Sunday's German MotoGP ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmarked Stefan Bradl's second race appearance of the season, but first ever iꦡn Repsol Honda colours.

Following a w🦹ild-card appearance at Jerez, the HRC test ri💙der returned to action in front of his home Sachsenring fans after being drafted in to replace the injured Jorge Lorenzo.

Bradl's results exactly mirrored those at the Spanish Grand Prix, qualifying 14th and finishing tenth, although the gap to race winning team-🌠mate Marc Marquez grew from 13 to 23 seconds.

"Not many people are able to ride in Repsol Honda colours at home so it was a very special weekend for me and I enjoyed every moment," said Bradl, whose previous test work has included the new carbon-fibre co🥃vered frame that Lorenzo and now Marquez have tried in recent rounds.

"It was great because the team welcomed me very well. We had a lot of things to try, because obviously as a test rider we used it also to develop some things and try soꦅme parts for the future.

"Under these circumstances the race pace was good. Maybe if I had been a little more aggressive in the opening laps I coul𓆏d have stayed with the group in front and been stronger. But still, a top ten was my target.

"I've done two races thisജ year and both times in the top ten, so I'm quite satisfied."

Bradl, a full-time MotoGP rider from 2012-2016, finished fourth in the 2014 Germ꧂an round.

Loren𒊎zo, who injured two vertebrae at Assen, aims to return for the forthcoming Brno round, aft💮er the summer break.