culprits: Quartararo with a long-
lap penalty for his first offense,
and Bastianini with a double
long-lap penalty for his repeat
error.
At the front, Marquez con-
trolled the pace ahead of the
VR46
pairing, with Fabio Di
Giannantonio chasing at 1.1
seconds on lap five and Franco
Morbidelli just behind. Luca
Marini (Honda HRC Castrol)
impressed in fourth, holding off
Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini
Racing MotoGP), while Joan Mir
(Honda HRC) shadowed the pair.
Pedro Acosta's (Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing) charge ended
on lap six with a fall while duel-
ing Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing)
for
10th, capping a frustrating
day for Friday's fastest man.
From there, Marquez re-
mained unchallenged to contin-
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4TH/5TH MOTOGP
"It's a great weekend, an incredible
feeling to end the race today in fifth
after chasing Martin and Morbidelli
for all of the race," Marini said. "There
were a couple of tricky moments
during the race, but we were able
to recover from those. I am keeping
my feet on the ground, but we are
in a positive trend of improvements
across all of Honda, which is the key
point. There have been a couple
of races where we have also been
strong when there is a lot of grip, but
there's a lot of margin to improve."
MYOWNRACE
The idiotic turn-one design at Balaton
Park did what everyone feared and
created a bottleneck that Fabio
Quartararo tried to ride straight
through, clattering into Bastianini at
the Sprint race start.
ue his Sprint streak. Di Giannan-
tonio and Morbidelli sealed the
podium, Marini delivered
his
best HRC Sprint finish in fourth,
Aldeguer edged Mir for fifth, and
Bezzecchi recovered to seventh.
Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
claimed eighth, while defending
World Champion Martin secured
the final point in ninth.
MotoGP Sunday
Fabio Di Giannantonio's hopes
ended before lights out, the
third-placed rider on the grid
