JAKARTA - Indonesian young racer, Veda Ega Pratama, will start the 2026 Thailand Moto3 Grand Prix race from fifth place, which marks his sweet debut in the class. The rider from the Honda Team Asia team finished the second qualifying session (Q2) with a time of one minute 40.877 seconds at the Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand, on Saturday, February 28, 2026, afternoon WIB. Veda, who is currently 17 years old, had briefly jumped to third place early in the second qualifying session. However, he then dropped to fifth place and fell to sixth place when the session was three minutes. Veda's best time record was then only obtained in the last few seconds to lock the fifth place. The rider from Gunungkidul was 0.789 seconds behind the Spanish rider David Almansa (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) who won pole position. Three places behind Almansa were all occupied by Spanish riders and were followed by David Munoz in sixth place who was also from Spain. The starting position made Veda Ega completely surrounded by riders from the Matador State.
In second place, there is Alvaro Carpe from Red Bull KTM Ajo. The Leopard Racing rider Adrian Fernandez is in third place, followed by Maximo Quiles from CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar will start the race in Buriram in fourth place. Veda, who was the runner-up of the 2025 Red Bull Rookies Cup, opened his debut in Moto3 by locking the sixth position in the first free practice or free practice 1 (FP1) on Friday with a time of one minute 41.854 seconds. He then took eighth place in the practice session to secure a place in the second qualifying. He was scattered to the 13th position in the second free practice (FP2) before performing well in the qualifying to start in fifth place. The peak of the Thailand Grand Prix race will take place on Sunday, March 1 tomorrow. The main Moto3 race will take place in 19 laps or rounds.
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