Marc Marquez kecelakaan serius pada sesi free practice 1 (FP1) GP Jerman, Jumat (11/7). Akibatnya, ia hanya mampu mencatatkan diri di posisi keenam. Catatan waktu tercept diraih oleh Aleix Espargaro dari Forward Yamaha.
Marquez berusaha keras untuk menampilkan performa terbaik di Sirkuit Sachsenring. Namun juara dunia bertahan 2013 itu justru terjatuh di awal-awal sesi latihan. Meski sempat bangun dan kembali ke lintasan, Marquez tetap tidak mampu memperbaiki catatan waktunya.
Diantara pebalap yang tampil di Sachsenring tahun ini, hanya ada tiga pebalap yang pernah menduduki podium tertinggi di level MotoGP, yaitu Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, dan Valentino Rossi. Rossi dan Pedrosa sama-sama menang empat kali, sedangkan Marquez hanya sekali.
Hasil lengkap:
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1. | Aleix Espargaro | Forward Yamaha | 1m22.170s | 21 | |
| 2. | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1m22.423s | +0.253s | 21 |
| 3. | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1m22.466s | +0.296s | 21 |
| 4. | Pol Espargaro | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1m22.599s | +0.429s | 25 |
| 5. | Alvaro Bautista | Gresini Honda | 1m22.631s | +0.461s | 21 |
| 6. | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1m22.767s | +0.597s | 17 |
| 7. | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda | 1m22.802s | +0.632s | 24 |
| 8. | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1m22.848s | +0.678s | 22 |
| 9. | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Ducati | 1m22.874s | +0.704s | 23 |
| 10. | Yonny Hernandez | Pramac Ducati | 1m22.896s | +0.726s | 23 |
| 11. | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1m22.908s | +0.738s | 20 |
| 12. | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1m23.150s | +0.908s | 14 |
| 13. | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati | 1m23.229s | +1.059s | 21 |
| 14. | Nicky Hayden | Aspar Honda | 1m23.372s | +1.202s | 21 |
| 15. | Scott Redding | Gresini Honda | 1m23.420s | +1.250s | 19 |
| 16. | Hector Barbera | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1m23.428s | +1.258s | 22 |
| 17. | Karel Abaraham | Cardion Honda | 1m23.432s | +1.262s | 19 |
| 18. | Colin Edwards | Forward Yamaha | 1m23.699s | +1.529s | 21 |
| 19. | Hiroshi Aoyama | Aspar Honda | 1m23.825s | +1.655s | 23 |
| 20. | Michael Laverty | PBM Aprilia | 1m23.925s | +1.755s | 22 |
| 21. | Mike di Meglio | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1m24.131s | +1.961s | 23 |
| 22. | Broc Parkes | PBM Aprilia | 1m24.974s | +2.804s | 19 |
| 23. | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda Aprilia | 1m25.219s | +3.049s | 18 |