MotoGP makes its debut at Balaton Park this weekend as the Hungarian Grand Prix returns to the calendar for the first time in over 30 years.
Practice coming up this afternoon at 15:00 local time.
Marc Marquez enters this weekend with a 142-point championship lead over Alex Marquez and on a six-race win streak.
The Ducati riders are the only ones to have ridden in Balaton at a track day in the summer break.
Pol Espargaro also rode here during a test in June, and is replacing the injured Maverick Vinales at Tech3 this weekend.
Somkiat Chantra was due to be replaced by Aleix Espargaro but the Spanish rider was injured himself ahead of the event and so Johann Zarco will be the only LCR Honda rider on-track this weekend.
Pit lane is open in Balaton Park and we are underway for FP1.
Marc Marquez enters this weekend with a mammoth 142-point lead in the riders' standings having won the last six grands prix and Sprints in succession.
The Spanish rider also has a strong record at new tracks, having won the first race at the Circuit of the Americas in 2013, Termas de Rio Hondo in 2014, and the Chang International Circuit in 2018.
Balaton Park makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar this weekend.
Not really any reference for lap times, but Toprak Razgatlioglu's lap records from the WorldSBK round here in July were as follows:
Pole: 1:38.357
Race: 1:39.384
Manuel Gonzalez just topped the Moto2 session on a 1:41.362.
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP practice sessions from Balaton Park in Hungary.
FP1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix is only just over 10 minutes away, set for a 10:45 local time start.
