David García Almansa (born 22 January 2006) is a SpanishGrand Prix motorcycle racer who competes forLeopard RacingHonda in theMoto3 World Championship in2025.[1]
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| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (age 19) Puertollano,Cuidad Real, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Leopard Racing Honda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
In2021, Almansa moved to the European Talent Cup, winning in his first weekend and finishing 11th in the championship, despite missing 2 races.[4][5] For2022, Almansa moved up again, this time going to theFIM JuniorGP World Championship. In his first season in the category, he finished 8th, winning in the season finale.[6] In2023, 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]
Almansa made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship at the last round of2022, as a wildcard for Boé Motorsports.[8] He qualified 22nd and finished 25th, in a field of 32 bikes.[9]
Following an injury sustained by regular riderJoel Kelso, Almansa was called up to replace him for theArgentinian andAmericas rounds of the2023 Moto3 World Championship atCFMoto Racing Prüstel GP.[10][11] He would end up finishing 17th in both of his starts for the team.[12][13]
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 inValencia 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 atJerez.[15]
Due to an injury sustained byRomano Fenati, Almansa was called up to race for the Rivacold Snipers Team, racing for his 4th manufacturer in 5 starts, at theJapanese Grand Prix. He would finish 17th.[16]
Almansa would join the team full time for the2024 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 theSan Marino andMalaysian rounds of the season.[15]
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 theBuriram opener, adding more through the season, and scored his firstpole position atBarcelona, scoring a second one atSepang, where he also earned his best finish of third, after the disqualification of his teammate.[15]
On October 5, 2025, it was announced Almansa would switch to Dynavolt Intact GP for the 2026 season.[18]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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 |
| 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 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 11th |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | ||||
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2022–present | 2022 Valencian Community | 2025 Malaysian | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |
| Total | 2022–present | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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 |
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| 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 8 | 11th | 134 |