Doha:Spanish rider David Almansa claimed the title in the Moto3 category at the Qatar Airways Grand Prix—the 20th round of the 2026 MotoGP World Championship.
According to Qatar News Agency, the event was hosted by the Lusail International Circuit over three days, with races held under the floodlights.
Almansa, the 20-year-old rider for the Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP team, won the main race, covering 16 laps and a total distance of 86.08 kilometers, in a time of 3309.479 minutes. He finished 2.516 seconds ahead of his closest rival and fellow countryman, Adrian Fernandez of the Leopard Racing team, who took second place with a time of 3311.995 minutes.
Another Spanish rider, Maximo Quiles, riding for the CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar team, secured third place with a time of 3312.064 minutes, finishing 2.585 seconds behind the leader. Indonesian rider Veda Pratama took fourth place with a time of 3315.132 minutes, followed by Spanish Alvaro Carpe in fifth, with a time of 3315.179 minutes.
Australian rider Joel Kelso and Malaysian rider Hakim Danish finished in sixth and seventh place in the general classification, with the former clocking a time of 3315.433 minutes and the latter 3316.794 minutes, while Spanish rider David Munoz took eighth place with a time of 3320.860 minutes.
Japanese rider Ryusei Yamanaka and British rider Scott Ogden rounded out the top ten in the overall standings, finishing ninth and tenth, respectively; Yamanaka clocked a time of 3320.907, while Ogden recorded a time of 3320.944.
In the overall world championship standings, Spanish Maximo Quiles, who had already secured the world title prior to the Qatar Grand Prix, remained at the top of the riders' leaderboard with 392 points. He was followed by his compatriot David Almansa with 253 points, while another Spanish, Alvaro Carpe, held third place with 216 points.
Spanish riders continued to dominate the top five positions in the world championship's general classification, with Brian Uriarte taking fourth place with 207 points, and Adrian Fernandez securing fifth place with 177 points.