place on the grid, equalling his best ever qualifying result, which he had at the opening race of the year in Qatar. Hernandez set a new lap record on his way to finishing 6th in Moto2 at the Sachsenring in 2011- his equal best ever GP result.
• Valentino Rossi, who starts from sixth place on the grid, was fourth last year in Germany, which is the last time that he finished a race and did not stand on the podium.
• Aleix Espargaro is in seventh place on the grid, the best qualifying result by Suzuki at the Sachsenring since John Hopkins was fifth fastest qualifier in 2007.
• In the middle of the third row is Pol Espargaro, just the third time this year he has qualified in the top eight places on the grid.
• Bradley Smith, who is in ninth place on the grid, has scored points in the last fourteen successive races.
• Heading the fourth row is Cal Crutchlow, which is his worst qualifying result since he was in 12th place on the grid in Qatar.
• Andrea Dovizioso is in 11th place on the grid - his worst qualifying result since he was 11th fastest qualifier in Germany last year.
• Hector Barbera is the highest placed Open Class rider in qualifying for the seventh time in 2015, starting from 13th place on the grid.

Moto2

• Johann Zarco starts from pole for the third successive race. He has won from pole at the last two races and if he wins in Germany he will become the first rider to win three successive Moto2 races from pole position.
• In second place on the grid is Xavier Simeon – his first front row start since he was on pole in Austin.
• Franco Morbidelli is in third place on the grid, which equals his best ever grand prix qualifying result which he had at the final race of 2014 at Valencia.
• Heading the second row is Tom Luthi, who will be aiming to finish on the podium at the Sachsenring for the first time since he was second in the 125cc race in 2005.
• Simone Corsi, who has qualified in fifth place on the grid, finished third in Germany last year, which is the last time that he stood on the podium.
• Tito Rabat is in sixth place on the grid – his worst qualifying result since he was the sixth fastest qualifier at Jerez last year.
• The highest placed rider in qualifying not on a Kalex is Speed Up rider Sam Lowes in ninth place on the grid – the first time this year that he has not been on either of the first two rows.

Moto3

• Danny Kent starts from pole for the third time in 2015. Kent could become the first British rider to win a lightweight-class (125cc/Moto3) grand prix at the Sachsenring since Dave Simmonds won around the original road circuit in 1969, the year he won the world title – the last British rider to win the light-weight-class world championship.
• Kent is the first Honda rider to qualify on pole in the lightweight-class at the Sachsenring since Andrea Dovizioso in 2004. Honda have not won a lightweight-class grand prix in Germany since Marco Melandri won the 125cc GP at the Sachsenring in 1999.
• Enea Bastianini, who crashed last year in Germany on the first lap, is on the front row for the third successive race.
• Karel Hanika has qualified on the front row for the second time in his grand prix career – his only other front row start was two weeks ago at Assen.
• Fabio Quartararo heads the second row of the grid – his best qualifying result since he was on pole at Le Mans.
• Efren Vazquez is in fifth place on the grid, which is his best qualifying result since he was the fourth fastest qualifier in Argentina.
• Jorge Martin heads the third row of the grid – his best qualifying so far in his rookie season in grand prix racing. This is the best qualifying result by a Mahindra rider since the French GP.