{"id":718929,"date":"2026-06-06T12:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718929\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:06:09","slug":"motogp-hungarian-gp-marc-marquez-beats-pedro-acosta-to-claim-sensational-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718929\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP Hungarian GP: Marc Marquez beats Pedro Acosta to claim sensational pole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Marquez<\/a> outgunned pre-qualifying favourite Pedro Acosta<\/a> to claim a sensational pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

While Acosta led the majority of Q2 aboard the factory KTM, reigning world champion Marquez set two rapid laps towards the end of the session to maintain his perfect qualifying record at the Balaton Park Circuit.<\/p>\n

Fermin Aldeguer<\/a> completed the front row for Gresini, while Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> was Aprilia\u2019s top runner in sixth.<\/p>\n

At the start of the session, Acosta carried his form from Friday into qualifying, climbing to the top spot of the timesheets with a 1m37.419s before finding another two tenths on his next flying lap.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ducati suffered an early setback in Q2, with both Marquez and Fabio di Giannantonio<\/a> going down at Turn 1 within seconds of each other.<\/p>\n

However, both riders were able to remount their respective bikes and keep the engines running, with Marquez quickly moving up to second ahead of Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez.<\/p>\n

At this stage, championship leader Bezzecchi languished in eighth place, more than half a second down on Acosta.<\/p>\n

As the riders returned to the track in the final five minutes on fresh soft tyres, Acosta moved the goalposts with the first sub 1m37s lap of the day, putting more than half a second between him and the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

This appeared to give the 22-year-old a decisive advantage at the front, but Marquez managed to pull something special out of the bag, posting a time of 1m36.791s to snatch the top spot.<\/p>\n

In response, Acosta could only manage a time of 1m36.838s on his next flying lap, guaranteeing the top spot to Marquez, but the latter nevertheless improved his time to 1m36.838s to cement his grip at the front.<\/p>\n

The result marked Marquez\u2019s pole of the season after he topped qualifying in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gresini sophomore Aldeguer continued his fine form at Balaton Park to book a spot on the front row behind Acosta. Di Giannantonio qualified fourth while factory rider Francesco Bagnaia<\/a> came all the way from Q1 to qualify fifth, putting four Ducatis inside the top five.<\/p>\n

Aprilia\u2019s challenge fell flat in qualifying, with Bezzecchi ending up more than six tenths off the pace in sixth. He was closely followed by Trackhouse\u2019s Raul Fernandez<\/a> and team-mate Jorge Martin<\/a>, while Honda\u2019s Luca Marini<\/a> – who came from Q1 – even outqualified the other Trackhouse bike of Ai\u00a0Ogura<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The top 12 was completed by LCR rookie Diogo Moreira<\/a> and Pramac\u2019s Jack Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joan Mir<\/a> set the early pace in qualifying but was knocked out of provisional Q2 spots by team-mate Marini, leaving him 13th on the grid. He will be joined on the fifth row by Tech3\u2019s Enea Bastianini<\/a> and factory Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

World Superbike star Iker Lecuona<\/a> put his Gresini Ducati 16th on the grid on his return to MotoGP, with KTM\u2019s Brad Binder<\/a> ending up right behind him in 17th after crashing late on at Turn 12.<\/p>\n

Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/a> ended up 18th for Pramac, while Franco Morbidelli<\/a>\u2019s miserable weekend continued as the VR46 rider qualified 19th. Alex Rins<\/a> (Yamaha) and Maverick Vinales (Tech3) set identical times and were qualified 20th and 21st respectively, with Johann Zarco<\/a>\u2019s injury replacement Cal Crutchlow<\/a> again propping up the timesheets.<\/p>\n

Hungarian GP – Q2 results
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Hungarian GP – Q1 results
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