Marc Marquez also wins the Hungarian GP. Acosta and Bezzecchi make the podium.

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Marc Marquez also wins the Hungarian GP. Acosta and Bezzecchi make the podium.

Marc Marquez also wins the Hungarian GP. Acosta and Bezzecchi make the podium.

Marquez scores ten. No one breaks the bank: Marc wins every time , with his tenth point of the season (the seventh in a row), ahead of Pedro Acosta 's KTM (+4.314) and a combative Marco Bezzecchi (+7.488), on his third consecutive podium. Ducati is the new queen of Hungary : even Balaton Park sees red. The usual matador waves it, a world championship already in the bag. "Don't wake me up," Marquez comments, his eyes smiling at him. The Spaniard widens the gap with the rest of his pursuers: 455 points, +175 over his brother Alex – who crashed – and +227 over Pecco Bagnaia , ninth at the finish line.

Good performance by Bezzecchi

As if to avoid boring the crowd with his usual breakaway, Marc gave the illusion of being beaten early on, letting Bezzecchi—third on the Aprilia —and Franco Morbidelli —sixth on the Ducati VR46—pass him in the opening corners, where Marquez even collided with Bez ("I heard you behind," the Italian joked with the Spaniard post-race). But the attempt at insubordination didn't last long. After a few laps, the escapees' soft tires began to take their toll, while Marc's mediums kicked in. While Morbidelli's resistance didn't go beyond a braking point, Bezzecchi's made Marquez sweat, and after a series of overtakes and crossing trajectories, he had to spend a few laps figuring out the most effective way to regain his throne. "At the start, I touched Bez on the back, but luckily we didn't crash," the Spaniard said. “Then I was patient, the medium tyre started to work after a few laps, so I attacked.”

Bezzecchi: “Fantastic race”

The rider from Rimini was also satisfied: "A fantastic race. I gave it my all, even if I didn't have the pace to win." So much so that Marco even had to give up second place, which had been secured by the young phenomenon Acosta, who came back from seventh place after a nightmare Saturday. At the end of the race, the twenty-one-year-old Spaniard blew a kiss to the cameraman who he almost hit head-on after a crash on Saturday. The Hungarian circuit also witnessed the resurgence of world champion Jorge Martin (Aprilia), who finished fourth (starting sixteenth), making a splendid comeback on a track where overtaking is forbidden. Of course, the Spaniard also benefited from the day's many slip-ups, such as that of Enea Bastianini (starting fourth on the KTM Tech3), who suffered a serious scare on the first lap, ending up in the middle of the track. And again the immediate withdrawal of Fabio Di Giannantonio ( third in qualifying ), who, before the start, had to change bike due to some technical problems, climbing from last to fifteenth.

Bagnaia, deep red

Luca Marini (Honda) confirmed his fifth place – ahead of Morbidelli – after Saturday's great Sprint. Brad Binder 's KTM finished seventh, holding off Pol Espargaró 's KTM. The other red bike, Pecco Bagnaia 's, was ninth, having started thirteenth. The Italian rider had the feeling that more was impossible to do, as evidenced by his many braking errors: cutting a corner even cost him a long lap penalty. Fabio Quartararo 's Yamaha rounded out the top 10. Finally, it was a huge disappointment for both Gresini Ducatis: Alex Marquez crashed immediately, then moved up to fourteenth, followed shortly after by his teammate Fermin Aldeguer , who finished sixteenth.

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