2025 Hungarian MotoGP, Balaton Park - Friday Practice Results

Friday practice results from the 2025 Hungarian MotoGP at Balaton Park, round 14 of 22.

Updated: 22 Aug 2025

2025 Hungarian MotoGP, Balaton Park - Practice Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	1'37.061s	19/22	307k
2	Marc Marquez	SPA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)	+0.006s	25/25	303k
3	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.281s	22/24	303k
4	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*	+0.314s	22/24	302k
5	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+0.354s	21/23	304k
6	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)	+0.368s	24/26	303k
7	Joan Mir	SPA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+0.385s	28/28	305k
8	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+0.483s	22/24	305k
9	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+0.527s	24/24	303k
10	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.610s	22/24	300k
11	Jorge Martin	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+0.611s	23/25	305k
12	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+0.693s	25/25	305k
13	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+0.724s	24/24	302k
14	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)	+0.728s	23/23	306k
15	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.815s	26/26	307k
16	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*	+0.952s	24/26	303k
17	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.961s	23/25	303k
18	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.011s	25/25	305k
19	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+1.181s	20/25	304k
20	Johann Zarco	FRA	Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V)	+1.227s	22/24	302k
21	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.318s	21/25	301k

* Rookie

Balaton Park MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 37.956s (FP1)

Pedro Acosta puts KTM on top of the Friday practice timesheets for the 2025 Hungarian MotoGP at Balaton Park, despite a late highside.

The Spaniard kept Marc Marquez at bay by just 0.006s after the accident, with Gresini riders Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer third and fourth.

Enea Bastianini made it two KTMs in the top five with Franco Morbidelli (VR46), Joan Mir (Honda), Tech3 super-sub Pol Espargaro, HRC's Luca Marini and Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo claiming the final top ten places for direct Qualifying 2 access.

FP1 leader Marquez spent the early stages of Practice behind Aldeguer on the timesheets, his nearest rival last Sunday in Austria.

However, Marquez was using medium tyres, while Aldeguer began on a soft rear.

Acosta took to the top during the middle stages, before Aldeguer, having switched to a new medium, beat Marquez’s morning time with the best lap of the weekend so far.

Tech3’s Bastianini (new soft rear) joined Aldeguer in the 1m 37s, before Marquez struck back with a ‘37.753s… while using a 17-lap old medium rear.

Acosta, Morbidelli, Alex Marquez and Martin were the other riders inside the top ten with old tyres.

Time attacks then saw Acosta surge 0.464s clear with ten minutes remaining.

A nasty highside for the young Spaniard on his final run, combined with an accident for Johann Zarco, caused a flurry of cancelled laps for yellow flags.

That included Marc Marquez, who climbed from sixth to second before his time was deleted. But the factory Ducati title leader returned to second on his final lap, just 0.006s behind Acosta.

Quartararo, as low as 20th at one stage, pulled out a mid-1m 37 to snatch the final top ten place – at Jorge Martin’s expense.

Marquez’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, just 15th this morning, again languished towards the bottom of the timesheets for most of the afternoon, his GP25 bucking visibly under braking.

Bagnaia and Jack Miller were then angry at catching a slow-moving Alex Marquez during one of their time attacks.

Marquez seemed to back off due to Pol Espargaro slowing ahead of him. The incident has been put under investigation by the FIM Stewards.

Bagnaia couldn’t improve in the final minutes and was left 14th, with Miller 17th.

2025 Hungarian MotoGP, Balaton Park - Free Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Marc Marquez	SPA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)	1'37.956s	20/22	307k
2	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+0.277s	21/21	305k
3	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.570s	19/21	303k
4	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+0.704s	17/21	303k
5	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.727s	20/22	302k
6	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+0.775s	20/22	303k
7	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)	+0.838s	19/19	298k
8	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+0.892s	16/23	303k
9	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*	+0.892s	19/21	301k
10	Jorge Martin	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+1.039s	18/19	303k
11	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.057s	20/21	299k
12	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+1.136s	13/20	300k
13	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.292s	13/21	302k
14	Johann Zarco	FRA	Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V)	+1.350s	23/23	299k
15	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)	+1.383s	20/21	305k
16	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+1.453s	15/20	300k
17	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*	+1.625s	23/24	300k
18	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.668s	20/21	303k
19	Joan Mir	SPA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+1.714s	22/23	302k
20	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.931s	16/22	299k
21	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+2.210s	22/23	302k

* Rookie

Balaton Park WSBK Records:

Best lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, BMW, 1m 38.357s (2025)

Marc Marquez heads the timesheets during MotoGP’s first official track session at Balaton Park in Hungary.

The title leader, winner of the last 12 races in a row, moved to the top in the middle stages of an interrupted session, finishing with a 0.277s advantage over nearest rival Pol Espargaro (on a new set of tyres).

Marc Marquez's best lap was a 1m 37.956s, already under the WorldSBK pole record.

Espargaro, replacing the injured Maverick Vinales at Tech3, is the only rider with prior MotoGP experience of the track, from a private test - alongside Yamaha, Ducati, Honda and Aprilia test riders - in June.

Pedro Acosta, Luca Marini, Alex Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi completed the top six in FP1, while Marquez’s struggling team-mate Francesco Bagnaia was only 15th.

A nightmare five minutes for Aprilia saw reigning world champion Jorge Martin suffer a huge engine blow-up on the main straight, with Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez suffering the same fate into Turn 5 shortly after.

Oil dropped by Fernandez’s RS-GP forced red flags for a track clean-up.

Marquez moved to the top after the session restarted, pushing his advantage to 0.638s over Pol Espargaro during the middle stages.

Meanwhile, VR46’s Franco Morbidelli became the first faller of the weekend at Turn 1… Then the second, after crashing again at Turn 15.

Pramac Yamaha's Jack Miller later crashed at Turn 12 in the final minute, on his way to 13th.

Luca Marini, reportedly using a new chassis this morning, briefly featured in second for HRC. Acosta and then Espargaro responded, while Marquez set the first 1m 37s lap of the weekend.

Marquez and Acosta were the only riders in the top six to finish the session on old tyres.

Top Speed

The tight layout meant the top speed this morning (by Marc Marquez) was 306.8km/h, exactly matching the weekend best (by Bagnaia) at Germany’s Sachsenring.

MotoGP is making its debut at Balaton Park for the first Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix since 1992.

However, the six Ducati MotoGP riders spent a day on a Panigale Superbike learning the track during the summer break.

HRC test rider Aleix Espargaro was due to replace injured rookie Somkiat Chantra at LCR this weekend. Unfortunately, Espargaro was declared unfit on Thursday due to a back injury from a recent bicycle accident.