MotoGP Hungarian GP: Marquez outduels Acosta to win, Aprilia duo collide

Marc Marquez beat Pedro Acosta in an epic duel to claim an emphatic MotoGP victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Aprilia duo Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi collided at the start.

After losing the race lead early on, Marquez set a series of fast laps to close the gap back to Acosta, passing the KTM rival just after the midway point to claim a double win at Balaton Park Circuit.

The result also marked the Ducati rider’s first grand prix win of 2026, just a month after he underwent a double surgery to address a shoulder injury and the lingering problems on his right shoulder.

Francesco Bagnaia joined his team-mate on the podium, while Ai Ogura was the only Aprilia rider to score points on a horrible day for the Noale factory.

At the start of the race, 2024 champion Martin lost his Aprilia under braking for Turn 1 and crashed into his team-mate Bezzecchi, who in turn, tagged the bikes of Fermin Aldeguer, Raul Fernandez and Fabio di Giannantonio.

Only di Giannantonio was able to remount his bike, with the three Aprilias and Gresini's Aldeguer taken out of the race on the spot. This was the second such incident between the two factory Aprilias, after Martin triggered a similar crash in last year’s Motegi sprint.

Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing Team, Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Racing, Fermin Aldeguer, Gresini Racing, Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Racing

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With several frontrunners knocked out from contention, Marquez and Acosta quickly broke away from the front. Bagnaia also took advantage of the situation to climb up to third, while some of the other big gainers were Jack Miller (Pramac) and Luca Marini (Honda), who suddenly found themselves in fourth and fifth respectively.

At the front, Acosta began piling pressure on Marquez, eager to prevent a repeat of Saturday’s sprint when the reigning world champion checked out in the opening three laps.

Following him closely in the first sector, Acosta sent his KTM up the inside into Turn 5, making the move stick to grab the lead of the race. Once in front, Acosta stretched out a lead of over a second by lap five of 23, but Marquez closed the gap back down to three tenths at the halfway point.

The battle between the two intensified on lap 14 when Marquez completed a move into the Turn 9-10 chicane, only for Acosta to repass him into Turn 12. 

Marquez attempted yet another pass into the final corner but the two riders made contact, with Acosta hanging on to the lead.

On the following tour, Marquez again repeated his pass into the chicane, but got a much better exit this time to eliminate any chance of a counter attack.

The nine-time world champion eventually took the chequered flag by 1.3s, securing a first grand prix win since last September’s San Marino GP - the 100th world championship win of his career.

Marc Marquez, Ducati Team

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Acosta had no answer to Marquez's pace but bagged a solid haul of points in second, while Bagnaia finished five seconds adrift in third to claim his third consecutive podium.

The best-of-the-rest spot went to Trackhouse rider Ogura, who climbed from 11th on the opening lap to finish fourth, passing Honda rider Marini on the penultimate tour.

LCR rookie Diogo Moreira claimed a solid sixth place, while Iker Lecuona’s promising MotoGP return continued as he grabbed seventh for Gresini.

Miller held on to eighth on his underpowered Yamaha, ahead of the KTMs of Enea Bastianini and Brad Binder. 

Tech3 rider Bastianini was fighting with Joan Mir for seventh, but picked up a long-lap penalty when he ran wide at Turn 1 and side-swiped the Honda as he returned to the racing line. 

Meanwhile, Toprak Razgatlioglu finished 11th for Pramac, while di Giannantonio recovered from the opening lap melee to finish 12th ahead of Yamaha's Alex Rins and VR46 team-mate Franco Morbidelli. 

Tech3’s Maverick Vinales picked up the final point in 15th, while substitute rider Cal Crutchlow was 16th and last of the classified finishers.

Joan Mir joined the list of retirees when he crashed at Turn 11 on lap 15, while Fabio Quartararo also suffered a DNF after pulling into the pits for unknown reasons.

MotoGP Hungarian GP results

RACE

All Stats

 

Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93		Ducati	26	42'55.325				25
2	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37		KTM	26	+1.343 42'56.668	1.343			20
3	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63		Ducati	26	+11.632 43'06.957	10.289			16
4	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79		Aprilia	26	+15.539 43'10.864	3.907			13
5	L. Marini Honda HRC	10		Honda	26	+18.669 43'13.994	3.130			11
6	D. Moreira Team LCR	11		Honda	26	+21.794 43'17.119	3.125			10
7	I. Lecuona Gresini Racing	27		Ducati	26	+22.815 43'18.140	1.021			9
8	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43		Yamaha	26	+23.283 43'18.608	0.468			8
9	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23		KTM	26	+24.491 43'19.816	1.208			7
10	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33		KTM	26	+24.601 43'19.926	0.110			6
11	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7		Yamaha	26	+25.135 43'20.460	0.534			5
12	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49		Ducati	26	+28.386 43'23.711	3.251			4
13	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42		Yamaha	26	+29.207 43'24.532	0.821			3
14	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21		Ducati	26	+31.333 43'26.658	2.126			2
15	M. Viñales Tech 3	12		KTM	26	+32.536 43'27.861	1.203			1
16	C. Crutchlow Team LCR	35		Honda	26	+54.604 43'49.929	22.068
dnf	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20		Yamaha	22	+4 Laps 37'33.951	4 Laps		Accident
dnf	J. Mir Honda HRC	36		Honda	14	+12 Laps 24'15.254	8 Laps		Accident
dnf	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54		Ducati	0	+26 Laps 3.485	14 Laps		Accident
dnf	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72		Aprilia	0	+26 Laps 3.672	0.187		Accident
dnf	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25		Aprilia	0	+26 Laps 3.740	0.068		Accident
dnf	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89		Aprilia	0	+26 Laps 3.851	0.111		Accident
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