As the track action heated up throughout the day, times dropped as a total of five Non-Qualifying Practice sessions have now concluded for each category. Tomorrow brings a new day, a single Non-Qualifying Practice for each driver before Qualifying Practice sets the grids for the first wheel-to-wheel action of the week. With no delay, Heat 1 for all classes will round out Wednesday's on-track competition, as drivers look forward to the chance to become a Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals Champion later in the week.
A special highlight today was when the Rotax E10 E-Kart joined the Mini MAX NQ-Practice again, running right in the mix and showcasing its capability with 15 minutes of solid performance and still 40 % battery level remaining. This impressive performance gives a taste of what’s ahead – we can’t wait to see the E10 becoming a fixed category at the 2026 RMC Grand Finals, and racing throughout the 2026 season in selected RMC events. Interested drivers should contact their local Rotax distributor for more information about upcoming opportunities to earn the tickets.
More details and insights from today’s sessions can be found in the race report below.
Non-Qualifying Practice
Micro MAX
The fourth Non-Qualifying practice for the Micro MAX drivers was led by Charlie Page (Great Britain), who was more than a tenth-and-a-half clear of Agustin Perchivatti (Argentina) at the end of the ten-minute session. Fellow Brit Benediktas Masiokas was third on the time sheets with Jan Wozniak from Poland ahead of Kyrgyzstan’s Lev Khovanskii.
Great Britain controlled Micro MAX Non-Qualifying Practice 4, sweeping the top-three positions led by Pahal Dhian Singh, Charlie Page, and Albert Pharoah as the top-three were separated by .140. UAE’s Benjamin Karajkovic was fourth on the time sheets ahead of Lithuania’s Emilis Capkauskas.
Mini MAX
It was Mik Klinkers from The Netherlands who led the way in Mini MAX Non-Qualifying Practice 4 as he rocketed his way to the top of the time charts with a lap time of 58.635. Behind him, Great Britain’s Arthur Pharoah was second, just ahead of India’s Rivaan Dev Preetham. Team Japan made another appearance in the top-five courtesy of Kaito Lloyd in the fourth position, and Isaac Yoon from Korea was fifth at the session's conclusion.
Team Great Britain took control of Non-Qualifying Practice 4 for the even-numbered Mini MAX drivers, securing positions one, two, four, and five at the end of the ten-minute session. Leading the way was Joshua Cooke, as Emerson Macandrew-Uren followed closely behind in second. Tom Read was fourth on the charts, ahead of Alfie Ward, with Finn Albert Jorgensen from Denmark sandwiched in the middle in P3.
Flexing his muscles on the day, Mik Klinkers led the second consecutive odd-numbered Mini MAX session of the day, just ahead of Alfie Mair (Great Britain). German driver Julian Duemmer slotted into the third position with Yopon making a second appearance inside the top-five, this time in fourth. Great Britain put a pair of drivers inside the top-five with Riley Murro in fifth.
Again, it was Great Britain's domination of the top-four in even-numbered Non-Qualifying Practice 5 with Joshua Cooke at the helm, .017 ahead of countryman Lucien Smith. Alfie Ward slotted himself into the third position with Tom Read in fourth. The only non-Brit inside the top-five was Team Canada’s Christian Sanguinetti in fifth.
Junior MAX
It was Great Britain who led the way in Junior MAX Non-Qualifying Practice 3 as Jacob Ashcroft and Albie Lapper held the top two positions at the end of the ten-minute session. Team France driver Gabriel Canal slotted himself into third ahead of Amaru Adrianzen (Peru) and Rory Armstrong (Great Britain) as the top-five were separated by .129, with the top-ten gap a staggering .174.
The time gap in the even-numbered group was similar with the top-five separated by only .131 and led by Kristian Sejersen. Team Canada’s Alexis Baillargeon was only .023 away from the quickest lap of the session in second and .22 ahead of the third-place competitor, German Vince Vanderhallen. Great Britain continued their presence at the front of the field with Harry Freeman in fourth, while Spain’s Jeremy Reuvers was fifth.
With the odd-numbered drivers back on track for Non-Qualifying Practice 4, Jacob Ashcroft (Great Britain) asserted himself at the top of the charts, more than two tenths ahead of his closest competitor, Hungary’s Vilmos Willisits. Lithuania’s Majus Mazinas was third with British drivers Albie Lapper and Albert Friend rounding out the top-five.
Team Canada was at the top of the charts for the even-numbered drivers with Jeremy St-Cyr pipping Team Slovenia’s Nik Brecelj by .004. Team Canada flexed their muscles in this session, claiming first, third, and fifth positions, with Rayan Ghandour and Alexis Baillargeon in third and fifth, behind Germany’s Vince Vanderhallen.
The final Junior MAX odd-numbered session of the day was led by Great Britain’s Jacob Ashcroft, with Ireland’s Ben McCloughry, and Leni Robillot Lagach (Team France) inside the top-three. Slovakia’s Martin Soltys was .158 behind Ashcroft in fourth, with Albert Friend rounding out the top-five.
There was a new name at the top of the charts in Non-Qualifying Practice 5 for even-numbered competitors in Nathan Kappen. Team Canada’s Leonardo Serravalle was second on the charts, ahead of Spain’s Jeremy Reuvers, with Great Britain’s Harry Freeman and Germany’s Vince Vanderhallen.
Senior MAX
Devyan Roest pipped the British duo of Matthew Higgins and Sean Butcher for the top spot in Non-Qualifying Practice 3 for the odd-numbered drivers, taking the top spot by .007. Higgins slotted into second with Butcher ahead of Team France driver Tom Langlois in the fourth position. South African driver Muhammad Wally rounded out the top-five, only .082 away from Roest.
The even-numbered drivers held an even tighter gap throughout the top-five as Omar Ghannoum (UAE) led the way, .002 ahead of Santeri Laitonen (Finland) and .055 ahead of Lewis Goff (Great Britain). Martin Lichner (Slovakia) was .011 in arrears of Ghannoum, while Dutch driver Ties Van Wijk was only .014 behind. Extending down the running order, the top-16 were separated by less than two tenths of a second.
Team France’s Tom Langlois was at the top of the Non-Qualifying Practice 4 for odd-numbered competitors, with Great Britain and the United States occupying the next four positions on the results sheet. Matthew Higgins (Great Britain) was second, ahead of Charlie Smith (USA), Sean Butcher (Great Britain), and Oliver Hodgson (USA).
The even-numbered drivers were on track next, and it was another close session with the top-five separated by .181 and led by Tino Sidler from Switzerland. Macauley Bishop (Great Britain) was second on the time sheets ahead of Ties Van Wijk (The Netherlands), Lewis Goff (Great Britain) and Tereza Babickova (Czechia).
Team Canada rose to the top of odd-numbered Non Qualifying Practice 5 for Junior MAX with Olivier Mrak leading the way over Yoshito Sasaki from the Chinese Taipei. UAE’s Muhammad Wally was back in the top-five, third on the charts with French driver Mehdi Lassoued fourth ahead of Team Canada’s Ayden Ingratta in the fifth position.
Switzerland’s Tino Sidler bested the even-numbered drivers in Non-Qualifying Practice 5 with a lap time of 53.642, as .086 separated the top-five. .014 in arrears of Sidler was Finnish driver Santeri Laitonen as he was second, just ahead of three Great Britain competitors in Lewis Goff, Macauley Bishop, and Harry Bartle.
MAX DD2 Master
The DD2 Master MAX class was led by Dmitrii Kofanov, while Team France’s Nicolas Picot was second on the sheets. Jannik Nielson (Team Denmark) was the best of the rest in third position, ahead of Lithuania’s Martynas Tankevicius and Team Argentina’s Gabriel Zughella, with the top-five within .179.
Picot rose to the occasion in Non-Qualifying Practice 4, taking top honors by a slim .018 over fellow countrymen and Team France driver Charles Seguin. It was Lithuania, Denmark, and Argentina in the following three positions as Martynas Tankevicius led Jannik Nielsen and Gabriel Zughella throughout the top-five.
The top-two from Non-Qualifying Practice 4 swapped positions for Practice 5, as this time Charles Seguin led Nicolas Picot, making it a Team France one–two. Slovenia’s Xen De Ruwe was less than a tenth of a second behind in the third position as he has shown speed throughout the week, with Denmark’s Jannick Nielsen and Lithuania’s Martynas Tankevicius fourth and fifth, respectively.
MAX DD2
It was German Dominik Reuters who led the DD2 MAX Non-Qualifying Practice 3 for the odd-numbered drivers, with Finland’s Axel Saarniala second in the group. Team Sweden’s Hannes Morin was third on the time sheets with Christian Baumgartner (Austria) and Dawid Maslakiewicz (Poland).
In the even-numbered group, it was Latvia’s Edgar Vilcans who led Rasmus Vendelbo (Team Denmark) by .066, and Team USA’s Macy Williams, who was .128 in arrears of Vilcans. Team Netherlands driver Sem Knopjes slotted into the fourth position, ahead of Team France driver Antonie Barbaroux, as drivers started to find their groove, as half the practice sessions were now complete.
Dominik Reuters and Team Germany were at the helm again in odd-numbered Practice 4, this time over Dawid Maslakiewicz, who finished just a tenth and a half behind. Team Belgium’s Lenn Nijs made his first appearance in the top-five, third at the end of the session, just ahead of Axel Saarniala and Harrison Hoey (Australia).
Latvia’s Edgar Vilcans pushed his way to the top of the time charts for the second consecutive even-numbered practice session ahead of Sem Knopjes in P2. Antonie Barbaroux was back inside the top-five, third at the conclusion of the session, ahead of Rasmus Vendelbo (Denmark) and Leo Gubser (Switzerland).
Dominik Reuters led Non-Qualifying Practice 5 for DD2 MAX odd-numbered drivers, making it a clean sweep on the day’s practice sessions. Team USA’s Pauly Massimino showed his pace late in the day, .058 behind Reuters and second on the results sheet, just ahead of Jakub Bezel. Finnish driver Axel Saarniala and Austrian Christian Baumgartner were fourth and fifth to end the day.
Edgar Vilcans showed his speed once again in the last session of the day, leading Non-Qualifying Practice 5 for even-numbered drivers in DD2 MAX. Macy Williams from the United States was second on the speed charts, ahead of Sem Knojes. Just behind Knopjes were the #414 of Maxim Shchurko from Lithuania and #440 George Kafantaris of Greece.
E20 Senior
The E20 Senior class was back on track for Non-Qualifying Practice 4, with the quickest driver of the session being Maximo Castro with a lap time of 53.916. Team Hungary occupied the second and third positions with Levente Simon and Anna Benedek, along with Germany’s Jannick Jakobs and Spain’s Raul Vargas.
Jannick Jakobs was the driver to beat in Non-Qualifying Practice 5 with a lap time of 54.058, .032 ahead of Levente Simon and Anna Benedek. Maximo Castro was the quickest in Practice 4, but fell to fourth in Practice 5, just ahead of Raul Vargas.
E20 Master
With a lap time of 54.522, Jorge Matos from Ecuador led Argentinian Julian Falivene in the E20 Master Non-Qualifying Practice 4, with Maurits Knopjes (UAR) only .182 behind in the third position. Argentina’s Emiliano Parisi slotted into the fourth position, .392 behind Matos with Brazil’s Adriano Amaral in fifth.
Julian Flaivene (Argentina) topped the second E20 Masters practice of the day with a time that could not be closer to the second-place finisher. Jorge Matos was just .001 behind Flaviene, but more than two and a half tenths faster than Maurits Knopjes in third. Emiliano Parisi and Adriano Amaral rounded out the top-five.
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