Aprilia led two of the three practice sessions, was in the top three in all of them, was fastest in Qualifying One and put two bikes – the Trackhouse Racing machines – on the front row at the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at the Sachsenring. Miguel Oliveira then chased World Championship leader Jorge Martin all the way through the sprint and held off the factory Ducatis of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini to score the first Trackhouse MotoGP podium in only its ninth event. Oliveira said the team and riders had met with Aprilia after the Assen round to tell technicians what they wanted, and that meeting, plus the additional technical assistance Trackhouse received after factory rider Aleix Espargaro withdrew, made the machine more competitive.