Marc Marquez won the MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the Six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 26-lap race by 4.314 seconds.

Pedro Acosta was the runner-up on his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing RC16. 

Marco Bezzecchi  placed third on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25.

His teammate and defending World Champion, Jorge Martin crossed the finish line fourth.

Luca Marini took fifth on his Honda HRC Castrol RC213V. 

M. Marquez’s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia finished the race ninth. 

Marc Marquez leads the championship with 455 points, 175 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 280 points. Francesco Bagnaia is third with 228 points.

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Marquez beats Acosta and Bezzecchi to extend unbeaten run. The #93 delivers another double as KTM and Aprilia taste podium success in Hungary, while Martin earns season-best result in P4. 

Inevitable. He was made to work for it in the opening half of the Grand Prix, but in the end, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) strolled to a seventh consecutive victory to continue his majestic 2025 unbeaten run at the Michelin Grand Prix of Hungary. 4.3s was the #93’s winning margin over second place Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), as early Grand Prix leader Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) collected P3 behind the Ducati and KTM stars.

Diggia starts from pitman, contact between Bez and Marc

Before we had lights out, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was forced to start from pitlane after the Italian suffered a technical issue, meaning P3 on the grid and the Tissot Sprint silver medallist was out of victory contention.

There was drama aplenty on the opening lap too as Marc Marquez and Bezzecchi made contact at Turn 2 after the title race leader ran wide at Turn 1. It was the Italian that led from compatriot Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), with Marquez slotting into P3. Then, Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) slid out at Turn 12 from P4, before Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) crashed on the opening lap too. The #73 remounted but he was P19 and eight seconds away from Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP).

Marc VS Bez lights up Balaton

The Grand Prix then settled. Bezzecchi led Morbidelli by 0.8s at the end of Lap 3, with Marquez 0.2s behind the VR46 Ducati. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) made a good start, the #37 was in P4 and 0.8s away from the rear wheel of Marquez.

Two more riders then crashed in the early stages as both Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) and Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) hit the deck at Turn 5 in separate incidents, as Bezzecchi stretched his legs at the front. But Marquez, at Turn 9, carved his way through on Morbidelli to climb into P2, with the gap at 0.7s at the end of Lap 5.

With open Hungarian asphalt ahead of him, Marquez was able to set consecutive fastest laps of the Grand Prix to reel in Bezzecchi. 1.5s in arrears, Acosta forced his way past Morbidelli to climb into P3 and then Marquez hit the engage battle button at Turn 1 on Lap 8.

That didn’t work though, and neither did a similar attempt at Turn 5. Marquez was eager to get ahead of the Italian here but there was no way through for now. On Lap 11, Marquez pounced again at Turn 1 and this time around, it was a pass that stuck. Now then Marco, what was your response? At this stage, not a lot because Marquez set a 1:38.343, Bezzecchi was in the 1:39s, and the lead grew to 1.1s.\

Marc’s lead grows as Acosta pounces

That soon became 1.4s and the more pressing matter for Bezzecchi was Acosta. Meanwhile, Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) crashed at Turn 1 while he was putting Morbidelli under pressure in P5, which promoted Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) into fifth.

A change for P2 arrived on Lap 16, and it was a move that started three corners earlier when Bezzecchi ran slightly wide at Turn 15. That cost him the drive all the way up the start/finish straight and Acosta, strong on the anchors, picked up the P2 baton. The gap to Marquez? 2.7s.

And that’s a gap that wouldn’t shrink with Marquez controlling the situation at the front. A 1:37.843, compared to Acosta’s 1:38.258, was the knockout blow and with Acosta 2.2s clear of Bezzecchi, it looked like the podium scraps were done with. However, Martin wasn’t done. The #1 demoted Morbidelli to P5 and now, the 2024 King of MotoGP sat 2.6s behind his teammate Bezzecchi.

In the end, Marquez was simply untouchable at Balaton. The 22nd different track the #93 has claimed victory at, and one that sees his dominant march towards a seventh MotoGP title continue. Seven consecutive double wins, a 175-point lead and another pretty much perfect weekend. Fair play.

Acosta will rue a tricky qualifying but P2 is his second podium in the last three races, and Bezzecchi’s classy run of form continues – that’s four podiums in the last five Grands Prix, and the Italian is hunting Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) for P3 in the standings.

Your points scorer In Hungary

Chapeau to Martin in P4. That’s the reigning Champion’s best Aprilia result and he did it from P16 on the grid too. What a boost that is for Martin and his side of the box, and the same can be said for Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) as the Italian gets the better of Morbidelli – who had to drop one position for cutting the chicane at Turn 9 – in the closing stages to hand himself and HRC a double top five at Balaton.

Morbidelli was P6, with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Tech3) handing KTM a triple top seven. The latter enjoyed a good fight with Bagnaia and following a mistake on the last lap, the #63 lost a position to the #44 to collect P9 in Hungary.

Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) rounded out the top 10 after the Frenchman had to take a Long Lap penalty for his Tissot Sprint mistake. 11th went to Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), 12th was Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP), while Rins, Alex Marquez and Di Giannantonio completed the points on a Sunday to forget for the latter duo.

The run continues. MM93 has one hand and four fingers on the trophy and next up, a return to familiar and home territory. What does Barcelona have in store? We’ll find out in less than two weeks. 

MotoGP Hungarian GP results!

David Alonso won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Colombian won the 22-lap race by 0.174 second.

Diogo Moreira was the runner-up on his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex.

Manuel Gonzalez was a close third on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.

Jake Dixon finished fourth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro.

Collin Veijer took fifth on his Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex.

American Joe Roberts finished Sunday’s race 19th on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.

Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 204 points, 25 ahead of Aron Canet who has 179 points. Diogo Moreira is third with 173 points. 

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Alonso battles Moreira and Gonzalez to secure first Moto2 win for Colombia. The Colombian beats the Brazilian and Spaniard in a phenomenal Moto2 fight at Balaton Park. 

The first Colombian to win a Moto2 race. It was always going to come sooner rather than later, and it landed with an almighty bang at the Michelin Grand Prix of Hungary as David Alonso (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) produced some breathtaking late race pace to beat title-chasing duo Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) and Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) in a scintillating Moto2 battle at Balaton Park. Moreira’s P2 also sees us celebrate the very first South American 1-2 finish in Moto2, as the 2025 title race properly heats up. 

Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) negotiated Turn 1 expertly to swoop around the outside at Turn 2 to lead the pack, as drama unfolded further back. Celestino Vietti (Sync SpeedRS Team), Darryn Binder (ITALJET Gresini Moto2), Yuki Kunii (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) and Unai Orradre (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI) went down at the tight right-hander, while the leading trio of Dixon, Moreira and Gonzalez began to stretch their legs.

0.7s was the early gap back to fourth place Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego), as we learned Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) had jumped the start and that meant the Spaniard faced a double Long Lap penalty. Back at the front, Moreira led on Lap 4 and slotted home the fastest lap of the race to lead Dixon and Gonzalez by 0.3s, before eighth place Alonso set the fastest lap.

A second consecutive fastest lap from Moreira meant Gonzalez had to get a wriggle on – and he did at Turn 1 on Lap 6. Gonzalez passed Dixon but now, Moreira’s lead had grown to 0.7s. That was down to 0.3s soon enough though and there was a big moment on the exit of Turn 5 for Moreira. A little warning for the Brazilian, who now had his title rival clinging onto his exhaust pipe.

A few laps went by and for now, Gonzalez was happy to shadow Moreira. When will the #18 feel like it was time to pounce? Lap 15, Turn 5 – that’s when. The title race leader hit the front, so what did the #10 have in response?  The fastest lap of the race was the answer to that, but again, that was bettered by Alonso as the Colombian went into battle with Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Dixon for P3.

With five to go, this was on. Gonzalez was out of shape on the exit of Turn 4 and he somehow managed to keep the lead, but boy was that a warning shot. Moreira hadn’t bit back for now but Dixon, Alonso and Veijer were now just half a second behind the lead duo. And at Turn 1 with four to go, Alonso grabbed P3 away from Dixon.

Three to go. Gonzalez led Moreira by 0.2s, with Alonso properly in the victory equation now. It looked like Dixon and Veijer didn’t quite have enough for the top three here, and it was Alonso who was looking the strongest. The #80 was a good 0.3s plus quicker than both Gonzalez and Moriera and at Turn 1 on the penultimate lap, the reigning Moto3 Champion grabbed P2 despite a moment on the front end.

Canet, Veijer, Dixon, Moreira… just Gonzalez to go for Alonso. LAST LAP! Alonso was swarming all over Gonzalez’s rear tyre but there was no way through for now. The next passing place was Turn 9 and Alonso made his move. Late on the brakes, clean as you like, and trying to bite back, Gonzalez lost P2 to Moreira after relinquishing all his momentum on the exit of Turn 10.

Coming into the final split, Alonso had it in the bag but he was wide at Turn 15. That gave both Moreira and Gonzalez a final chance of snatching the 25 points, but Alonso defended well to keep the Brazilian and Spaniard behind him to win his first Moto2 race and become the first rookie to win in the class since Pedro Acosta, as Moreira and Gonzalez made contact out of the final corner on the run to the flag – the former coming out on top. How crucial could that result be in the championship? Only time will tell.

Fourth place went the way of Dixon who ended the race less than a second away from the win, and the British rider was over five seconds clear of the next best Boscoscuro chassis rider which was teammate Filip Salač in P8. Veijer’s P5 signals the Dutchman’s best Moto2 result in what was a classy weekend for the #95, as Canet had to settle for P6. That’s some crucial ground lost in the overall standings for the latter.

Adrian Huertas’ (Italtrans Racing Team) P7 is the rookie’s best Moto2 result, with Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) and Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI) closing out the top 10 behind eighth place Salač to see five rookies clinch top 10s at Balaton Park.

Let’s do that all over again in Barcelona, shall we? 

Moto2 Hungarian GP results!

Maximo Quiles won the FIM Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Using his Pirelli-shod CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM, the Spaniard won the 20-lap race by just 0.018 second.

Valentin Perrone was the runner-up on his Red Bull Tech3 KTM. 

David Muñoz was third, just 0.858 second behind Quiles, on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP KTM.

Angel Piqueras crossed the finish line fourth on his FRINSA – MT Helmets MSI KTM.

Jose Antonio Rueda, riding his Red Bull KTM Ajo, got fifth. 

Jose Antonio Rueda leads the championship with 250 points, 69 ahead of Angel Piqueras who has 181 points. Maximo Quiles is third with 164 points. 

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Quiles denies Perrone by 0.018s in Moto3 classic at Balaton Park. The Michelin Grand Prix of Hungary ended with a last lap showdown between two star rookies. 

Hungary returned to the MotoGP roster with an epic battle to kickstart Grand Prix Sunday as Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) triumphed over Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) by just 0.018s, rubbing elbows to the finish line. In a Balaton Park classic, David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) completed the podium.

A clean start saw polesitter Quiles get the holeshot ahead of Perrone and Austria winner Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI). Everyone made it through the opening lap and the pace was fierce from the start between Quiles and Perrone.  A change of lead on Lap 3 at Turn 5 as the Argentinean took advantage of a mistake by Quiles but at Turn 9, the #28 returned to P1. The all-rookie battle allowed the pack to close up with Muñoz in P3, getting ahead of Piqueras on Lap 4 before pouncing on Perrone at Turn 9 to move into P2.

Whilst the lead battle continued at the front and the places swapped, drama further down at the end of Lap 6 for Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power), who fell at Turn 15, forcing Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Marcos Uriarte (LEVELUP-MTA) to go into the gravel. By the halfway stage and just like in Austria, Quiles was setting the pace with Piqueras into P2, Perrone third and Muñoz in P4 ahead of teammate Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) who was having his best ride of the season. A mistake at the end of Lap 10 by Quiles saw him drop from P1 to P4 though, leaving him the work to do as Perrone hit P1.

With five laps to go, Perrone still led ahead but this time, Muñoz had come into contention in P2 and Quiles had worked his way into P3. Piqueras sat fourth whilst Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) had managed to bridge the gap to join the lead group in P5. It was all over for Pini who fell from sixth at Turn 11. In the second group, more misfortune for Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) who crashed from P8 at Turn 1. Everything had been calm at the front but a final lap storm brewed between Perrone and Quiles.

The last lap and just a tenth split them and Quiles looked at Turn 1 but couldn’t quite make the move stick. The next big opportunity was into Turn 5 and this time, it was enough. It wasn’t over though as Perrone built momentum coming through sector three and with a run through the chicane at Turn 15 and 16, made a heroic attempt at the final corner to lead. It looked like he had it done but with a better run to the line, Quiles got alongside, banged elbows with the #73 and did enough to take an epic win. Perrone’s P2 is his best finish and a second podium in five GPs whilst Muñoz made it a fifth podium in a row. Piqueras held on to fourth to take 3 points out of Rueda’s title lead, the #99 finishing fifth.

Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) had a quiet Grand Prix but took top Honda honours in sixth ahead of teammate David Almansa, with Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) securing eighth. Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was ninth with Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) returning to the top ten for the first time since Germany.

Moto3 Hungarian Grand Prix results!

Marc Márquez won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 13-lap race by 2.095 seconds.

Fabio Di Giannantonio was the runner-up on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP25, and his teammate, Franco Morbidelli finished third.

Luca Marini got fourth on his Honda HRC Castrol RC213V.

Fermín Aldeguer crossed the finish line fifth on his BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici GP24.

Marc Marquez leads the championship with 430 points, 152 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 278 points. Bagnaia is third with 221 points.

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Marquez wins dramatic Balaton Sprint as VR46 earn double podium. The #93 marches on as big names crash on Saturday in Hungary, with Di Giannantonio and Morbidelli returning to the rostrum.

For the 13th time in 14 rounds, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) is a Tissot Sprint winner after avoiding a dose of Turn 1 drama to continue his magnificent victory streak in 2025. Fabio Di Giannantonio took P2, two seconds away from Marquez, and joining the Italian on the Saturday rostrum was Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing teammate Franco Morbidelli. 

Turn 1 drama

Marc Marquez got a lovely launch from pole position and led into Turn 1, but Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), from P6 on the grid, got it properly wrong in the braking zone on the inside line. The Frenchman was too late on the anchors and collided with Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3), who managed to stay on the bike, but Quartararo didn’t. The incident cost Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) time too, which dropped the Italian to the lower ends of the top 10, while an unlucky Bastianini was P18. 

Another lap 1 talking point

Then, there was another incident. This time at Turn 9 and it again involved Bastianini. This time, the ‘Beast’ was at fault as an audacious move on Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) failed, leaving both down and out of the Tissot Sprint on Lap 1. 

Post race, both Quartararo and Bastianini were handed penalties for the above points. The #20 has one Long Lap penalty because that’s his first offence, while the #23 has a double Long Lap penalty because it’s a second offence. 

Marc leads, Acosta Crashes

So where did that leave us? Marc Marquez led from the VR46 duo, with Di Giannantonio the lead rider in the yellow corner. On Lap 5, the Italian was 1.1s away from the #93, with Morbidelli over a second down on his teammate. Fourth was Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol), while Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) sat half a second behind the HRC star, and just under a second clear of the second factory HRC rider Joan Mir.

On Lap 6 of 13, Pedro Acosta’s (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) Sprint then ended with a small crash at Turn 11 while he was attempting to pass Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) in a battle for P10. That signalled a disappointing Saturday for Friday’s pacesetter in Hungary.

For the remainder of the Sprint, Marc Marquez remained untroubled to continue his unbeaten run, as Di Giannantonio kept teammate Morbidelli at bay as the VR46 duo collected silver and bronze medals at Balaton Park. 

Balaton’s sprint points scorers

From P9 on the grid, Marini defended and rode brilliantly to keep Aldeguer behind him to earn his best HRC Sprint result in P4, as the latter just about held onto P5 ahead of Mir and the recovering Bezzecchi. Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) was eighth across the line as he gets set to face a three-place grid penalty in tomorrow’s Grand Prix, and the last point on offer on Saturday went to reigning World Champion Martin in P9.

Another one pocketed. Marc Marquez marches on, as a dramatic Tissot Sprint unfolds in Hungary. 26 laps are coming up at Balaton on Sunday afternoon, and the question is: can anyone stop the title race leader from winning again? 

MotoGP Tissot Sprint results from Hungary!

Diogo Moreira earned pole position during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hunagry. Riding his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian turned a 1:40.380 to top the field of 28 riders.

Zonta VD Goorbergh was second-best with a 1:40.430 on his RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP Kalex.

Manuel Gonzalez claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:40.462 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.

Row-two qualifiers included ELF Marc VDS Racing’s Jake Dixon (1:40.463) Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Collin Veijer (1:40.517) and Fantic Racing’s Aron Canet (1:40.635).

American Joe Roberts finished Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session 13th with a best time of 1:40.885 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.

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Moreira grabs pole by just 0.050 in Hungary. The Brazilian heads van den Goorbergh and Gonzalez, with the front row covered by less than a tenth.

Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) heads the grid in Hungary as the Brazilian’s impressive form rolls on, taking pole by just 0.050 ahead of Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP). Points leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) completes the front row, pipping Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) by just 0.001.

Moreira was the benchmark time as the seconds ticked down on Q2, but there were a few red sectors coming in across the board. Van den Goorbergh and Dixon looked to be the biggest threats but both just came up short, leaving the Brazilian pole by just hundredths.

Rookie Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) took an impressive P5 just 0.137 off the top, with Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) completing Row 2 – not able to quite make the gains Dixon did as the Brit rode round on the #44’s tail.

Rookies Dani Holgado (CFMoto Inde Aspar Team) and teammate David Alonso are next up, with another notable performance alongside them too as Ayumu Sasaki (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) completes Row 3.

Brno winner Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing) took P13 ahead of fellow Q1 graduate Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) in P15 – the Belgian looking to re-find that earlier momentum. Find full Moto2 qualifying results HERE. Moto2™ go racing at 12:15 (UTC +2) on Sunday – tune in for more as Moreira looks to keep cutting that gap to the top!

Maximo Quiles earned pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM on Pirelli control tires, the rookie topped the 26-rider field with a lap time of 1:46.060.

Valentin Perrone was the best of the rest with a 1:46.120 on his Red Bull KTM Tech3, and Angel Piqueras claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:46.150 on his Frinsa – MT Helmets – MSI KTM.

Row-two qualifiers included Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Alvaro Carpe (1:46.167), LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP KTM’s David Muñoz (1:46.324) and Guido Pini (1:46.329).

More from a press release issued by Dorna:

Quiles rockets to pole ahead of Perrone at Balaton Park. A frenetic Moto3™ qualifying is bagged with Quiles starting on pole for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

A tense tussle for pole position eventually saw Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) clinch pole position at the Balaton Park circuit in Hungary. Round 14 of 22 and with a title battle tightening into the second half of the season, it was a vital session; making the most of it, Quiles stormed to pole ahead of Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) and Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI).

Moving into Q2 from Q1, Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) led Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) and the Australian’s teammate Marcos Uriarte, whilst Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power) also made it through to the pole fight. There were differing strategies in Q2 and the first lap times were slightly off the FP2 reference from the morning but there were red sectors aplenty soon enough. With five minutes to go, Quiles fired in a lap time to go P1 ahead of Valentin Perrone, Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) but it was still very much to play for as everyone entered the track for the final stints. Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) needed a lap, mired down in 11^th.

The opposition were being worked hard as Quiles continued to set a relentless pace, the first and only rider into the 1’45s during the session, although the lap was cancelled due to track limits. Nonetheless, he still took pole ahead of Perrone and Red Bull Ring winner Angel Piqueras who snatched third on his final flying lap. Carpe leads the second row away with David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) and Pini alongside him.

The third row features Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) ahead of Rueda who did eventually improve but has shown similar signs of Austria, where he struggled. Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) had to settle for P9 whilst teammate David Almansa starts from P10. There was a big crash in the session for Furusato who highsided out of Turn 1 and the Japanese rider starts from P12.

Check out the full Moto3 qualifying results here!

Marc Marquez claimed pole position during MotoGP qualifying Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on the 2.53-mile (4.08 km) track, Marquez turned a 1:36.518.

Marco Bezzecchi was the best of the rest with a 1:36.808 on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25, and Fabio Di Giannantonio claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:36.872 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP25.

Row-two qualifiers included Red Bull KTM Tech 3’s Enea Bastianini (1:36.942), Di Giannantonio’s teammate Franco Morbidelli (1:37.031) and Monster Energy Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo (1:37.042).

More, from a press release issued by Dorna:

Marc Marquez beats Bezzecchi to first Balaton pole. The #93 sets a new record and the #72 pulls off another rescue as Acosta crashes and Bagnaia fails to leave Q1.

The first ever MotoGP qualifying session at Balaton Park threw up some drama and surprises, and the grids look set to stage two intriguing showdowns. Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) starts from the front with a new lap record, his closest challenger so far this weekend, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory); crashed out, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) failed to make it into Q2… and Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) pulled off another comeback from Q1 to the front row.

Q1: Heavyweights fight it out

As in Austria, both Aprilia Racing riders – Bezzecchi and reigning Champion Jorge Martin – found themselves in Q1, and this time they also had Bagnaia for company. Bezzecchi, who moved through a week ago and converted that into pole in Q2, once again topped the table this time round.

Bagnaia briefly took second before a flurry of challenges from elsewhere, with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) pipping the Italian before Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) had the final say – slotting in two tenths behind Bezzecchi but taking that coveted second place in Q2. Bagnaia was left behind Binder and Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) in P13 to P15. The last time the 2022 and 2023 Champion failed to make it out of q2 was Indonesia 2023 – although he did go on to win…

Q2: Chances lost, comebacks found

There was drama almost immediately. The only rider to beat Marc Marquez to the top so far this weekend, Acosta, crashed out on his first attempt – leaving him running back to the pits to try and salvage his shot at pole.

Meanwhile, Marc Marquez was top of the pile – and still setting red sectors on the timing screens. After the first runs, the #93 sat top after putting in the first benchmark and then bettering it, with Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) in second before Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) elbowed the rookie down to fourth.

Dusted off and back out for more, Acosta did make it out in time for the second runs. The first moves came from Bezzecchi as the #72 reloaded after a short excursion through the gravel to put his Aprila in second, pipping Diggia to it. From there, no one was really able to turn up the wick – with the #93 beating his own best to increase his gap at the top.

The grid

That leaves a front row of Marc Marquez, Bezzecchi and Di Giannanontio, ahead of another impressive day at the office from Bastianini. The ‘Beast’ puts it in fourth ahead of Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team).

Sixth goes to qualifying empresario Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) as the sole Yamaha in Q2 made it an ever-impressive second row start, with Acosta left down in P7 after his crash. He went back out and set a lap but will be pushing hard to make progress from the off. Aldeguer is eighth, with Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) completing the third row, just pipping teammate Mir.

Red Bull KTM test rider and Tech3 supersub this weekend, Pol Espargaro, completes the Q2 runners after a late crash – and that means it’s Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) in 11^th. Second in the standings, that’s already an expensive place for the #73 to start – and on Sunday he has that three-place grid penalty too.

Similarly, Binder – Miller – Bagnaia will be an elbows-out fourth row on Saturday, but come Sunday the #43 will serve that three-place grid penalty. Sunday looks like this from Row 4: Mir, Pol Espargaro and Binder ahead of Bagnaia, Alex Marquez and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) on the fifth row. Martin slots into P16 ahead of Miller.

With the stage set for fireworks, get ready for lights out and click here for full results from MotoGP qualifying in Hungary!