Márquez achieves 100 wins.
Marc Márquez achieves 100th Grand Prix win in Hungary, joining elite MotoGP legends.
Marc Márquez won his 100th Grand Prix across all classes at Hungary’s Balaton Park Circuit, joining Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi as the only riders to reach three-figure victories. Returning after recent right foot and shoulder surgery, the reigning MotoGP world champion produced a measured, strength-fitted performance on the circuit’s anti-clockwise layout to seize victory ahead of Pedro Acosta, with Francesco Bagnaia third. The race’s decisive chaos came at Turn 1 on the opening lap when Jorge Martín’s Aprilia locked under braking and sparked a pile-up that eliminated title leader Marco Bezzecchi and others, with Martín and Bezzecchi taken to medical checks and Martín later receiving a double long-lap penalty for the next Grand Prix. Acosta led early until around lap 10, when Márquez’s rear tyre warmed up and he began closing, setting up a late Spanish duel that ended with Márquez retaking the lead on lap 15 and then pulling away to cruise home. Ai Ogura finished fourth after late overtakes, with Luca Marini fifth and Diogo Moreira sixth as the comeback triumph both marked a personal milestone and delivered Ducati a historic 100th win.
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Marquez’s win also reshaped the championship picture: he arrived at round eight 102 points behind Marco Bezzecchi, and within about 42 minutes after Martín’s first-lap crash the gap was reported back down to 72 points with 14 rounds remaining.
Marquez framed the victory as a personal and emotional breakthrough, saying: “Super happy. Expensive win because after last year it changed everything.” He also noted he had won Saturday’s sprint from pole position before converting that into the main-race win.
The Balaton Park circuit’s characteristics were highlighted as central to Marquez’s style: it’s a 17-turn anti-clockwise layout with 10 left-handed corners, a configuration described as accentuating “outsize” Marquez strengths.
The race’s decisive sequence was described in detail: on lap 14 Marquez attacked at Turn 9, Acosta responded at Turn 10, then held firm “around the outside at Turn 15.” On lap 15, Marquez made the decisive move again at Turn 9—after which he pulled clear and posted a fastest lap of 1m38.313s on lap 20.
Medical and team-status specifics were also reported: Aprilia later confirmed Martín had bruising on his back and right foot and Bezzecchi had contusions on his right leg and hand (even though neither rider showed visible fractures). Separately, Iker Lecuona finished seventh “standing in for the injured Alex Marquez.”
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