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Jorge Martin says his Aprilia RS-GP excels with downforce, but is losing out in Balaton Park’s slow sections.
Jorge Martin believes the stop-go layout of Balaton Park has revealed a rare weakness in the 2026 Aprilia RS-GP package, where he could only manage sixth place in a challenging race where Marc Marquez tied his Sprint wins record.
Starting from eighth, Martin’s race became complicated after a mistake while trying to pass Diogo Moreira, but he eventually overtook him on lap 5, unable to make further progress due to another error at Turn 15.
Martin highlighted the struggles of Aprilia in slow stop-go corners that hinder their aerodynamic advantage, making it hard to exploit their strengths to challenge the front-runners.
Despite teammate Marco Bezzecchi finishing as the top Aprilia rider in third, Martin is 20 points behind heading into the next grand prix as they work to improve their performance for the upcoming races.
