Marc Marquez wins Hungarian MotoGP for seventh straight victory

The six-time MotoGP satellite champion is undefeated since June and is rapidly closing successful connected different riders title.

Ducati’s Marc Marquez has delivered a masterclass astatine the Balaton Park Circuit, winning the archetypal Hungarian Grand Prix successful 33 years to unafraid his seventh consecutive sprint and main contention treble and stretching his title pb to a commanding 175 points.

KTM’s Pedro Acosta and Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi joined Marquez connected the podium connected Sunday arsenic reigning champion Jorge Martin came 4th – his champion decorativeness connected the Aprilia since his instrumentality from injuries.

Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez, 2nd successful the title down his brother, could negociate lone 14th spot aft an aboriginal autumn connected the opening lap.

Against the picturesque backdrop of the largest water successful Central Europe, pole-sitter Marc Marquez mislaid the pb connected thigh 1 to driblet retired of the podium positions, but his tyre strategy proved decisive.

Having clinched his 13th sprint victory of the play connected Saturday, Marquez had different bully motorboat to pb into crook one.

But Bezzecchi took the pb connected the adjacent turn, as Marquez made interaction with the Aprilia and mislaid velocity to driblet to fourth.

“Luckily for some of us, I was capable to prevention the crash, and helium conscionable continued his way. But from that point, the contention changed a bit,” Marquez said.

Bezzecchi and then-second-placed Franco Morbidelli were connected brushed rear tyres portion Marquez was connected the mean compound with the Spaniard easy climbing to 2nd erstwhile his tyres were afloat warmed up.

Acosta besides made a creaseless overtake connected Morbidelli to determination up to third, but helium had a spread of astir 2 seconds with Marquez, who had virtually erased Bezzecchi’s pb arsenic they continually exchanged overtakes.

Aprilia Racing’s Marco Bezzecchi, left, and Ducati Lenovo Team’s Marc Marquez successful enactment during the Hungarian Grand Prix [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]

Marquez pounces

Marquez patiently bided his time, staying connected Bezzecchi’s rear wheel. The inevitable infinitesimal came connected thigh 11 erstwhile helium pounced, utilizing the Aprilia’s slipstream to reclaim the pb earlier streaking away.

“When I saw that the brushed rear tyres started to driblet – I was with the mean – I started to attack,” helium said. “I had a ace bully rhythm. I was flowing connected the track.”

Five laps later, Acosta attacked Bezzecchi connected the aforesaid consecutive heading into crook one, guiding his KTM past the Aprilia connected the wrong and carrying that momentum into the adjacent crook to instrumentality second.

“I needed the other grip from the brushed [tyre] successful braking, truthful I risked it with the soft. But for us, possibly it was amended [to use] the medium,” Bezzecchi said.

Although Acosta had Marquez successful his sights, the six-time champion recovered different cogwheel towards the extremity of the contention and extended his pb to much than 3 seconds to unafraid the victory.

However, the second-year MotoGP rider was blessed with 2nd spot aft destroying his motorcycle successful a qualifying crash.

“I conscionable privation to convey each 1 of them due to the fact that yesterday they were moving until 2am successful the greeting to conscionable bring 2 wholly caller bikes for this [race],” Acosta said.

The Aprilia store was each smiles erstwhile Martin, who started 16th connected the grid, acceptable a fastest thigh earlier finishing 4th – suggesting that wounded struggles are present down him.

Marc Marquez celebrates winning the Hungarian Grand Prix with his Ducati teammates [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]