Moto3: Quiles Is Best Friday Afternoon At Balaton Park

Maximo Quiles led Moto3 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Balaton Park, in Hungary. Quiles used his Pirelli-shod CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM to lap the 2.53-mile (4.08 km) track in 1:46.296 to lead the field of 26 riders.

Honda Team Asia’s Veda Pratama was second-best with a time of 1:46.657.

David Almansa, piloting his Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP KTM, claimed the third and final spot on the front with a lap time of 1:46.689.

His teammate, David Muñoz got fourth with a lap time of 1:46.773.

Joel Kelso finished the practice session fifth on his GRYD Racing Honda with a time of 1:46.832.

Classification moto3 practice

More from a press release issued by MotoGP:

Quiles bounces back with Friday honours in Hungary. The Championship leader won at Balaton Park in 2025 and seeks a repeat performance.

Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) hit the front of Practice in Moto3 at Balaton Park and never looked back as he topped the opening day of action. Fast in the morning but fastest in the afternoon, his 1’46.269 saw him take top spot by more than three tenths of a second, returning from his first finish outside the top ten at Mugello with a vengeance.

Setting his lap time earlier in the session, the #28 remained unbeaten for the rest of the session, just ahead of late improver Veda Pratama (Honda Team Asia) who took top Honda honours. Fastest in FP1 and third in the afternoon, David Almansa (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) was back on track after his Mugello illness to complete the top three, just 0.032s behind the Indonesian in second.

Almansa’s teammate David Muñoz was fourth whilst Joel Kelso (GRYD – MLav Racing) was a strong and solid fifth. Casey O’Gorman (SIC58 Squadra Corse) rounded out the top six in what was an impressive showing from the Irishman. Elsewhere, Guido Pini (Leopard Racing) got into Q2 directly for the first time since we touched down in Europe whilst Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was only 13^th – but still good enough to move into Q2. Teammate and Moto3’s most-recent winner, Brian Uriarte, could only manage 18^th place, leaving him in Q1.

Moto3 Practice results from Balaton Park!