The Six-Time MotoGP World Champion is Undefeated Since June and Is Rapidly Closing in On Another Riders Title.
Ducati’s Marc Marquez Has Delivered A Masterclass at The Balaton Park Circuit, Winning The First Hungary Grand Prix in 33 Years To Secure His Seventh Straight Sprint and Main Race Double and Stretching His Championship Lead to A Commander 175 Points.
KTM’s Pedro Acosta and Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi Joined Marquez on the podium on Sunday as Reigning Champion Jorge Martin Came Fourth – His Best Finish on The Aphrilia Since His His return from Injuries.
Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez, Second in the Championship Behind His Brother, Could Manage Only 14th place after an early Fall On The Opening Lap.
Against The Picturesque Backdrop of the Larest Lake in Central Europe, Pole-Sitter Marc Marquez Lost The Lead On Lap One To Drop out of the Podium Positions, But His Tyre Strategy Provd Decisive.
Having Clinched His 13th Sprint Victory of the Season on Saturday, Marquez Had Another Good Launch to Lead Into Turn One.
But Bezzecchi Took The Lead On The Next Turn, As Marquez Made Contact with the Aprilia and Lost Speed To Drop to Fourth.
“Luckily for Both of Us, I Was Able to Save The Crash, and He Just continue His Way. But From That Point, The Race Changed A Bit,” Marquez Said.
Bezzecchi and The-Second-Placed Franco Morbidelli Were On Soft Rear Tyres While Marquez was on the medium compound with the spaniard Easily Climbing to Second Once His Tyres Were Fully Warmed Up.
ACOSTA ALSO MADE A SMOOTH OVERKE ON MORBIDELLI TO MOVE UP TO THIRD, BUT HAD A GAP OF NEARLY TWO SECONDS WITH MARQUEZ, WHO HAD HAD Virtually ERASED BEZZECCHI’S LEAD AS THE CONTINUALLY EXCHANGED OVERTAKES.
Marquez Punces
Marquez Patiently Bided His Time, Staying on Bezzecchi’s Rear Wheel. The inevitable Moment Came On Lap 11 When He Pounced, Using The Prilia’s Slipstream to Relaim The Lead Before Streaking Away.
“When I Saw That the Soft Rear Tyres Started to Drop – i was with the medium – I Started to Attack,” He Said. “I had Super Nice Rhythm. I was flowing on the track.”
Five Laps Later, Acosta Attled Bezzecchi on The Same Straight Heading into Turn One, Guiding His Ktm Past The April On The Inside and Carrying That Momentum Into The Next Turn to Take Second.
“I needed the extra grip from the soft [tyre] In Braking, so i risked it with the soft. But for us, maybe it was better [to use] The Medium, ”Bezzecchi Said.
Although Acosta Had Marquez in His Sights, The Six-Time Champion Found Another Gear Towards The End of the Race and Extended His Lead to More than Three Seconds To Secure The Victory.
However, The Second-Year MotoGP Rider was Happy with Second Place A, destroying His bike in a qualifying crash.
“I Just Want To Thank Every One Of Them Becouse Yesterday they [race]”Acosta Said.
The Aprilia Garage was All Smiles When Martin, Who Started 16th On The Grid, Set A Fastest Lap Before Finishing Fourth – Suggesting That Injury Stuggles Are Now Behind Him.
