The qualifying heats came to a close today at Karting Genk: The Home of Champions, with a total of 30 races completing the programme ahead of Sunday's decisive phase of Round 3 of the 2026 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy.

The long Friday of Round 3 of the 2026 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy continued this afternoon at Karting Genk: The Home of Champions, where 11 Qualifying Heats officially launched the race weekend. Following this morning's qualifying sessions, the opening races confirmed the strong form of several pole sitters while delivering plenty of close battles across all seven categories.

The competitive action officially got underway this morning at Karting Genk: The Home of Champions, where the opening qualifying sessions of Round 3 of the 2026 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy took place under exceptionally hot conditions.

What a sight to see at the Bahrain International Karting Circuit, as warm sunshine and blue skies from up above provided welcoming and fantastic weather for what would be a great day of celebration and action-packed racing under the floodlights for the Pre-Finals.

Intense heat and high sunshine overhead would greet the paddock this morning, in what would be a very intense and demanding schedule for everyone, as today saw the conclusion to the Qualifying Heat stages of the 2023 RMC Grand Finals.

The Bahrain International Karting Circuit welcomed back the busy paddock with open arms, in what would be a very busy day for all the drivers to really kick start the action out on track another level, with not only high sun and hot temperatures to content with, but also the efforts towards the official Qualifying Practice sessions and the first set of Qualifying Heats.