MotoGP FP1 Results Marc Marquez vs Torak Razgatlioglu at Hungarian Grand Prix

including many Jorge Martin sees Marquez as the favorite for the Hungarian GP.Although it was only the second race for the 33-year-old after returning from surgery on his shoulder. Martin, meanwhile, could only manage the 12th fastest lap time in FP1 at Balaton Park.

Marc Marquez set the fastest lap in the first practice around Balaton Park.

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia set the first benchmark lap time of 1:41.800 in FP1 at Balaton Park on Friday, despite the Italian using medium front and rear Michelin tyres. Most of the field opted to start their event with soft front tires and medium rear tires.

It didn’t take long for a minor incident to occur in FP1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, when Pramac rookie Torak Razgatlioglu hit the back of Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura. A slight misjudgment on Razgatlioglu’s braking cost the three-time World Superbike champion Ogura, and he broke a chunk out of the Japanese rider’s satellite Aprilia RS-GP.

KTM star Pedro Acosta soon began to lower the benchmark pace, first to 1:40.219 before recording 1:39.798 and even 1:39.005 in a quarter of an hour. Marc Marquez started looking for a hole around Balaton Park to climb to second place, but 0.614s shy.

Even LCR Honda rookie Diogo Moreira started to sit fourth, a 0.824s deficit to Acosta after the KTM rider’s 1:39.005. At the other end of the order, standing LCR rider Cal Crutchlow (replacing the injured Johan Zarco) struggled to find pace.

Ducati World Superbike rider Iker Lecuona stops at Gresini for Alex Marquez at the Hungarian GP. Lecuona recently used the WSBK at Balaton Park Racing to post a reasonably strong lap time.

Marc Marquez continued to ring around Balaton Park in the middle of FP1, but a small mistake on lap 15 cost the reigning champion a lap that could have moved him to first. Soon after, Marquez moved up to P1 with a 1:39.003 lap.

Marquez continued to lower the benchmark as well, and was the first rider to set a 1:38.626 with 1:29 of the quarter time remaining. Even Razgatlioglu started to show promising signs as he moved up to fourth place after being fitted with a new softer front Michelin tire.

Razgatlioglu’s effort was still a long way off Marquez’s pace, but the Pramac star was 1.152s shy of the Spaniard’s time on the V4 Yamaha M1. Unlike many Ducati, KTM and Aprilia riders, he was the only Yamaha rider to show any speed going into the closing minutes.