Bence Válint
Bence Válint | |
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.jpg) Válint at the Red Bull Ring in 2021 | |
| Born | Bence Válint 27 November 2004 Hungary |
| Nationality |  Hungarian |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 | Ferrari Challenge World Final – Trofeo Pirelli |
Bence Válint (born 27 November 2004) is a Hungarian racing driver currently competing for Reiter Engineering in the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup.
Personal life
[edit]Válint is the son of Tibor Válint, an amateur racing driver who sporadically raced in Ferrari Challenge Europe.[1] Válint is also the younger brother of Balázs Válint, who raced against Bence in karts.[2]
Career
[edit]Válint began karting at an early age at the Hargitai Racing Club after being encouraged to do so by his father.[3] During his karting career, Válint won the Hungarian International Open Championship twice, in Micro Max in 2014 and in Mini Max in 2017.[4][5]
Following his final year of karting in 2019, Válint made his single-seater debut the following year, joining BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in the Italian F4 Championship.[6] After finishing no higher than 17th in the three races in the season-opening round at Misano,[7] Válint switched to Van Amersfoort Racing for the rest of the season.[8] In the following six rounds, Válint scored his maiden series points at Monza by finishing sixth in race one, which helped him end the year 21st in points.[9]
The following year, Válint remained with Van Amersfoort Racing to race full-time in Italian F4 and part-time in ADAC Formula 4.[10] In his second season of Italian F4, Válint scored points four times, which included a best result of fifth at Imola, as he ended the year 21st in points for the second year in a row.[11] Whereas in the ADAC F4 Championship, Válint raced in the first three rounds, taking a best result of seventh at Hockenheim in his last appearance.[12]
Válint then spent a year in Lotus Cup Europe,[13] before joining Rossocorsa to race in the 2023 Ferrari Challenge Europe season in the Trofeo Pirelli class from Misano onwards. In his first season in the series, Válint won second time out at Misano,[14] and took five more podiums to end the year third in the standings despite missing the round at Estoril.[15]
Remaining in Ferrari Challenge Europe for 2024,[16] Válint opened up the season by winning race two at Mugello and finishing second in race one to take an early points lead.[17] Válint then took six podiums in the following five rounds before taking his second and final win of the season in race one of the season-ending round at Imola before finishing third in race two to secure runner-up honours.[18] After that, Válint beat Giacomo Altoè and Luca Ludwig to win the Ferrari Challenge World Finals Trofeo Pirelli title at the same venue.[19] At the end of 2024, Válint joined Ultimate for the Sepang round of the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series in the LMP3 class.[20] On his LMP3 debut, Válint won both races from pole.[21][22]
After winning the 6 Hours of Barcelona in the Cup 1 class in early 2025, Válint joined Reiter Engineering to make his full-time debut in the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup.[23] On his series debut at Barcelona, Válint finished 10th overall and ninth in the LMP3 class,[24] before taking his maiden series podium at Le Castellet by finishing third.[25] Válint then finished eighth and fifth in the two races at Le Mans,[26] and followed that up with a sixth-place finish at Spa.[27]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Micro Max | 3rd | |
| 2015 | Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Mini Max | 7th | |
| Euro Finale – Mini Max | 9th | ||
| 2016 | Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Mini Max | 4th | |
| Euro Finale – Mini Max | 3rd | ||
| Hungarian International Open Championship – Mini Max | Hargitai Racing | 4th | |
| 2017 | Rotax Max Wintercup – Junior Max | Hargitai Racing | 15th |
| Hungarian International Open Championship – Mini Max | 1st | ||
| Hungarian International Open Championship – Junior | 26th | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max | 8th | ||
| 2018 | Hungarian International Open Championship – Junior | Hargitai Racing | 5th |
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior Max | 43rd | ||
| 2019 | Austrian Kart Championship – Rotax Senior | KMS Europe | 12th |
| FIA Central European Zone – Rotax Senior | |||
| Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy – Senior Max | 28th | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Senior Max | 21st | ||
| Sources:[28][29] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing creer summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Italian F4 Championship | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21st |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21st |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16th | ||
| 2022 | Lotus Cup Europe – Exige Cup | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 249 | 3rd | |
| 2023 | Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | Rossocorsa – Ferrari Budapest | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 103 | 3rd |
| Ferrari Challenge World Final – Trofeo Pirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2024 | Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | Ferrari Budapest – Rossocorsa | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 140 | 2nd |
| Ferrari Challenge World Final – Trofeo Pirelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| 2024-25 | Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Ultimate | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 9th |
| 2025 | 6h de Barcelona – CUP 1 | Rossocorsa Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1st |
| Le Mans Cup – LMP3 | Reiter Engineering | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36* | 8th* | |
| Sources:[30][28] | |||||||||
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | MIS 1 17 |
MIS 2 20 |
MIS 3 18 |
21st | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Van Amersfoort Racing | IMO1 1 18 |
IMO1 2 23 |
IMO1 3 Ret |
RBR 1 20 |
RBR 2 24 |
RBR 3 22 |
MUG 1 22 |
MUG 2 26 |
MUG 3 25 |
MNZ 1 6 |
MNZ 2 12 |
MNZ 3 18 |
IMO2 1 21 |
IMO2 2 Ret |
IMO2 3 20 |
VLL 1 29 |
VLL 2 C |
VLL 3 18 | ||||||
| 2021 | Van Amersfoort Racing | LEC 1 21 |
LEC 2 Ret |
LEC 3 11 |
MIS 1 29† |
MIS 2 11 |
MIS 3 Ret |
VLL 1 13 |
VLL 2 7 |
VLL 3 9 |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 5 |
IMO 3 26 |
RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 9 |
RBR 3 27 |
MUG 1 15 |
MUG 2 26† |
MUG 3 12 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 17 |
MNZ 3 26 |
21st | 20 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Van Amersfoort Racing | RBR 1 21 |
RBR 2 Ret |
RBR 3 8 |
ZAN 1 9 |
ZAN 2 11 |
ZAN 3 17 |
HOC1 1 9 |
HOC1 2 8 |
HOC1 3 7 |
SAC 1 |
SAC 2 |
SAC 3 |
HOC2 1 |
HOC2 2 |
HOC2 3 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
16th | 18 |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | Ultimate | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | SEP 1 1 |
SEP 2 1 |
DUB 1 |
DUB 2 |
ABU 1 |
ABU 2 |
9th | 52 |
Complete Le Mans Cup results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reiter Engineering | LMP3 | Ligier JS P325 | CAT 9 |
LEC 3 |
LMS 1 8 |
LMS 2 5 |
SPA 6 |
SIL 9 |
ALG |
8th* | 36* |
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External links
[edit]- Bence Válint career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website