10:23
Marquez gets his second lap in and goes second, albeit 0.2s behind Acosta. That's a solid recovery, though, from Marquez - he was on the floor five minutes ago.
Bezzecchi is back to eighth now, with Fernandez up onto the front row in third.
Pedro Acosta, 2026 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2026 MotoGP Hungary LIVE: Qualifying updates from Balaton Park as Q2 begins
Live updates from the qualifying session at the 2026 Hungarian MotoGP at Balaton Park.
Live coverage of the qualifying session at the 2026 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix from Balaton Park. Qualifying is due to start at 10:50 local time, with the Sprint coming up this afternoon at 15:00.
Key Moments
- Marquez, Di Giannantonio crash at turn one
- Bagnaia, Marini advance to Q2
- Marc Marquez fastest in FP2
Pedro Acosta comes into Saturday having been comfortably the fastest rider yesterday and the only rider to lap in the 1m36s bracket. His advantage over the field was over 0.4 seconds, enough to impress championship leader Marco Bezzecchi, although his weekend at Balaton came unravelled precisely at this point of the weekend last year, when he crashed at turn eight in qualifying.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the fastest rider behind Acosta and continued to assert himself as Ducati's strongest rider in 2026, at least while Marc Marquez is recovering his physical condition. Di Giannantonio and Marquez were among only three Ducati riders to finish Practice in the top-10, Marquez finishing seventh after topping FP1, to his surprise. The other was Fermin Aldeguer in fourth.
Just ahead of Aldeguer was the leading Aprilia of Raul Fernandez, complete with his new Trackhouse livery, just under 0.2 seconds clear of championship leader Marco Bezzecchi in sixth. Jorge Martin also made it into the top-10, as did Yamaha and Honda thanks to Jack Miller and Diogo Moreira, respectively.
Francesco Bagnaia did not make the top-10 and will be in Q1 this morning, and is also concerned about the race start due to track grip in turn one.
06 Jun 2026
10:21
Marquez has a time on the board but only P11 at the moment.
10:21
Acosta improves again to a 1m37.228s. Martin behind him goes second. Bezzecchi improves to fifth but losing massive time in the final two splits - he was equal with Acosta's time after sector two but 0.5s down at the line.
10:19
Acosta sets the early benchmark, 1m37.419s, so already faster than Bagnaia's Q1 best.
10:18
Marquez, Di Giannantonio down
Marc Marquez has gone down a turn one, Di Giannantonio follows him in as well. Not a great start for the Ducati pair.
10:15
Q2 start
Q2 is underway at Balaton as pit lane re-opens.
Marini and Bagnaia join:
- Marquez
- Di Giannantonio
- Acosta
- Bezzecchi
- Martin
- Fernandez
- Moreira
- Miller
- Aldeguer
- Ogura
10:07
Bagnaia & Marini to Q2
Bagnaia and Marini hang onto their Q2 spots at the end of Q1.
The order behind them:
- Mir
- Bastianini
- Quartararo
- Lecuona
- Binder
- Razgatlioglu
- Morbidelli
- Rins
- Vinales
- Crutchlow
10:03
Bagnaia now does displace Marini, 1m37.443s.
Marini still second for now, and there's yellow flags at turn two for a crash for Brad Binder.
10:02
Marini goes fastest. There are others coming behind him, but neither Lecuona nor Mir can better the Italian.
09:58
Everyone back in the pits now ahead of their second runs.
Bastianini and Mir holding those two Q2 spots at the moment.
09:56
Lecuona was briefly fastest but he's been move to third as Mir and then Bastianini go fastest, into the 1m37s now.
Bagnaia gets a lap in - P8 on a 1m38.4s.
09:54
Razgatlioglu with the early benchmark but a 1m38.0s won't be enough, you'd think.
09:53
Mir has also lost his first flyer, he's run on at turns nine and 10.
09:53
Bagnaia runs on at turn five on his first lap, so that's one gone for him.
09:50
Q1 start
Pit lane is open at Balaton and we are underway for Q1.
09:48
Q1
Here are your Q1 contenders:
- Quartararo
- Razgatlioglu
- Marini
- Bagnaia
- Bastianini
- Mir
- Lecuona
- Binder
- Vinales
- Morbidelli
- Rins
- Crutchlow
09:42
Balaton Park: FP2 Results
Hungarian MotoGP, Balaton Park - Saturday Practice Results
Marc Marquez, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.
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09:41
FP2 finish
The chequered flag is out in FP2 and it's Marquez who ends fastest ahead of Di Giannantonio and Acosta.
Qualifying coming up in just under 10 minutes.
09:38
Fresh soft rear tyre for Marquez and he goes back to the top by 0.136s over Di Giannantonio.
09:38
Martin was following Marquez but ran on at turn five. Earlier, when Miller ran on there, Martin ran on with him, so it seems like some difficulty stopping at the end of the back straight there.
09:36
Di Giannantonio has gone to the top of the times inn FP2 now, 0.024s ahead of Marquez.
09:26
Marc Marquez had an updated tail wing on his Ducati yesterday. Francesco Bagnaia has also adopted the new aero setup this morning as he tries to solve rear grip issues he suffered yesterday.
09:24
Marc Marquez currently leading this FP2 session by 0.160s from Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Top 10 behind them with 15 minutes to go:
- Aldeguer
- Acosta
- Fernandez
- Bezzecchi
- Ogura
- Bagnaia
- Martin
- Lecuona
09:19
Miller just has a run on at turn five. Just a trip through the gravel, no real harm done.
09:12
FP2 start
Pit lane has opened for FP2 to start in Hungary.