Spaniard Wins In Hungary’s First Motogp In 33 Years

After 33 years of absence, nan Hungarian MotoGP was backmost and successful an highly melodramatic way. The 2025 arena astatine nan Balaton Park Circuit, a caller track, is nan first clip since 1992 that Hungary has hosted a Moto Grand Prix race.

Ducati driver from Spain, Marc Márquez delivered a masterclass astatine nan Hungarian Circuit connected Sunday, August 24 to triumph nan GP, securing his seventh consecutive sprint-race double and stretching his world title lead to 175 points. KTM’s Pedro Acosta, besides a Spaniard, and Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi joined Márquez connected nan podium arsenic nan defending world champion, Jorge Martín, came fourth, his champion decorativeness connected nan Aprilia since his return from injury, nan Guardian reported.

Pole-sitter Marquez mislaid his lead connected thigh 1 to driblet retired of nan podium positions, but his tyre strategy proved decisive. His younger brother, Álex Márquez (Gresini Racing), 2nd successful nan wide standings down his older brother, vanished 14th aft an early fall. After clinching his 13th sprint triumph of nan season, Marc recovered different bully motorboat successful nan main title to lead into move one. Bezzecchi took nan lead connected nan adjacent turn, though, arsenic Márquez made interaction pinch nan Aprilia and mislaid velocity to driblet to fourth.

‘Able to prevention nan crash’

“Luckily, for some of us, I was capable to prevention nan crash, and he conscionable continued his way. But from that point, nan title changed a bit,” Márquez said aft nan race.

“When I saw that nan soft rear tyres started to drop, I was connected nan medium, I started to attack,” Márquez said. “I had a ace bully rhythm. I was flowing connected nan track.”

Bezzecchi admitted his team’s strategy did not salary off. “I needed nan other grip successful braking, truthful I risked it pinch nan soft. But possibly it was amended [to use] nan medium.”

Acosta was yet happy pinch 2nd spot aft destroying his motorcycle successful a qualifying crash. “I conscionable want to convey everyone successful [my team] because yesterday they were moving until 2 americium to conscionable bring 2 wholly caller bikes for this [race],” nan Spaniard said.

Tech3 KTM rider Enea Bastianini questioned nan information of MotoGP races astatine nan caller Balaton Park circuit aft he was injured during a chaotic first lap, according to Motor Sport. Bastianini was speared wide astatine nan first area aft a hopeless lunge by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. It was successful nan people of this collision, for which Quartararo has earned a agelong thigh penalty, that Bastianini wounded his back.