Starting grid for 2025 Hungarian MotoGP after two penalties

The starting grid for the 2025 Hungarian MotoGP at Balaton Park.

23 Aug 2025

Alex Marquez, 2025 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Here is the starting grid for the 2025 Hungarian MotoGP at Balaton Park.

2025 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix \| Starting Grid \| Race
Pos	Rider	Nat.	Team	Bike
1	Marc Marquez	ESP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP25
2	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina Endurance VR46 Racing Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP25
4	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM RC16
5	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina Endurance VR46 Racing Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP24
6	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1
7	Pedro Acosta	ESP	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16
8	Fermin Aldeguer	ESP	BK8 Gresini Racing	Ducati Desmosedici GP24
9	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda RC213V
10	Joan Mir	ESP	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda RC213V
11	Pol Espargaro	ESP	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM RC16
12	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16
13	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP25
14	Alex Marquez	ESP	BK8 Gresini Racing	Ducati Desmosedici GP24
15	Raul Fernandez	ESP	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
16	Jorge Martin	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
17	Jack Miller	AUS	Prima Pramac Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1
18	Johann Zarco	FRA	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda RC213V
19	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Prima Pramac Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1
20	Alex Rins	ESP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1
21	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia RS-GP

Marc Marquez starts from pole position for the eighth time this season at Balaton after being quickest by 0.290 seconds over Marco Bezzecchi in Q2.

Bezzecchi claimed his second front row in as many weeks having come through Q1, and despite setting only one lap in Q2 having made mistakes in his early attempts.

Fabio Di Giannantonio also came through Q1 and made it onto the front row.

Enea Bastianini was the only rider to lap in the 1:36s and not make it onto the front row. He starts as the best KTM in fourth, a position almost identical to that he held on the grid in Austria when he was the best KTM in fifth.

Franco Morbidelli starts from the middle of the second row ahead of Fabio Quartararo, who was the only Yamaha rider in Q2 and starts sixth for Sunday’s grand prix.

Pedro Acosta starts seventh for the second week in succession after crashing his number one bike at turn eight on his opening lap of Q2.

Fermin Aldeguer and Luca Marini complete the third row in Balaton, Marini being the fastest Honda rider in qualifying.

Joan Mir heads up row four, from Pol Espargaro and Brad Binder.

Binder narrowly missed out on a Q2 spot when he was knocked out by Fabio Di Giannantonio in Q1. The Italian set an identical time to Binder in Q1 but his second-best time was faster than the South African’s which gave him the nod and the spot to advance to Q2.

Binder and Espargaro are the first two riders to benefit from Alex Marquez’s grid penalty. The Gresini Racing rider qualified 11th but will start 14th for Sunday’s race as a result of a three-place grid penalty he was handed for riding slowly on the racing line in Practice.

Francesco Bagnaia also benefits from Marquez’s penalty. He qualified 15th, behind Jack Miller in 14th, but Miller received the same penalty as Marquez in Practice and so will start 17th.

Bagnaia qualified 15th, but the jump he gets from Miller’s penalty puts him 14th, which then allows him to benefit from Marquez’s penalty and start 13th.

Marquez and Miller's penalties do not apply to the Sprint and they will start 11th and 14th, respectively.

Starting 15th in Bagnaia’s stead is Raul Fernandez, while Jorge Martin will head up row six in 16th.

Jack Miller is 17th, and then Johann Zarco completes the sixth row in 18th.

Miguel Oliveira, Alex Rins, and Ai Ogura complete the grid on row seven.