Merciless Marquez Makes it Seven Straight

Spanish superstar continues rewriting the record books in Hungary as Bezzecchi takes 3 consecutive MotoGP podiums for the first time

Bright, sunny conditions greeted the field, with Fabio Quartararo carrying a long-lap penalty and Enea Bastianini facing a double long-lap for his sprint clash with Johann Zarco. Drama struck before lights out as Fabio Di Giannantonio dived into pit lane on the warm-up to swap bikes, forced to start from the pit exit.

Off the start Marc Marquez launched well but Marco Bezzecchi muscled through at Turn 2, the pair making contact as Bezzecchi took the lead and pushed Marquez to third behind Franco Morbidelli. Bastianini rocketed to fourth before tucking the front in the chicane and sliding out. Pedro Acosta inherited fourth and immediately looked a threat, while Alex Marquez crashed at Turn 1 but remounted.

Marquez, the only rider in the lead group on a medium rear, didn’t wait long before striking back. After slicing past Morbidelli he reeled in Bezzecchi with successive fastest laps, twice attacking into Turn 1 before finally making it stick with superior drive and late braking. He instantly opened daylight—three-quarters of a second, then 1.5s, then 1.8s—clocking repeated 1:37s as he pulled clear.

Acosta got by Morbidelli as well, and when Bezzecchi ran deep at the final complex, the rookie pounced into Turn 1 for second. Jorge Martin, sensational from 16th, surged into the 1:37s late and carved past Morbidelli for fourth as the laps wound down. Elsewhere it was attritional: Fermin Aldeguer was left to rue a Turn 1 tumble that put paid to his race despite fantastic pace, Jack Miller crashed twice, Zarco had a fast off at Turn 12, and Alex Marquez copied his teammate by also going down at Turn 1 and remounting

Marquez underlined his authority with another 1:37 on lap 21 of 26 and cruised home by a comfortable margin. Acosta finished a superb second ahead of Bezzecchi—who claimed his first run of three consecutive MotoGP podiums—followed by the charging Martin, then Luca Marini, Morbidelli, Pol Espargaro, Francesco Bagnaia and Quartararo after serving his penalty. On a day where a KTM, two Aprilias and a Honda filled the top five around a dominant Marc, it’s more clear than ever that Marc Marquez’s phenomenal talent is making the difference, and we may well be witnessing the best version of him there’s ever been as he closes in rapidly on his 7th premier-class title.

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