German MotoGP at Sachsenring: Friday practice as it happened

Vinales ends the session quickest ahead of Martin, Oliveira, Alex Marquez, Bagnaia, Bastianini, Morbidelli, Acosta, Di Giannantonio and Binder. 

Marc Marquez won't take any further part with just two minutes to go and he's now out of the top ten. 

Remy Gardner crashes at the final corner. 

Enea Bastianini is down at turn 11. Another very big one!

Maverick Vinales smashes the fastest time and sets a new lap record. 

Alex Marquez goes quickest by just -0.006s as Marc Marquez has been declared fit for action. 

Martin looked set to go quickest but he's ran wide at turn eight and lost major time. 

It's all change now as Vinales leads ahead of Oliveira and Alex Marquez. 

Alex Marquez goes quickest by nearly two tenths as the time attack runs are in full flow. 

Marquez is heading to the medical centre.

Marc Marquez has left his garage and gone to his motorhome. 

Another fall and this time it is Pedroa Acosta who is down at turn one. 

Joan Mir has gone down at turn one as well. 

Marquez has a soft rear tyre and he's smashed Bagnaia's time by three tenths. 

Takaaki Nakagami is the next rider to go down. It's a turn one fall for the Japanese rider. 

We're back underway at Sachsenring. 

The session will get back underway at 14:35, so two minutes time. 

Red flag as there is damage to the air fence.

Fabio Di Giannantonio has gone down at turn one and he's holding his right wrist. 

Jack Miller runs off circuit and through the gravel at turn one. 

Time to take stock after a dramatic start; Bagnaia currently leads by close to three tenths ahead of team-mate Enea Bastianini and Pedro Acosta.

Like Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez has suffered a massive fall at turn 11 as he was highside after initally losing the front-end of his Ducati. 

The Italian's disastrous 2024 season continues with a big off at turn 11. 

Like he did in FP1, Marc Marquez has returned to pit lane very quickly.