A circuit constructed for automobiles will not be inherently protected for bikes. It is a proven fact that MotoGP confronted throughout its first go to to Balaton Park in Hungary final weekend. The slender circuit, described as Monaco for bikes, produced its most dramatic crash throughout qualifying on Saturday. Pedro Acosta’s KTM tumbled via a gravel lure and flipped over the catchfence right into a TV digicam. Fortunately, the cameraman was unhurt. Collection organizers, seemingly deciding the incident was a fluke, despatched the crewmember again to the identical place on Sunday.
Our cameraman, Joao, avoiding @37_pedroacosta‘s bike impression might be probably the most surprising video you will see in the present day! 😮
We’re so glad to see he is okay! 🙏#HungarianGP 🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/o9SslLPDhT
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) August 23, 2025
Acosta dropped his bike whereas following KTM stablemate Enea Bastianini via Flip 8. The 21-year-old safely slid clear off his bike because it primarily grew to become a kinetic weapon. The RC16 shed components because it tumbled, but it surely did not shed any velocity. Highlighting the shortage of runoff, the bike shortly reached the inflated air fence and launched up into the elevated digicam place to hit the digicam instantly. The footage merely reveals Pink Bull-branded bodywork hitting the lens. Understandably, the cameraman deserted his tools and scrambled to the opposite aspect of the platform.
Points go far deeper than simply flying bikes
Regardless of the flying bike, the a number of open chicanes are arguably a extra harmful side of Balaton Park’s design. If a rider went down on the first apex, they and their bike would slide throughout the exit after the second apex. They’d be instantly within the path of oncoming bikes, the deadliest place {that a} fallen rider may very well be in. Balaton Park clearly would not need to draw consideration to the risks. In keeping with Motorsport.com, monitor board member Gianpaolo Matteucci mentioned after Saturday’s working:
“The phrase ‘distinctive’ is one we’re listening to from the riders. All of them love challenges and it’s apparent our circuit has provided them this. At the moment, the followers have been actually entertained and I’m certain it is going to be the identical tomorrow for the grand prix.”
Sunday’s characteristic race was a comparatively clear affair with Marc Márquez successful his seventh consecutive grand prix, extending his lead within the MotoGP title combat to 175 factors over his brother Álex. It is solely a matter of time till the older Márquez brother seals his ninth world championship. It’ll additionally solely be a matter of time till MotoGP returns to Balaton Park. Collection organizers signed a profitable ten-year cope with the Hungarian authorities. The contract would not stipulate the place within the nation MotoGP has to race, however the sequence has a 2026 cope with Balaton Park’s promoters.