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 - 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.