Motogp Bike Hits Tv Camera During Crash At New Track

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A circuit built for cars whitethorn not beryllium inherently safe for motorcycles. It's a truth that MotoGP confronted during its first sojourn to Balaton Park successful Hungary past weekend. The constrictive circuit, described arsenic Monaco for bikes, produced its astir melodramatic clang during qualifying connected Saturday. Pedro Acosta's KTM tumbled done a gravel trap and flipped complete nan catchfence into a TV camera. Thankfully, nan cameraman was unharmed. Series organizers, seemingly deciding nan incident was a fluke, sent nan crewmember backmost to nan aforesaid position connected Sunday.

Our cameraman, Joao, avoiding @37_pedroacosta's motorcycle effect is astir apt nan astir shocking video you'll spot today! 😮

We're truthful gladsome to spot he's ok! 🙏#HungarianGP 🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/o9SslLPDhT

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) August 23, 2025

Acosta dropped his motorcycle while pursuing KTM stablemate Enea Bastianini done Turn 8. The 21-year-old safely slid clear disconnected his motorcycle arsenic it fundamentally became a kinetic weapon. The RC16 shed parts arsenic it tumbled, but it didn't shed immoderate speed. Highlighting nan deficiency of runoff, nan motorcycle quickly reached nan inflated aerial obstruction and launched up into nan elevated camera position to deed nan camera directly. The footage simply shows Red Bull-branded bodywork hitting nan lens. Understandably, nan cameraman abandoned his instrumentality and scrambled to nan different broadside of nan platform.

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Despite nan flying bike, nan aggregate unfastened chicanes are arguably a much vulnerable facet of Balaton Park's design. If a rider went down astatine nan first apex, they and their motorcycle would descent crossed nan exit aft nan 2nd apex. They would beryllium straight successful nan way of oncoming motorcycles, the deadliest position that a fallen rider could beryllium in. Balaton Park evidently doesn't want to tie attraction to nan dangers. According to Motorsport.com, way committee personnel Gianpaolo Matteucci said aft Saturday's running:

"The connection 'unique' is 1 we are proceeding from nan riders. They each emotion challenges and it is evident our circuit has offered them this. Today, nan fans were surely entertained and I americium judge it will beryllium nan aforesaid tomorrow for nan expansive prix."

Sunday's characteristic title was a comparatively cleanable matter pinch Marc Márquez winning his seventh consecutive expansive prix, extending his lead successful nan MotoGP title conflict to 175 points complete his relative Álex. It's only a matter of clip until nan older Márquez relative seals his ninth world championship. It will besides only beryllium a matter of clip until MotoGP returns to Balaton Park. Series organizers signed a lucrative ten-year woody pinch nan Hungarian government. The statement doesn't stipulate wherever successful nan state MotoGP has to race, but nan bid has a 2026 woody pinch Balaton Park's promoters.