Marc Marquez may have continued to play down his vi﷽ctory chances for much of the Sach🌌senring MotoGP weekend, but by Saturday evening younger brother Alex was in 'no doubt' that Marc had a 'big chance' to win the German race.

Alex hadn't been so sure heading into the weekend, following a tough outing for all the Honda riders in Catalunya, where Marc crashed out for a third race in a♛ ♑row. 

But the #93 went on to deliver some of his꧋ old Sachsenring magic and claim Honda's much-needed first MotoGP victory since 2019. Most significantly, it was Marquez's first win since coming back from a serious right arm injury that saw him sidelined for nine months.

"Coming into Germany, everything was open. After all the pr♌oblems that we had in Montmelo the question mark was there," said Alex. "But after Saturday I had no doubt that Marc had a big chance to win.

"He said 'no', but seeing ✅his pace, seeing how he was, I was 100% su൲re that he had the pace and that he would try to win."

The victory was also the first ꦫHonda podium since Alex stepped onto the ros♚trum twice last season in Repsol colours.

"I'm really happy for him and his team," said current LCR Honda rider Alex. "I have a really good relationship with a lot of them and they are m𓆉y friends.

"I'🎉m really happy for Marc because he deserves it after all the operations and a lot of days at home trying to recover his shoulder.🤡 At this moment it's still not 100%.

"I've seen him suffer a lot d🍌ay-by-day and race-by-race also, so he deserves it a lot. I know how much 📖this win 'cost' because he was many days at home, suffering and not improving the arm.

"During all 💟last year it was really difficult also at home because the bone was not improving. I think ꦓif he will write a book one day, he will explain everything.

"But many, many, many things happened during all these months and one year and a half [since Marc's 🍷win in Valencia 2019]. So it's a very emotional day for him and all of the fa🌟mily."

Alex's own race was less memorable, crashing out after tangling with Danilo Petrucci in what was de♏clared a racingꦕ incident by the FIM Stewards.

"He overtook me in the beginning because it looks like they have a better pace for 3 laps then they drop a lot," Alex explained. "I overtook in a clean area, aggressive but clean❀. I think he tried to come back to be on the inside again bu🍒t he didn't expect that I was stopping the bike in a proper way.

"So I was not running wide and I felt like he pushed onto me and on the bike. So nothiꦏng to do. I had too much lean angle at that point and that’s it. I didn’t lose the front or anything like that.

"It can happen, but it's a shame b💖ecause I think we were ready for the race. Already in warm-up with used tyres I had a good pace. So a shame."