David Almansa
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David García Almansa (born 22 January 2006) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes for Leopard Racing Honda in the Moto3 World Championship in 2025.[1]
| David Almansa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 2006 Puertollano, Cuidad Real, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
[edit]Early Career
[edit]Almansa started racing in Spain early, winning his first championship by the age of 13. Later on, he raced in the Spanish Cuna de Campeones Moto5 championship, finishing as runner-up in 2018 before winning the title in 2019.[3]
In 2021, Almansa moved to the European Talent Cup, winning in his first weekend and finishing 11th in the championship, despite missing 2 races.[4][5] For 2022, Almansa moved up again, this time going to the FIM JuniorGP World Championship. In his first season in the category, he finished 8th, winning in the season finale.[6] In 2023, for his second season in the category, he won another race, but dropped to 9th in the championship after missing the final 2 races.[7]
Moto3 World Championship
[edit]Boé Motorsports (2022)
[edit]Almansa made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship at the last round of 2022, as a wildcard for Boé Motorsports.[8] He qualified 22nd and finished 25th, in a field of 32 bikes.[9]
CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP (2023)
[edit]Following an injury sustained by regular rider Joel Kelso, Almansa was called up to replace him for the Argentinian and Americas rounds of the 2023 Moto3 World Championship at CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP.[10][11] He would end up finishing 17th in both of his starts for the team.[12][13]
Finetwork Intact GP (2023)
[edit]Almansa made wild card apparances in the 3 Spanish rounds in the 2023 season for Finetwork Intact GP, although he would end up withdrawing from the season finale in Valencia after Free Practice One due to an injury.[14] In his 2 starts, he had a best result of 20th, coming in his first one at Jerez.[15]
Rivacold Snipers Team (2023-2024)
[edit]Due to an injury sustained by Romano Fenati, Almansa was called up to race for the Rivacold Snipers Team, racing for his 4th manufacturer in 5 starts, at the Japanese Grand Prix. He would finish 17th.[16]
Almansa would join the team full time for the 2024 Moto3 World Championship, as he attampted to make his first full season. He would miss the first three races and end up finishing 22nd, scoring 18 points with a best finish of 11th, which he achieved at the San Marino and Malaysian rounds of the season.[15]
Leopard Racing (2025)
[edit]Almansa moved to the Leopard Racing team for 2025,[17] where he found much better results than in 2024. He scored his first top 10 in Moto3 at the Buriram opener, adding more through the season, and scored his first pole position at Barcelona, scoring a second one at Sepang, where he also earned his best finish of third, after the disqualification of his teammate.[15]
Dynavolt Intact GP (2026)
[edit]On October 5, 2025, it was announced Almansa would switch to Dynavolt Intact GP for the 2026 season.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]European Talent Cup
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EST 16 | EST 1 | VAL 7 | VAL Ret | BAR Ret | ALG 9 | ARA 12 | ARA C | JER | JER | VAL Ret | VAL 5 | 11th | 56 |
FIM JuniorGP World Championship
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EST Ret | VAL Ret | VAL 10 | BAR 9 | BAR 5 | JER 11 | JER 2 | ALG 5 | SMR DNS | ARA 17 | VAL Ret | VAL 1 | 8th | 85 |
| 2023 | EST Ret | VAL Ret | VAL Ret | JER Ret | JER 1 | ALG 4 | ALG 3 | BAR 22 | BAR 2 | ARA Ret | VAL | VAL | 9th | 74 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
[edit]By season
[edit]| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | Finetwork Team Boé Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st |
| 2023 | Moto3 | CFMoto | CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
| Husqvarna | Finetwork Intact GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Honda | Rivacold Snipers Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Moto3 | Honda | Rivacold Snipers Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22nd |
| 2025 | Moto3 | Honda | Leopard Racing | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 10th |
| 2026 | Moto3 | KTM | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP | |||||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | ||||
By class
[edit]| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2022–present | 2022 Valencian Community | 2025 Malaysian | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |
| Total | 2022–present | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |||
Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | INA | ARG | AME | POR | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA | JPN | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL 25 | 41st | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Moto3 | CFMoto | POR | ARG 17 | AME 17 | 32nd | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Husqvarna | SPA 20 | FRA | ITA | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | CAT 22 | RSM | IND | VAL WD | |||||||||||||||
| Honda | JPN 17 | INA | AUS | THA | MAL | QAT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT DNS | POR | AME DNS | SPA 15 | FRA 15 | CAT Ret | ITA 21 | NED Ret | GER 20 | GBR 18 | AUT 20 | ARA 18 | RSM 11 | EMI 17 | INA Ret | JPN 12 | AUS Ret | THA 20 | MAL 11 | SLD 14 | 22nd | 18 | ||
| 2025 | Moto3 | Honda | THA 7 | ARG 6 | AME 13 | QAT 16 | SPA Ret | FRA 5 | GBR 6 | ARA 4 | ITA Ret | NED 6 | GER Ret | CZE 7 | AUT 12 | HUN 7 | CAT 4 | RSM 14 | JPN Ret | INA Ret | AUS 9 | MAL 3 | POR 21 | VAL 8 | 10th | 134 |
| 2026 | Moto3 | KTM | THA | BRA | AME | QAT | SPA | FRA | CAT | ITA | HUN | CZE | NED | GER | GBR | ARA | RSM | AUT | JPN | INA | AUS | MAL | POR | VAL |
References
[edit]- ^ "David Almansa Statistics and Results | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Riders: David Almansa". motogp.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Racing Line-up". www.macna.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "2021 FIM CEV Repsol start in a bang". www.fim-moto.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "FIM CEV Repsol". fimcevrepsol.com. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Results 2022 Championship Standing Juniorgp | JuniorGP™". FIM JuniorGP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Results 2023 Championship Standing Juniorgp | JuniorGP™". FIM JuniorGP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Almansa debutará en el Mundial con Ramón Forcada a su lado". MARCA (in Spanish). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "2022 Valencia Moto3 Grand Prix, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Race Results | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Martin, Eric (29 March 2023). "Moto3 Argentina: David Almansa will replace Joel Kelso at CFMOTO Racing PrüstelGP". Paddock GP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Martin, Eric (11 April 2023). "Moto3 Austin: The dazzling David Almansa will still be present in the USA! - GP paddock". Paddock GP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "2023 Argentina Moto3 Grand Prix, Termas - Race Results | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "2023 Americas Moto3 Grand Prix, Austin - Race Results | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Valencia Moto3: Veijer on pole in team 1-2 for Husqvarna | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "David Almansa Results | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Moto3 | Japanese GP: David Almansa on track in place of Romano Fenati". MotoGrandPrix.it - Notizie sul Motomondiale - MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, Superbike. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Moto3: David Almansa completes 2025 Leopard line-up | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Newman, Luke (5 October 2025). "David Almansa switches teams for the 2026 Moto3 season". BikeSport News. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
David García Almansa (born 22 January 2006) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes for Leopard Racing Honda in the Moto3 World Championship in 2025.[1]
| David Almansa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 2006 Puertollano, Cuidad Real, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
Early Career
Almansa started racing in Spain early, winning his first championship by the age of 13. Later on, he raced in the Spanish Cuna de Campeones Moto5 championship, finishing as runner-up in 2018 before winning the title in 2019.[3]
In 2021, Almansa moved to the European Talent Cup, winning in his first weekend and finishing 11th in the championship, despite missing 2 races.[4][5] For 2022, Almansa moved up again, this time going to the FIM JuniorGP World Championship. In his first season in the category, he finished 8th, winning in the season finale.[6] In 2023, for his second season in the category, he won another race, but dropped to 9th in the championship after missing the final 2 races.[7]
Moto3 World Championship
Boé Motorsports (2022)
Almansa made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship at the last round of 2022, as a wildcard for Boé Motorsports.[8] He qualified 22nd and finished 25th, in a field of 32 bikes.[9]
CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP (2023)
Following an injury sustained by regular rider Joel Kelso, Almansa was called up to replace him for the Argentinian and Americas rounds of the 2023 Moto3 World Championship at CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP.[10][11] He would end up finishing 17th in both of his starts for the team.[12][13]
Finetwork Intact GP (2023)
Almansa made wild card apparances in the 3 Spanish rounds in the 2023 season for Finetwork Intact GP, although he would end up withdrawing from the season finale in Valencia after Free Practice One due to an injury.[14] In his 2 starts, he had a best result of 20th, coming in his first one at Jerez.[15]
Rivacold Snipers Team (2023-2024)
Due to an injury sustained by Romano Fenati, Almansa was called up to race for the Rivacold Snipers Team, racing for his 4th manufacturer in 5 starts, at the Japanese Grand Prix. He would finish 17th.[16]
Almansa would join the team full time for the 2024 Moto3 World Championship, as he attampted to make his first full season. He would miss the first three races and end up finishing 22nd, scoring 18 points with a best finish of 11th, which he achieved at the San Marino and Malaysian rounds of the season.[15]
Leopard Racing (2025)
Almansa moved to the Leopard Racing team for 2025,[17] where he found much better results than in 2024. He scored his first top 10 in Moto3 at the Buriram opener, adding more through the season, and scored his first pole position at Barcelona, scoring a second one at Sepang, where he also earned his best finish of third, after the disqualification of his teammate.[15]
Dynavolt Intact GP (2026)
On October 5, 2025, it was announced Almansa would switch to Dynavolt Intact GP for the 2026 season.[18]
Career statistics
European Talent Cup
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EST 16 | EST 1 | VAL 7 | VAL Ret | BAR Ret | ALG 9 | ARA 12 | ARA C | JER | JER | VAL Ret | VAL 5 | 11th | 56 |
FIM JuniorGP World Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EST Ret | VAL Ret | VAL 10 | BAR 9 | BAR 5 | JER 11 | JER 2 | ALG 5 | SMR DNS | ARA 17 | VAL Ret | VAL 1 | 8th | 85 |
| 2023 | EST Ret | VAL Ret | VAL Ret | JER Ret | JER 1 | ALG 4 | ALG 3 | BAR 22 | BAR 2 | ARA Ret | VAL | VAL | 9th | 74 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | Finetwork Team Boé Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st |
| 2023 | Moto3 | CFMoto | CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
| Husqvarna | Finetwork Intact GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Honda | Rivacold Snipers Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Moto3 | Honda | Rivacold Snipers Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22nd |
| 2025 | Moto3 | Honda | Leopard Racing | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 10th |
| 2026 | Moto3 | KTM | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP | |||||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | ||||
By class
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2022–present | 2022 Valencian Community | 2025 Malaysian | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |
| Total | 2022–present | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |||
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | INA | ARG | AME | POR | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA | JPN | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL 25 | 41st | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Moto3 | CFMoto | POR | ARG 17 | AME 17 | 32nd | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Husqvarna | SPA 20 | FRA | ITA | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | CAT 22 | RSM | IND | VAL WD | |||||||||||||||
| Honda | JPN 17 | INA | AUS | THA | MAL | QAT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT DNS | POR | AME DNS | SPA 15 | FRA 15 | CAT Ret | ITA 21 | NED Ret | GER 20 | GBR 18 | AUT 20 | ARA 18 | RSM 11 | EMI 17 | INA Ret | JPN 12 | AUS Ret | THA 20 | MAL 11 | SLD 14 | 22nd | 18 | ||
| 2025 | Moto3 | Honda | THA 7 | ARG 6 | AME 13 | QAT 16 | SPA Ret | FRA 5 | GBR 6 | ARA 4 | ITA Ret | NED 6 | GER Ret | CZE 7 | AUT 12 | HUN 7 | CAT 4 | RSM 14 | JPN Ret | INA Ret | AUS 9 | MAL 3 | POR 21 | VAL 8 | 10th | 134 |
| 2026 | Moto3 | KTM | THA | BRA | AME | QAT | SPA | FRA | CAT | ITA | HUN | CZE | NED | GER | GBR | ARA | RSM | AUT | JPN | INA | AUS | MAL | POR | VAL |
References
- ^ "David Almansa Statistics and Results | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Riders: David Almansa". motogp.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Racing Line-up". www.macna.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "2021 FIM CEV Repsol start in a bang". www.fim-moto.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "FIM CEV Repsol". fimcevrepsol.com. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Results 2022 Championship Standing Juniorgp | JuniorGP™". FIM JuniorGP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Results 2023 Championship Standing Juniorgp | JuniorGP™". FIM JuniorGP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Almansa debutará en el Mundial con Ramón Forcada a su lado". MARCA (in Spanish). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "2022 Valencia Moto3 Grand Prix, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Race Results | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Martin, Eric (29 March 2023). "Moto3 Argentina: David Almansa will replace Joel Kelso at CFMOTO Racing PrüstelGP". Paddock GP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Martin, Eric (11 April 2023). "Moto3 Austin: The dazzling David Almansa will still be present in the USA! - GP paddock". Paddock GP. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "2023 Argentina Moto3 Grand Prix, Termas - Race Results | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "2023 Americas Moto3 Grand Prix, Austin - Race Results | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Valencia Moto3: Veijer on pole in team 1-2 for Husqvarna | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "David Almansa Results | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Moto3 | Japanese GP: David Almansa on track in place of Romano Fenati". MotoGrandPrix.it - Notizie sul Motomondiale - MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, Superbike. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Moto3: David Almansa completes 2025 Leopard line-up | Crash.net". www.crash.net. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Newman, Luke (5 October 2025). "David Almansa switches teams for the 2026 Moto3 season". BikeSport News. Retrieved 21 October 2025.