Veda Pratama took first Indonesian Moto3 pole
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 24, 2026
Pratama
Pratama delivered the day’s headline result at Phillip Island, taking his first Moto3 pole and becoming the first Indonesian rider to start from pole in the class. He did it after advancing through Q1, then topping the 26-rider qualifying session with a 1:35.299 lap in rain-affected and highly changeable conditions. Quiles was closest to him, qualifying second, 0.021 seconds back with a 1:35.320. Kelso took third with a 1:35.366, while Esteban headed the second row in fourth place ahead of O’Shea and Fernandez. The pole was the first of Pratama’s career, and it came after a day that showed how quickly the pace shifted around the Australian circuit. Riders had to deal with dry running in one session and wet conditions in another, then adapt again when qualifying turned unpredictable. His lap put him on top of a field that kept reshuffling through the day.
Moto3 practice
The first signs of speed came in Free Practice One, where Maximo Quiles set the pace with a 1:35.439 lap in dry conditions. Brian Uriarte followed in second, just 0.086 seconds behind on a 1:35.525, and Alvaro Carpe placed third with a 1:35.546. Joel Kelso was fourth on a 1:35.683, and Eddie O’Shea rounded out the top five with a 1:35.792. The session stayed provisional, but it still offered an early look at the front of the field. Quiles and Uriarte quickly established themselves as the early benchmarks, and Carpe and Kelso stayed close enough to keep the order tight at the top. O’Shea also kept himself in the mix with a lap that left him inside the leading group. It was a clean, dry session, and the times reflected how compact the field was before the weather changed. Pratama did not show up among the front-runners in that opening session, but the later action made clear that the front of the grid would keep moving as the conditions changed.
Phillip Island pace
Free Practice Two brought a different picture. Wet conditions slowed the laps, but Quiles again led the way, this time with a 1:42.877. Uriarte finished second again, this time 0.534 seconds back on a 1:43.411. David Almansa took third with a 1:43.895, Pratama improved to fourth on a 1:44.670 and Rico Salmela placed fifth with a 1:45.058. The fastest lap came on lap 10, and the results stayed provisional. That session showed Pratama building into the weekend even before qualifying sealed the spotlight. He moved from outside the top three in the earlier dry run to fourth in the wet, which hinted at the speed he would later carry into the decisive session. Friday afternoon practice then reshuffled the order again, with Carpe quickest on a 1:35.292 lap. Kelso finished second, just 0.026 seconds back on a 1:35.318, and Quiles was third with a 1:35.423. Almansa took fourth and Scott Ogden was fifth in dry conditions, with the results once again provisional. Across the three sessions, Quiles, Carpe, Kelso, Pratama and Uriarte all spent time near the front, but it was Pratama who turned that pace into the headline result when qualifying arrived.
