Overview

• He secured pole with a 1'36.518 in Q2, the absolute lap record for the new Balatonring circuit.
• He led lights-to-flag for his 13th sprint victory of the season, with Fabio Di Giannantonio second and Franco Morbidelli third.
• Pedro Acosta crashed on his first qualifying flyer, then fell again on lap 6 of the sprint after starting seventh.
• Fabio Quartararo ran wide at the start and collided with Marco Bezzecchi, forcing Quartararo out and dropping Bezzecchi down the order.
• The result stretches Márquez’s advantage to 152 points over Àlex Márquez and 209 over Pecco Bagnaia, with Sunday’s main race to come and Àlex carrying a three-place grid penalty.