Overview
- LCR confirmed Somkiat Chantra will not be replaced this weekend, leaving Johann Zarco as its sole entrant at Balaton Park.
- Aleix Espargaro arrived Thursday with severe back pain after a recent cycling crash, and LCR says he is returning to Dexeus Hospital for evaluation.
- Honda’s rider pool remains thin with test rider Takaaki Nakagami already sidelined by knee ligament damage sustained at Brno.
- KTM has drafted test rider Pol Espargaro to stand in for Maverick Vinales, who remains out with a shoulder injury after withdrawing in Austria and facing a previously stated 16‑week recovery.
- Pol Espargaro brings recent mileage at Balaton Park from a June private test and has already completed substitute outings for Tech3 this season.