Marc Márquez won the Hungarian GP this Sunday (7), the eighth round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Ducati rider started from pole position at Balaton Park, lost the lead at the start of the race to Pedro Acosta, but overtook his KTM rival on the 15th of the 26 laps completed this morning, going on to win the race, his hundredth in the Motorcycle World Championship across all three divisions.
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Second position went to Acosta, who couldn’t keep up with Márquez’s pace and finished more than two seconds behind the winner. The podium also featured Francesco Bagnaia, third with the other official Ducati on the grid. Ai Ogura, with a Trackhouse Aprilia, finished the race in fourth, followed by Luca Marini, fifth with Honda.
Diogo Moreira achieved his best result in MotoGP, finishing sixth with an LCR Honda, followed by Jack Miller, seventh with a Pramac Yamaha. Iker Lecuona, replacing Álex Márquez at Gresini, was eighth, while Enea Bastianini, with a Tech3 KTM, was ninth even after serving two long lap penalties. Brad Binder, from KTM, was tenth.
The race was marked by a major accident at the start. Jorge Martín missed his braking point at the first corner and collided with Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio, and Raúl Fernández. Of these, only the Italian from VR46 continued in the race, and the accident did not require the race to be stopped with a red flag. The Aprilia rider had to go to the medical center.
MotoGP will continue on June 21st, heading to the Brno circuit for the Czech Republic GP.
Check out how the race unfolded
At the start, Marc Márquez maintained first place despite being heavily pressured by Pedro Acosta, who appeared in second, followed by Francesco Bagnaia. Diogo Moreira moved up to seventh. An accident on the first lap took Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín, and Raúl Fernández out of the race, who retired after the Aprilia rider lost balance and brought down the other competitors.
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 place. Bagnaia, in third, couldn’t keep up with the pace of the two leaders, while the top-5 still included Jack Miller and Luca Marini.
After five laps, Acosta opened up a 1.2-second lead over Márquez, who had a 1.1-second advantage over Bagnaia. Moreira was eventually overtaken by Enea Bastianini and dropped to seventh place. On the next lap, the Brazilian regained the position after the Tech3 rider made a mistake. The Italian also hit Joan Mir’s bike, who remained on track.
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On the seventh lap, Bastianini was penalized for the incident with Mir, being forced to serve a long lap penalty, paying the penalty on the following lap. Up front, Acosta remained in the lead, but saw Márquez cut the gap to seven tenths. Bagnaia remained in third, ahead of Miller and Marini. Moreira remained in sixth position.
With Miller holding up the group of Marini and Moreira, Rins, Ai Ogura, and Iker Lecuona also joined the fight for fourth place on the tenth lap. The Gresini rider passed the Trackhouse Japanese rider, who then retaliated. On lap 11, Marini passed Miller to take fourth place, while Moreira tried to overtake the Australian, without success, on the 12th lap.
The race reached its halfway point with Acosta pressured by Márquez, who was three tenths behind on the 13th lap. On the following lap, the Ducati rider made a move, but saw his KTM rival apply the X and maintain the lead. Márquez attempted the overtake at the end of the lap and the two touched, maintaining their positions. Behind, Moreira was overtaken by Ogura and dropped to seventh.
On the 15th lap, Márquez managed to overtake Acosta, taking the lead of the race and quickly opening up a gap. On the same lap, Mir crashed while trying to get closer to Moreira, abandoning the race. A little further back, Lecuona made a mistake and saw Brad Binder and Toprak Razgatlioglu close in on the fight for eighth place.
Moreira again pressured Miller for sixth place on the 18th lap, successfully overtaking him on the following lap. Up 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 of the race, while Moreira was sixth.
With the top three separated, the battle for fourth place drew attention, with Marini defending against Ogura’s attacks on lap 23. The Japanese rider managed to overtake, but the Italian retaliated. At the same time, Quartararo retired with the Yamaha. Di Giannantonio, who returned to the race after the accident at the start and was in 13th, was noteworthy.
On the penultimate lap, Ogura managed to overtake Marini, taking fourth position. Márquez went on to win, followed by Acosta and Bagnaia. Moreira was sixth.
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