Overview

• The Hungarian Grand Prix runs this weekend at Balaton Park, MotoGP’s first visit to the country in 33 years and the 75th circuit to host a World Championship race.
• Balaton Park measures just over 4 km with a pronounced bias to left-handers, though reports differ on whether it features 16 or 17 corners.
• Ducati conducted a private familiarization day on Panigale V4 machinery, with Pecco Bagnaia setting the quickest lap while Marc Márquez downplayed any lasting advantage.
• Championship leader Marc Márquez arrives on 418 points, as Bagnaia targets the runner-up spot in a fight that currently favors Álex Márquez by 55 points and sits 197 behind the leader.
• Pol Espargaró steps in for Maverick Viñales, while Aleix Espargaró is out with an L3 vertebra injury from a training crash, and in-form youngsters Fermín Aldeguer and Pedro Acosta look to build on recent results.