It was all about Marc Marquez on Saturday at the Balaton Park Circuit, with the six-time world champion winning the MotoGP Sprint from pole position. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo delivers some key facts and numbers from the Balaton Park Circuit.

Eight - Saturday's qualifying session saw Marc Marquez secure his eighth pole position of the season. The Spaniard set the benchmark in the opening four qualifying sessions of the year before Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo went on to fly to pole position in three successive sessions.

Marquez then bounced back at Aragon and Mugello before the Yamaha man shocked his rivals Assen, taking his fourth pole position in 2025.

The six-time World champion set the timing screens alight on one of his favourite venues, at the Sachenring before Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi claimed pole at Brno and at the Red Bull Ring, respectively. However, Marquez was undeniable today at the Balaton Park Circuit again, securing his eighth pole position of the season and his 74th career pole position.

Negative spiral - Following his brilliant start to the season, Alex Marquez find himself in a bit of a negative spiral in the past few weeks. The Spaniard qualified today 11th which was his worst quaifying result since he was also 11th at the last season's Solidarity Grand Prix at Valencia.

To make things even worse, the Gresini Ducati rider will serve a three-place grid penalty for having impeded Francesco Bagnaia in Friday's Practice.

22 months Having qualified only 15th, it was the first time since the 2023 Indonesian Grand Prix that Francesco Bagnaia failed to join Q2.

Sprint

Thirteen - Marc Marquez claimed his 13rd sprint victory at today's Balaton MotoGP Sprint. The Spaniard only lost a sprint win at Silverstone where his brother Alex Marquez came out victorious, securing his second sprint trumph after the 2023 Malaysian Grand Prix.

28th - Today was not only a great day for Márquez, but it was a brilliant day for his team, Ducati as well. The Spaniard's seventh consecutive sprint victory was the 28th consecutive Saturday's win for the Borgo Panigale manufacturer.

2.095s- That was the margin between sprint winner Marc Marquez and second-placed Fabio Di Giannantonio. Completing a successful day for the VR46 outfit, Franco Morbidelli crossed the finish line 3.595s behind the six-time world champion.

16 points - Valentino Rossi's outfit collected a total of 16 points in the Balaton MotoGP Sprint which made the Italian outfit the most successful in the 13-lap race. Marquez collected 12 points, but that was the only points gain for the Ducati factory team as his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia finished outside the points.

1.376s - Although Marc Marquez's victory was never in doubt, there was a close fight behind him. Recording his best finish with Japanese marque, Luca Marini ended up fourth, but seventh- placed Marco Bezzecchi was only 1.376s adrift of the Honda man.

Braking stability - Having struggled for consistent results since the start of the season, Francesco Bagnaia opened up on his persistent issues with the Desmosedici GP25. The two-time MotoGP champion conceded that his main issue is braking stability which used to be one of his strenghts in past seasons.

"I knew I would struggle here as this is a circuit that features all the types of corners where we have struggles so far this year, meaning that those that require heavy braking, leaning while still braking, and then turning the bike in the last part of the corner," noted the Italian.

Finally - Following a disappointing first half of the season, Honda look to have found their form at the tight Balaton Park Circuit.

Luca Marini and Joan Mir finished fourth and sixth in the sprint race, respectively which marked the first time that the Japanese manufacturer had two riders in the top six in a Sprint.

Leading force - Despite a so far tough weekend for Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia at the Balaton Park Circuit, they still cling on to second and third place in the drivers' standings.

However, Marc Marquez's lead has increased even more, with the gap to his second-placed brother having grown to 152 points. It means that Marc Marquez would still lead the standings if he missed four race weekends and his brother Alex won the Sprint and the Grand Prix on in all those rounds.