Qualifying for the Moto3 Hungarian Grand Prix held at Balaton Park was not solely crammed with quick instances, but additionally with many lap cancellations and crashes. Though David Almanza was dropped from the highest of the timesheets, he bounced again and took pole place.
The Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider took pole place for the ultimate race, changing into the primary rider this season to repeat on the prime of the grid till he withdrew attributable to tonsil issues.
The KTM rider, who has totally recovered after a stint in hospital, moved into first place early within the session as Maximo Quiles was pressured out of time, however later suffered the identical destiny after taking a shortcut on the monitor. At one level there have been so many lap cancellations that solely six riders recorded a run on the monitor.
The tile challenger returned for a solo lap and returned to pole place due to a lap of 1 minute 45.686 seconds and maintained pole place.
Máximo Kress, who gained from pole place in Hungary final season, set the quickest time on Friday and set a brand new lap document after choosing up the tempo within the early FP2 session. A wierd session through which not one of the riders might choose up the tempo within the closing levels allowed Aspar to remain in second place, though his lap was 0.064 seconds slower than the lead.
Brian Uriarte, the Mugello winner who suffered his personal DQ attributable to a gas drawback in Catalunya, made full use of the Balaton Park course on his first go to, passing Q1 and setting the third finest time in Q2, however was 0.637 seconds behind Pink Bull KTM Ajo.
Valentin Perrone on his Tech3 bike set the fourth quickest time, forward of Jesus Rios. The Rivacord Snipers rookie additionally made it by means of Q1, transferring as much as fifth after an early crash on the large Flip 17. Rios additionally adopted Joel Kelso to the checkered flag, making him the highest Honda rider of the session.
One other newcomer, Rico Salmela on his Pink Bull KTM Tech 3, completed sixth, whereas Marco Morelli on his second Aspar bike completed seventh.
Adrian Cruces made it by means of Q1 and continued his momentum to take eighth place for CIP Inexperienced Energy.
After rising from final in FP1 to second in apply, he completed ninth on the Veda Pratama Rat Floor, changing into the primary rider to beat Honda Workforce Asia’s pole time by one second.
Kelso completed sixteenth to Rios’ seventeenth place, transferring up regardless of the tow and breaking into the GRYD MLav prime 10.
Adrian Fernandes was decided to run as regular regardless of being disqualified from six races after his group was deemed to have tampered with Leopard’s engine seals. Now, if the sanction is legitimate after the problem, he can be diminished to 2 engines for the remainder of the season, however the Spaniard might solely handle sufficient solo laps to complete eleventh.
Casey O’Gorman was the primary rider to fall in Q2, however returned to the monitor in twelfth place for the SIC58 Squadra Corse Workforce.
Leopard’s Guido Pini (sixteenth) additionally crashed throughout the session, as did David Muñoz. The Dynavolt rider noticed his group make very fast restore work to get him again on monitor, however with virtually one lap of the monitor remaining, he struggled to make it in time and completed with out setting a time.
Álvaro Calpe was demoted after falling behind his compatriot, and the Pink Bull-KTM Ajo rider was judged to have exceeded the monitor restrict at flip 17 on his finest run, lacking his solely lap and being demoted from 4th place.
Hungarian Moto3 official document:
Quickest lap of the race: David Munoz (2025) 1 minute 45.700 seconds
Earlier lap document: David Munoz (2025) 1 minute 45.700 seconds
New all-time lap document: Maximo Quiles (2026, FP2) 1 minute 45.148 seconds
Outdated Finest Pole: Maximo Quiles (2025) 1:46.060
New Finest Pole: David Almanza (2026, Q2) 1 minute 45.686 seconds
Q1 – Brian Uriarte made it by means of simply, however Mugello pole sitter Hakim Denmark made no progress.
Uriarte had a robust Q1 session with early laps, avoiding a tow within the ultimate seconds and advancing to Q2 with the highest time.
The rookie was joined by Jesus Rios, one other newcomer within the class, Cormac Buchanan (14th in Q2), who additionally took a small spill in Flip 1 of the session, and Adrian Cruces, who chased Joel Esteban into the highest 4.
Hakim Denmark took over pole place on the ultimate race in Italy with out Almanza, however only one week later Buchanan’s efficiency dropped him to fifth place, leaving him in nineteenth place, simply lacking out on qualifying for Q2.
At one other level after his stayout with Cruces, Esteban made a misjudgment on his ultimate run and hit the checkered flag, leaving the Degree Up – MTA rider in sixth and twentieth on the grid.
Scott Ogden (twenty second) and the Dane have been on the ultimate lap collectively, however their progress was halted once they noticed the slower Ryusei Yamanaka up entrance.
Fellow Briton Eddie O’Shea additionally misplaced tempo after Mugello Excessive and completed Q1 in seventh place (2nd) on the grid MLav.
Full qualifying outcomes may be discovered beneath.
2026 Hungary Moto3 – Qualifying Outcomes | ||||
| place | rider | nut | group | time |
| 1 | David Almanza | spa | Liquid Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | 1 minute 45.686 seconds |
| 2 | Maximo Cress | spa | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Workforce (KTM) | +0.064 seconds |
| 3 | Brian Uriarte | spa | Pink Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.637 seconds |
| 4 | Valentin Perrone | A.R.G. | Pink Bull KTM Tech 3 (KTM) | +0.685 seconds |
| 5 | Jesus Rios | spa | Rivercold Snipers Workforce (Honda) | +0.724 seconds |
| 6 | Rico Salmela | fin | Pink Bull KTM Tech 3 (KTM) | +0.798 seconds |
| 7 | Marco Morelli | A.R.G. | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Workforce (KTM) | +0.855 seconds |
| 8 | Adrian Cruces | spa | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | +0.931 seconds |
| 9 | Vedic Pratama | when | Honda Workforce Asia (Honda) | +1.159 seconds |
| 10 | Joel Kelso | out of | GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda) | +1.176 seconds |
| 11 | Adrian Fernandez | spa | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +1.176 seconds |
| 12 | Casey O’Gorman | IRL | SIC58 Racing Workforce (Honda) | +1.220 seconds |
| 13 | louche moodley | RSA | Code Motorsport (KTM) | +1.232 seconds |
| 14 | cormac buchanan | new zealand | Code Motorsport (KTM) | +1.473 seconds |
| 15 | Mateo Bertel | ITA | Degree Up – MTA (KTM) | +1.538 seconds |
| 16 | Guido Pini | ITA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +1.567 seconds |
| 17 | David Muñoz | spa | Liquid Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | I haven’t got time |
| 18 | Alvaro Calpe | spa | Pink Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | I haven’t got time |
Q1 | ||||
| 19 | Danish choose | Maru | Aeon Credit score – MT Helmet – MSI (KTM) | 1 minute 46.977 seconds |
| 20 | Joel Esteban | spa | Degree Up – MTA (KTM) | 1 minute 47.087 seconds |
| twenty one | eddie o’shea | GBR | GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda) | 1 meter 47.180 |
| twenty two | Scott Ogden | GBR | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1 meter 47.589 |
| twenty three | Ryusei Yamanaka | Japan | Aeon Credit score – MT Helmet – MSI (KTM) | 1 minute 47.639 seconds |
| twenty 4 | Zen Mitani | Japan | Honda Workforce Asia (Honda) | 1 minute 48.387 seconds |
| twenty 5 | Nicola Carraro | ITA | Rivercold Snipers Workforce (Honda) | 1 minute 48.412 seconds |
| 26 | Leo Lammerstorfer | Check goal | SIC58 Racing Workforce (Honda) | 1 minute 48.888 seconds |
