David Almansa

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	(2006-01-22) 22 January 2006 (age 19) Puertollano, Cuidad Real, Spain[2]
Current team	Leopard Racing Honda
Bike number	22
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2022– Manufacturers KTM (2022) CFMoto (2023) Husqvarna (2023) Honda (2023–2025) 2024 championship position 22nd (18 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 44 0 1 2 0 144

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	21	0	1	2	0	126*	11th*
Total				44	0	1	2	0	144

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		44	0	1	2	0	144	0
Total	2022–present				44	0	1	2	0	144	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	11th*	126*

* Season still in progress.

References

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