Marc Marquez did the double in MotoGP at Balaton Park after fighting with Pedro Acosta in the Grand Prix.
After a brief fight with Acosta, Marquez crossed the line in first and completed the double at the Grand Prix of Hungary in dominant fashion.
Once the Spaniard took the lead of the race, he checked out and did not let anyone else challenge for the lead in the latter laps, and secured his 100th Grand Prix victory.
Behind Marquez was Acosta in second place, as he could not keep up with Marquez, and Francesco Bagnaia crossed the line in a lonely third place.
At the start of the 26 Lap race, it was Marquez who took the holeshot into Turn 1 after getting away from pole position.
However, drama struck as Marco Bezzecchi, Fermin Aldeguer, Jorge Martin, Raul Fernandez, and Fabio Di Giannantonio all went down in a Turn 1 incident.
The collision saw Martin lose control of his Aprilia and collide with the riders around him, costing his teammate vital Championship points.
On Lap 2, Acosta came through on Marquez and took the lead of the Grand Prix in the early stages, with Bagnaia behind in third.
By Lap 5, Acosta had checked out and was leading Marquez by a second, as he attempted to break away in the early stages of the race.
After the drama on the opening lap, the top five on Lap 6 had some surprise contenders with Acosta leading from Marquez, and Bagnaia, with Jack Miller and Luca Marini in fourth and fifth.
Despite riding inside the top ten, Enea Bastianini was handed a Long Lap Penalty after colliding with Joan Mir.
By the start of Lap 8, a potential battle was bubbling as Marquez began knocking time out of Acosta’s lead around Balaton Park.
The two at the front were trading fastest laps, but the main battle emerging was between the riders between fourth and ninth on Lap 12, as Marini, Miller, Diogo Moreira, Mir, Ai Ogura, and Iker Lecuona were trading positions.
The battle between Acosta and Marquez emerged on Lap 14, as Marquez briefly took the lead before Acosta toughed it out and retook the lead on the same lap.
Lap 15 saw Marquez retake the lead as the Spaniard held the inside line and forced his way through on Acosta.
A lap later, Marquez had extended his lead over Acosta to one second, as the Spaniard tried to build a gap over his rider.
By Lap 20, Marquez had pulled the gap over Acosta to 1.6 seconds and was holding his lead in a consistent manner.
The latter laps saw a fight for fourth with Ogura and Marini scrapping until the Japanese rider took the lead on Lap 25.
As the chequered flag was waved, Marquez ended his winning drought as he took his first victory since the 2025 Misano Grand Prix.
Acosta fought hard for his maiden Grand Prix win, but the Spaniard crossed the line in second place on the KTM after losing out to Marquez.
Bagnaia had a very lonely ride, but was back on the rostrum with another third place on the factory Ducati.
The top Aprilia on Sunday was the Trackhouse racing rider, Ogura, who crossed the line in fourth, ahead of Marini in fifth place on the Honda.
Just outside of the top five was the LCR Honda rider and MotoGP rookie, Moreira, with the Gresini Racing replacement rider, Iker Lecuona, in a stunning seventh place.
Miller found himself in the top ten as the top Yamaha in the Grand Prix of Hungary, as he finished in eighth, with Bastianini ending up in ninth place.
Brad Binder rounded out the top ten as he crossed the line in tenth, with Toprak Razgatlioglu securing more points in 11th.
Di Giannantonio was able to recover from the collision at Turn 1 to fight back to 12th place, ahead of Alex Rins in 13th, and Franco Morbidelli in 14th.
The final point scoring position went to Maverick Vinales in 15th, with Cal Crutchlow completing the field in 16th.
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