{"id":2369,"date":"2025-08-24T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/marc-marquez-wins-hungarian-motogp-for-seventh-straight-victory\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:00:42","slug":"marc-marquez-wins-hungarian-motogp-for-seventh-straight-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/marc-marquez-wins-hungarian-motogp-for-seventh-straight-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez wins Hungarian MotoGP for seventh straight victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The six-time MotoGP world champion is undefeated since June and is rapidly closing in on another riders title.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ducati\u2019s Marc Marquez has delivered a masterclass at the Balaton Park Circuit, winning the first Hungarian Grand Prix in 33 years to secure his seventh straight sprint and main race double and stretching his championship lead to a commanding 175 points.<\/p>\n

KTM\u2019s Pedro Acosta and Aprilia\u2019s Marco Bezzecchi joined Marquez on the podium on Sunday as reigning champion Jorge Martin came fourth \u2013 his best finish on the Aprilia since his return from injuries.<\/p>\n

Gresini Racing\u2019s Alex Marquez, second in the championship behind his brother, could manage only 14th place after an early fall on the opening lap.<\/p>\n

Against the picturesque backdrop of the largest lake in Central Europe, pole-sitter Marc Marquez lost the lead on lap one to drop out of the podium positions, but his tyre strategy proved decisive.<\/p>\n

Having clinched his\u00a013th sprint victory\u00a0of the season on Saturday,\u00a0Marquez\u00a0had another good launch to lead into turn one.<\/p>\n

But Bezzecchi took the lead on the next turn, as\u00a0Marquez\u00a0made contact with the Aprilia and lost speed to drop to fourth.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuckily for both of us, I was able to save the crash, and he just continued his way. But from that point, the race changed a bit,\u201d Marquez said.<\/p>\n

Bezzecchi and then-second-placed Franco Morbidelli were on soft rear tyres while Marquez was on the medium compound with the Spaniard easily climbing to second once his tyres were fully warmed up.<\/p>\n

Acosta also made a smooth overtake on Morbidelli to move up to third, but he had a gap of nearly two seconds with Marquez, who had virtually erased Bezzecchi\u2019s lead as they continually exchanged overtakes.<\/p>\n

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Aprilia Racing\u2019s Marco Bezzecchi, left, and Ducati Lenovo Team\u2019s Marc Marquez in action during the Hungarian Grand Prix [Bernadett Szabo\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marquez pounces<\/h2>\n

Marquez\u00a0patiently bided his time, staying on Bezzecchi\u2019s rear wheel. The inevitable moment came on lap 11 when he pounced, using the Aprilia\u2019s slipstream to reclaim the lead before streaking away.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw that the soft rear tyres started to drop \u2013 I was with the medium \u2013 I started to attack,\u201d he said. \u201cI had a super nice rhythm. I was flowing on the track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five laps later, Acosta attacked Bezzecchi on the same straight heading into turn one, guiding his KTM past the Aprilia on the inside and carrying that momentum into the next turn to take second.<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed the extra grip from the soft [tyre] in braking, so I risked it with the soft. But for us, maybe it was better [to use] the medium,\u201d Bezzecchi said.<\/p>\n

Although Acosta had Marquez in his sights, the six-time champion found another gear towards the end of the race and extended his lead to more than three seconds to secure the victory.<\/p>\n

However, the second-year MotoGP rider was happy with second place after destroying his bike in a qualifying crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to thank every one of them because yesterday they were working until 2am in the morning to just bring two completely new bikes for this [race],\u201d Acosta said.<\/p>\n

The Aprilia garage was all smiles when Martin, who started 16th on the grid, set a fastest lap before finishing fourth \u2013 suggesting that injury struggles are now behind him.<\/p>\n

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Marc Marquez celebrates winning the Hungarian Grand Prix with his Ducati teammates [Bernadett Szabo\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The six-time MotoGP world champion is undefeated since June and is rapidly closing in on another riders title. Ducati\u2019s Marc Marquez has delivered a masterclass at the Balaton Park Circuit, winning the first Hungarian Grand Prix in 33 years to secure his seventh straight sprint and main race double and stretching his championship lead to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}