FP2

Marc Marquez showed his speed once again at the new Balaton Park circuit, finishing as the fastest rider in FP2. He set a lap time of 1:37.355, just 0.008 seconds quicker than Pedro Acosta.

Acosta carried on his strong pace from Friday and looked like the biggest threat to Marquez. Fabio Di Giannantonio was also quick, taking third place, only a tenth behind the top two. Fermin Aldeguer and Marco Bezzecchi completed the top five.

Enea Bastianini and Joan Mir kept up their good form from the Red Bull Ring, finishing sixth and seventh. Behind them was Brad Binder in eighth, with Alex Marquez ninth, and current world champion Jorge Martin rounding out the top ten.

Just outside the top ten, Miguel Oliveira and Ai Ogura set the same lap time, but Oliveira was classified 11th ahead of Ogura in 12th. Luca Marini ended the session in 13th, while Pol Espargaro impressed again as a replacement for Maverick Vinales in 14th.

Fabio Quartararo finished 15th, just ahead of his former Yamaha teammate Franco Morbidelli in 16th. Johann Zarco had a tough session and could only manage 17th, while Francesco Bagnaia’s problems continued as he ended up 18th. Further back, Raul Fernandez was 19th, Alex Rins 20th, and Jack Miller closed the standings in 21st.

Q1

The riders taking part in Q1 at Balaton Park were: Bezzecchi, Di Giannantonio, Binder, Miller, Bagnaia, Fernández, Márquez, Zarco, Oliveira, Rins, and Ogura.

Throughout the session, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, and Di Giannantonio were constantly swapping positions at the top of the timesheets.

Then, with around seven minutes left, most of the riders returned to the pits for a tyre change, switching to the usual combination of soft rears and medium fronts. When they came back out, the fight for the top two positions heated up.

In the decisive final minutes, Bezzecchi sealed his place in Q2 with a stunning 1:36.800, the only rider to dip under 1:37. Di Giannantonio held onto second place with his 1:37.047, just ahead of Binder on identical time.

That left Binder, Miller, Bagnaia, Fernández, Márquez, Zarco, Oliveira, Rins, and Ogura out of Q2, with Ogura ending the session in eleventh, more than half a second adrift.

Q2

Sunny Q2 began with plenty of drama straght ahead. Just minutes into the session, Pedro Acosta crashed, which brought out yellow flags and ruined many riders’ first flying laps. Despite the disruption, Marc Marquez managed to push through and set the early pace.

The eight-time world champion looked confident from the start, putting in a lap of 1:36.646, the fastest time of the weekend so far. Behind him, the battle for the front row was tight, with riders shuffling positions as they searched for a clean lap.

From Q1, both Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Di Giannantonio were strong again. Bezzecchi stayed close to Marquez’s time, while Di Giannantonio also showed speed to keep himself in the mix for the front row.

As the final minutes arrived, the tension built. Marquez went even faster on his last attempt, lowering the benchmark to 1:36.518. No one else could match it, and his name stayed at the top of the timesheets as the chequered flag came out.

Bezzecchi finished second, securing another front-row start, while Di Giannantonio completed the front row in third.

Enea Bastianini was next in fourth, with Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo in fifth and sixth. Despite his early fall, Acosta recovered to seventh, just ahead of Fermin Aldeguer.

The top ten was rounded out by the two Honda factory riders, Luca Marini in ninth and Joan Mir in tenth. Alex Marquez managed 11th but will drop to 14th on the grid after his penalty for disturbing Bagnaia in practice. Pol Espargaro, replacing the injured Vinales, ended his session in the gravel after a late crash and finished 12th.

Further back, Brad Binder was unlucky not to reach Q2 after matching Di Giannantonio’s Q1 time but losing out on a tiebreaker. He starts 13th, ahead of Jack Miller in 14th and a frustrated Bagnaia in 15th.

Raul Fernandez leads row six in 16th, while reigning Champion Jorge Martin surprisingly struggled and ended up only 17th. Johann Zarco took 18th, followed by Miguel Oliveira in 19th, Alex Rins in 20th, and Ai Ogura in 21st.