Marc Márquez won this Sunday (7) the Hungarian Grand Prix, the eighth round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Ducati rider started from pole position at Balaton Park, lost the lead early to Pedro Acosta, but overtook the KTM rival on the 15th lap of the 26 laps completed this morning, going on to win the race, his hundredth in the World Championship across all three classes.
Second place went to Acosta, who couldn’t keep pace with Márquez and finished more than two seconds behind the winner. The podium was completed by Francesco Bagnaia, third with the other official Ducati on the grid. Ai Ogura, aboard a Trackhouse Aprilia, finished fourth, followed by Luca Marini, fifth on a Honda.
Diogo Moreira achieved his best MotoGP result and finished sixth with a LCR Honda, followed by Jack Miller, seventh with a Pramac Yamaha. Iker Lecuona, who substitutes for Álex Márquez at Gresini, was eighth, while Enea Bastianini, on a Tech3 KTM, was ninth despite serving two long laps. Brad Binder, from KTM, finished tenth.
The race was marked by a heavy crash at the start. Jorge Martín lost the braking point in the first corner and collided with Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio, and Raúl Fernández. Of these, only the VR46 Italian continued in the race, and the incident did not require the race to be red-flagged. The Spanish rider on Aprilia had to be taken to the medical center.
The MotoGP will resume on June 21, when it heads to the Brno circuit for the Czech Republic Grand Prix.
Here is how the race unfolded
The start saw Marc Márquez keeping the lead even under heavy pressure from Pedro Acosta, who appeared in second, followed by Francesco Bagnaia. Diogo Moreira moved up to seventh. A first-lap crash took Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín, and Raúl Fernández out of the race, with the Spanish Aprilia rider causing the others to fall after losing balance.
On the second lap at Balaton Park, Acosta overtook Márquez to take the lead of the race, while Moreira, a little further back, passed Fabio Quartararo to take sixth. Bagnaia, in third, could not keep pace with the two leaders, while the top-five still included Jack Miller and Luca Marini.
With five laps completed, Acosta opened a 1.2-second gap over Márquez, who led Bagnaia by 1.1 seconds. Moreira was overtaken by Enea Bastianini and dropped to seventh. On the following lap, the Brazilian regained the position after the Tech3 rider made a mistake. The Italian had also clipped Joan Mir’s bike, who stayed on track.
On the seventh lap, Bastianini was penalized for the clash with Mir, forced to complete a long lap, paying the penalty on the next lap. At the front, Acosta remained in the lead, but Márquez closed the gap to seven tenths. Bagnaia remained third, ahead of Miller and Marini. Moreira remained in sixth.
With Miller holding the peloton including Marini and Moreira, Rins, Ai Ogura and Iker Lecuona arrived to contest fourth place on the tenth lap. The Spanish Gresini rider passed the Trackhouse Japanese rider, taking the place back shortly after. On lap 11, Marini passed Miller to take fourth, while Moreira tried to overtake the Australian but was unsuccessful on lap 12.
The race reached halfway with Acosta pressured by Márquez, who was three tenths behind on lap 13. On the following lap, the Ducati Spaniard went for the overtaking move, but the KTM rival applied a response and kept the lead. Márquez attempted another pass as the lap ended and the two touched, keeping their positions. Behind, Moreira was overtaken by Ogura and dropped to seventh.
On lap 15, Márquez managed to pass Acosta, taking the lead and quickly opening an advantage. In the same lap, Mir crashed while trying to close in on Moreira, retiring. A little further back, Lecuona made a mistake and saw Brad Binder and Toprak Razgatlioglu close in on the fight for eighth.
Moreira returned to pressure Miller for sixth on the 18th lap, managing the overtake on the following lap. In front, Márquez maintained a 1.6-second lead over Acosta, who was not pressured by Bagnaia. Marini and Ogura completed the top-5 at the start of the 20th lap, while Moreira sat sixth.
With the top three separated, the battle for fourth drew attention, with Marini defending against Ogura’s attacks on lap 23. The Japanese rider managed to take the lead briefly, but the Italian reclaimed the position. At the same time, Quartararo retired on the Yamaha. Di Giannantonio drew attention, returning to the race after the start crash and sitting in 13th.
On the penultimate lap, Ogura managed to overtake Marini, taking fourth place. Márquez went on to win, followed by Acosta and Bagnaia. Moreira finished sixth.
