A sensational round four of the 2025/2026 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship saw Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt remain unbeaten to claim the overall victory in Budapest, Hungary.
- Fourth Prestige win for Billy Bolt in 2025/2026 season
- Junior class sees Milan Schmüser win again
- Wojtek Walczak extends Youth Cup lead with victory in Budapest
Fifteen-thousand spectators filled the MVM Dome stadium in Budapest, Hungary, to watch an action-packed night of racing for round four of the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship. Entertaining the crowd with thrilling racing, it was Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt who stole the show by claiming the overall Prestige class win. In the Junior class, Germany’s Milan Schmüser (Beta) was pushed hard all the way by Manuel Gómez (Stark) for the top step of the podium, while Poland’s Wojtek Walczak (KTM) took his second overall victory of the season in the Youth Cup category.
PRESTIGE – SUPERPOLE
Continuing to assert himself as the rider to beat, Bolt delivered yet another masterful performance in SuperPole to secure the win for the fourth time this season. With the rock garden proving the critical section of the lap, Bolt executed it to perfection to top the classification by 0.656 seconds over X-Grip Racing’s Mitch Brightmore, with Triumph Factory Racing Enduro Team’s Jonny Walker third. A strong ride from RIEJU Factory Racing’s Dominik Olszowy saw him slot in to fourth, while Stark Future’s Toby Martyn enjoyed his best SuperPole result of the season with fifth.
PRESTIGE FINAL 1
From the drop of the start gate for Prestige Final 1, the racing had the 15,000-strong spectators inside the MVM Dome on their feet. Walker took the Diverse Extreme Team holeshot, but immediately faced an attack for the race lead by Bolt. The duo came together on the rock garden, opening a gap for Martyn to emerge from the chaos in first position. The Stark rider used the clear track to his advantage as the riders behind him continued to trip themselves up. With just two minutes to go, Martyn had opened his lead out to an incredible 13 seconds over Bolt, who had recovered to second. But with less than two laps to go, a chance of a debut victory evaporated with a crash in the rock garden. Capitalising, Bolt gladly inherited the race lead and duly took the Final 1 victory. Remounting, Martyn settled for a career-best second place, with Brightmore shadowing him across the finish line in third.
PRESTIGE FINAL 2
After the excitement of Final 1, anticipation was high as the Prestige class lined up for Final 2. This time it was Fast Eddy Racing’s Harry Edmondson who took the Diverse Extreme Team holeshot, while Walker would face an uphill battle from last having got stuck on the first obstacle. Working his way through the pack, Bolt picked off Edmondson and Raposeira Bubbles Racing Team’s Diogo Vieira to take the lead on lap two. Never headed, he went on to take a comfortable nine-second margin of victory over Brightmore in second. A strong recovery saw Walker fight his way back to third, ahead of the Stark Future duo of Karlsson and Martyn in fourth and fifth, respectively.
PRESTIGE FINAL 3
Brightmore took the final Diverse Extreme Team holeshot of the night in Final 3, but it was Bolt who led as they exited the rock garden for the first time. Initially, it looked like Bolt would checkout to a comfortable win, but falling victim to the rock garden at the midway distance allowed Brightmore back in front. With two laps to go, Bolt closed the gap to his rival, and with Brightmore leaving the door open as they cleared the rock garden, Bolt executed a textbook block pass to lead once more. With no further mistakes, Bolt took the win over Brightmore, with Walker third.
PRESTIGE – OVERALL
Claiming SuperPole, three race wins, along with taking the ACERBIS Best Lap, Bolt dominated proceedings in Budapest to secure the top step of the podium at round four. A strong night at the office, resulted in Brightmore claiming his best result of the season with second overall, while Walker made it an all-British podium in Hungary with third. Eddie Karlsson edged out his Stark Future teammate Martyn by one point to finish fourth, with Martyn fifth.
JUNIOR – FOURTH VICTORY FOR SCHMÜSER
The FIM Junior SuperEnduro World Championship saw Germany’s Milan Schmüser (Beta) race to the overall victory for the fourth time this season. However, Schmüser was pushed hard all the way. In Final 1, Schmüser took the holeshot, but a crash on the following rock garden saw him slip down the leaderboard. Spain’s Manuel Gómez (Stark) took over the race lead, with USA’s Niko Piazza (Triumph) third. Despite leading for the majority, Gómez faced an attack by Schmüser with two laps to go, and with the German taking the lead, he secured his first win of the night.
In Final 2, Gómez looked for redemption, and found it. Fighting his way to the front with less than three minutes to go, the young Spaniard kept out of trouble to secure his first-ever race win and also the first race victory for Stark in the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship. Britain’s Toby Shaw (GASGAS) finished second, with Schmüser third.
For the third and final Junior race, Schmüser made no mistakes claiming a start-to-finish victory. Gómez continued his run of form to finish in second, while 2025 FIM Europe Cup series winner, Fynn Hannemann (Beta), carded his best result of the season in third.
With his 1-3-1 results, Schmüser took the overall victory by just one point over Gómez in second, while extending his championship lead to a healthy 53 points. Shaw completed the Junior class podium in third. Hannemann took fourth overall, with Piazza rounding out the top five.
YOUTH – WALCZAK ENJOYS OVERALL WIN IN BUDAPEST
Proving consistency earns points, Poland’s Wojtek Walczak (KTM) held his head high in demanding conditions to claim the overall win in the Youth Cup category, and extend his championship lead to 16 points after round four.
Considered the most challenging course of the season to date, round four in Budapest pushed the Youth Cup riders to their maximum. In Final 1, it was Spain’s Eneko Martinez (Beta) who raced his way to a debut victory. The Spaniard took the win by nine seconds over Walczak, with Austria’s Luca Kropitsch (KTM) third, followed by 14-year-old German sensation Max Eppelman (KTM) fourth.
In Final 2, Slovakia’s Tomáš Merašicky (Husqvarna) held the lead for the majority of the race. However, despite starting nearly last, Britain’s Connor Watson (Sherco) raced his way onto the wheel tracks of the young Slovakian. Overtaking him on the rock garden on the final lap, Watson claimed the win over Merašicky, with Walczak finishing third.
Thanks to his consistent 2-3 scorecard, Walczak earned the overall win in Budapest, with Watson second. With a pair of fourth place results, Eppelmann secured his debut podium of third in what is only his second-ever SuperEnduro. Behind the top three, Martinez and Kropitsch finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
FIM EUROPE CUP – DOUBLE VICTORY FOR MIGUEL
The FIM Europe Cup returned to racing in Budapest for round three of their series. Determined to keep his winning momentum alive from Riesa, Germany, points leader Eric Miguel (RIEJU) was unbeatable in Budapest. Claiming a well-earned pair of race wins, the Spaniard took the overall win. In front of his home crowd, Hungary’s Norbert Zsigovits (Husqvarna) finished second each time to Miguel to end his night as the runner-up. Poland’s Hubert Hyła (GASGAS) completed the podium with third.
The FIM SuperEnduro World Championship now heads for the first time to Belgrade in Serbia for round five on February 21.
Billy Bolt (Husqvarna): “I don’t think I was the fastest guy tonight, so to win in those circumstances feels really good. I managed to make things work for me and put myself in the right places. With three wins, it’s been another perfect night for sure!”
Milan Schmüser (Beta): “The day went really well. I wasn’t expecting that with mistakes in Final 1 and then getting stuck on the rocks during Final 2. But with a strong ride in Final 3, I turned my night around. I’m very happy about that.”
Wojtek Walczak (KTM): “It was a difficult track, so I tried my best to make as few mistakes as possible and preserve my championship lead. I’m so happy to do that, but also to take the overall victory. A tough night for sure, but one that’s gone very well too!”
ACERBIS Fastest Lap
Prestige: Billy Bolt (Husqvarna): Race 2, Lap 8 — 33.596 seconds
Junior: Milan Schmüser (Beta): Race 3, Lap 2 — 36.089 seconds
Youth: Connor Watson (Sherco): Race 2, Lap 4 — 42.851 seconds
24MX Leader Plate
Prestige: Billy Bolt (Husqvarna)
Junior: Milan Schmüser (Beta)
Youth: Wojtek Walczak (KTM)
Full results: https://superenduro.org/2026-results/
Race Report and Images by Sport UP Agency
