Marc Márquez won this Saturday (6) the Sprint of the Hungarian GP, the eighth round of the 2026 MotoGP season, held at the Balaton Park Circuit. The Spaniard on the Ducati started from pole and was dominant throughout the 13 laps of the race, clinching first place after not being threatened by his rivals.
The runner-up position went to Pedro Acosta, KTM rider who finished just over a second behind Márquez. Marco Bezzecchi, the championship leader and Aprilia rider, came in third, followed by Raúl Fernández in fourth on Trackhouse’s Aprilia. The group of the top five also included Fermín Aldeguer, aboard a Gresini Ducati, after two mistakes.
Jorge Martín, with Aprilia, completed the top six. Brazilian Diogo Moreira delivered his best Sprint result to date, finishing seventh aboard an LCR Honda, ahead of Enea Bastianini, eighth on a Tech3 KTM. Francesco Bagnaia closed the points-scoring positions in ninth aboard a Ducati. Fabio Di Giannantonio, on a VR46 Ducati, was tenth.
The Hungarian MotoGP Grand Prix will take place this Sunday (7), with the start at 9:00 a.m.
See how the race unfolded
The race began with Marc Márquez maintaining the lead at the start, followed by Pedro Acosta and Marco Bezzecchi. Fermín Aldeguer appeared in fourth, with Raúl Fernández in fifth. Diogo Moreira moved up to sixth after starting from 11th. Fabio Di Giannantonio, meanwhile, dropped six positions to tenth.
Aldeguer began pressuring Bezzecchi for third place, while Jorge Martín started his attack on Moreira. At the front, Márquez had a one-second gap over Acosta as the second lap ended. On the fourth lap, the Spaniard from Gresini avoided a fall but dropped to fifth place in the race.
Márquez maintained a calm lead, with about a two-second advantage over Acosta, who couldn’t match the pace but still held a one-second margin over Bezzecchi. Martín, in turn, passed Moreira, taking sixth place. The Brazilian, however, stayed close to the Aprilia rider, attempting to re-enter the top five.
Aldeguer continued to show strong speed and began pressuring Fernández for fourth on the seventh lap. Márquez, ahead, kept the gap to Acosta around two seconds. Moreira remained close to Martín, but without the ability to overtake.
The race progressed to the finish and Márquez won comfortably at the end of 13 laps, finishing 1.5 seconds ahead of Acosta in second. The podium was completed by Bezzecchi in third, while Moreira crossed the line in seventh.
