Having prolonged his profitable streak to seven, six-time MotoGP champion Marc Márquez has revealed that the quick warm-up session on Sunday morning helped him pick the perfect tyre compound for the 26-lap Balaton race.
After a coming along with Marco Bezzecchi firstly, Márquez recovered to second place with 22 laps to go, earlier than taking the lead on lap 11.
From then on, the Spaniard managed the hole till the chequered flag, finally crossing the road with greater than 4 seconds in hand over the runner-up, Pedro Acosta.
Reflecting on the beginning, Márquez stated: “I used to be fortunate to not crash after the approaching along with Bezzecchi: I wasn’t anticipating him to decelerate that a lot at flip two and I bumped into him.
“My mistake. I misplaced one place and from there my race had a brand new begin: I stayed affected person, realizing I had the medium tyre on my aspect. I bought it as much as the proper temperature after which I began pushing.”
Pressed on why he elected to run the medium tyre, the Ducati rider revealed that the quick warm-up session on Sunday morning confirmed him that he ought to decide in opposition to the mushy tyres.
“The tyre selection actually made the distinction, as this morning I realised that with the medium I used to be in a position to lap on the similar tempo because the others on the mushy. I knew that because the race went on, I’d be capable to maintain the identical rhythm.”
#PB63: “It went properly. Originally it took me a short while to search out the sensation, however then it saved bettering lap after lap. Within the last laps I attempted to overhaul Pol after tailing him for thus lengthy”. pic.twitter.com/8vTClyQc0O
— Ducati Corse (@ducaticorse) August 24, 2025
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