Marc Márquez sets the pace in Hungary and wins the third sprint of the season

BarcelonaMarc Márquez has defeated Pedro Acosta in the sprint race of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Catalan rider achieves his third victory of the season in the short race – he still hasn't managed to win a long race this year – after doing so in Brazil and Jerez. It is his first triumph after the injury he suffered a few weeks ago and which forced him to undergo surgery.

Márquez –who started first– has led at all times and has not given any option to Pedro Acosta, who finished in second position. The World Championship leader, Marco Bezzecchi, has completed a great race, has finished third and extends his distance at the top of the general classification with respect to Jorge Martín, sixth in the sprint. The Madrid rider started in eighth position.

Without suffering

The Catalan rider has once again shown his superiority riding the Ducati and has managed to have a lead of more than two seconds over Acosta. Unlike what happened in Thailand in the first race of the year, the rider from Murcia has not been able to overcome Marc Márquez, who this Sunday (2:00 PM) will be looking for his first victory of the season in a long race.

After the seventh position in the long race at Mugello, the rider from Cervera led for the thirteen laps that the sprint in Hungary lasted. Àlex Márquez has once again missed the Grand Prix after the serious fall he suffered in Catalonia. If all goes well, the younger brother of those from Cervera could return on June 19th to the Czech Republic.