Marc Márquez crushes the entire grid at the Hungarian GP

Although it was already evident, Marc Márquez's thrashing of the other competitors this Saturday at the Hungarian GP once again underscored that his dominance in MotoGP in 2025 is overwhelming. Even insulting. In a couple of laps, the championship leader escaped hopelessly on his way to his seventh consecutive sprint victory, his thirteenth counting Sundays, after having secured a resounding pole position in the morning, his eighth of the season. The 93 rider, who continues his unbridled run towards his ninth world championship crown, was joined on the podium by Italians Fabio DiGiannantonio and Franco Morbidelli, in a great day for the VR46, Ducati's customer team. He left them two seconds behind, but it could easily have been five or six if he hadn't adjusted his pace to minimize the risks. The Bologna-based machines, equally unchallenged, now have 28 consecutive wins in the short-race format.

“Beyond the first corner, where I got scared when I heard another engine so close, I just tried to set my pace. I saw that it was enough to open a gap, and now we have to analyze the data to improve tomorrow,” noted the Cervera-born rider, as always restrained during Saturday's celebrations. Insatiable in his eternal pursuit of victory, the 93 neither seems to tire nor get bored atop the magnificent Desmosedici GP despite his overwhelming superiority on the asphalt. “The most important victory is yet to come. I was going very well, I was very comfortable, and when you have that margin, the hardest thing is staying focused to avoid making mistakes,” he conceded, unable to contain a knowing smile. The eight-time world champion, a specialist in adapting to the unknown, has won at three of the six new circuits on the calendar with him on track, and the Hungarian track would be his fourth, a record high for the category, if he finishes the job this Sunday.

In Balaton Park's debut, which largely failed to allay concerns about rider safety, the short race had little to offer beyond the start. Fabio Quartararo, starting sixth, went too fast on the Yamaha and collided with Enea Bastianini (KTM) in the first corner's bottleneck. From the chaos, both the championship leader and the two VR46 riders emerged as winners, while Marco Bezzecchi lost the most. The Italian on Aprilia started second and once again emerged as the only alternative to the premier-class leader, although despite his strong form, he finished three-tenths behind Márquez in qualifying, a world away from the short 4.08-kilometer track. In the sprint, he dropped to eighth place at the start after narrowly avoiding contact with Quartararo and then the gravel.

If the dominance of the 93 is already evident beyond compare, the difficulties of his teammate Pecco Bagnaia once again increased the feeling that the Catalan is riding in another galaxy. The three-time champion from Turin could only manage 15th in qualifying, five-tenths slower over a single lap, and then failed to score in the short race, once again the last Ducati in 13th place. It is the first time in two seasons that the Italian has been left out of the fight for the preeminent position on the grid in Q2, and the recent push by 'Bez' on the Aprilia already casts doubt on his third place in the standings. The presence of 'Diggia' in second place, with the two bikes equivalent to his at the very top, emphasized the deep hole he finds himself in.

Álex Márquez, second in the championship, continued his discomfort at Balaton Park and recorded his worst grid result of the year. From eleventh place, he managed to climb to eighth, a modest position that allows his brother to continue expanding his lead, now 152 points—four completed Grands Prix—over his closest rival. Marc's reconquest is complete, so overwhelming that it's hard to even imagine who will be able to stop him from now on, this year and in the years to come.