Marc Marquez dominated the first-ever Hungarian MotoGP qualifying session at Balaton Park to claim pole position with a new lap record.
The eight-time World Champion sealed the first MotoGP pole position around the Balaton Park circuit by 0.290s.
Pedro Acosta crashed in the opening minutes of Q2, disrupting many of the riders’ first attempts at lap times, though Marquez was able to come through to set the early pace.
The Spanish rider continued his form as the yellow flags came in, setting the fastest lap time of the weekend with a 1:36.646.
Though there were a number of challenges throughout the session, Marquez managed to go even faster on his final attempt, sealing pole position with a time of 1:36.518.
Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Di Giannantonio came through from Q1 to make the front row, with Bezzecchi in second and Di Giannantonio taking third.
Enea Bastianini qualified fourth to head the second row of the grid, while Franco Morbidelli took fifth at the end of the session.
Fabio Quartararo completed the session in sixth after setting a strong final lap ahead of Acosta in seventh after his early crash.
Fermin Aldeguer finished his qualifying campaign in eighth to finish ahead of both factory Honda riders, with Luca Marini in ninth and Joan Mir taking the flag in 10th.
Alex Marquez struggled throughout the session and could only manage 11th, which would become 14th for Sunday’s race due to his three place grid penalty for disturbing Francesco Bagnaia in practice.
Riding for Tech3 as a replacement for the injured Maverick Vinales, Pol Espargaro completed the Q2 standings in 12th after suffering a crash with seconds left on the clock.
Brad Binder set an identical lap time to Fabio Di Giannantonio, but was eliminated in Q1 on a tiebreaker, meaning the South African could only qualify 13th.
Jack Miller completed his qualifying in 14th, while Francesco Bagnaia continued his disappointing run of form and rounded out the fifth row in 15th.
Raul Fernandez headed the sixth row after qualifying 16th, ahead of reigning World Champion Jorge Martin in 17th and Johann Zarco in 18th.
Miguel Oliveira showed strong pace at the start of the session, but only managed 19th at the end of the session.
Alex Rins took the flag in 20th, while Ai Ogura completed the standings after qualifying 21st.
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