Championship leader Marc Marquez cruised to yet another MotoGP Sprint victory, claiming his 13th short-race win of the 2025 season at Balaton Park.
The Spaniard crossed the line a distant 2.1s clear of the VR46 Ducati duo of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.
Polesitter Marquez secured a perfect launch off the line into Turn 1, but the tight corner saw drama as Frenchman Fabio Quartararo took out Enea Bastianini.
The 2021 champion narrowly avoided a collision with Di Giannantonio and Marquez, and fortunately, only two riders were caught up in the incident with no injuries to report.
Bastianini rejoined after running through the gravel, but his race came to an end later that lap when he and Frenchman Johann Zarco crashed out.
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi was caught up after starting second, dropping back to eighth place.
Marquez established a 0.5s advantage by the end of Lap 1, followed by the VR46 Ducati duo of Di Giannantonio and Morbidelli.
The lead kept growing as the Spaniard grew the gap to 1.0s, but the notable Turn 1 Lap 1 incident promoted the Honda duo of Luca Marini and Joan Mir to fourth and fifth place.
Mir ran wide on Lap 5, allowing Gresini rider Fermin Aldeguer to rise up to fifth place aboard his GP24 Ducati.
The stop-start nature of the new Hungarian track made overtaking a tough task, as shown by the tight scrap between Alex Marquez and Pol Espargaro.
Marquez ran wide when trying a lunge, allowing Espargaro to ease his way back through to reclaim eighth position.
Behind them, Jorge Martin and Pedro Acosta were locked in another battle, but Acosta’s attempted move ended in disaster as he ran wide and crashed out. Marquez and Martin inevitably found a way through.
Out front, Marc Marquez stretched out a 2.5s lead, but he must be cautious as he was issued a track limits warning with six laps to go.
That concern quickly faded, as the Spaniard dominated from start to finish to secure another win.
Di Giannantonio, the second GP25 Ducati rider, secured a strong result despite having to fight his way through the first phase of qualifying earlier in the day.
Morbidelli rounded off the podium spots, finishing 1.5s behind his fellow countryman and team-mate.
Marini secured a strong result for Honda to finish fourth, closely followed by rookie Aldeguer and team-mate Mir.
Bezzecchi’s seventh was all he could muster for Aprilia, but he fended off against championship rival Alex Marquez.
Martin secured ninth place and the final point in the short-race format, closely followed by KTM’s Pol Espargaro.
Raul Fernandez and Jack Miller followed as the pair crossed the line ahead of 13th-place rider, factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia.
Miguel Oliveira and Ai Ogura finished 14th and 15th, respectively, with Alex Rins and Pedro Acosta closing out proceedings.
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