Bence Válint

Bence Válint is a Hungarian racing driver currently competing for Reiter Engineering in the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup.

Personal life

Válint is the son of Tibor Válint, an amateur racing driver who sporadically raced in Ferrari Challenge Europe. Válint is also the older brother of Balázs Válint, who raced against Bence in karts.

Career

Válint began karting at an early age at the Hargitai Racing Club after being encouraged to do so by his father. During his karting career, Válint won the Hungarian International Open Championship twice, in Micro Max in 2014 and in Mini Max in 2017.
Following his final year of karting in 2019, Válint made his single-seater debut the following year, joining BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in the [2020 2021 Italian F4 Championship|Italian F4 Championship|Italian F4 Championship]. After finishing no higher than 17th in the three races in the season-opening round at Misano, Válint switched to Van Amersfoort Racing for the rest of the season. In the following six rounds, Válint scored his maiden series points at Monza by finishing sixth in race one, which helped him end the year 21st in points.
The following year, Válint remained with Van Amersfoort Racing to race full-time in Italian F4 and part-time in [2021 2021 ADAC Formula 4 Championship|ADAC Formula 4 Championship|ADAC Formula 4]. In his second season of Italian F4, Válint scored points four times, which included a best result of fifth at Imola, as he ended the year 21st in points for the second year in a row. Whereas in the ADAC F4 Championship, Válint raced in the first three rounds, taking a best result of seventh at Hockenheim in his last appearance.
Válint then spent a year in Lotus Cup Europe, before joining Rossocorsa to race in the 2023 Ferrari Challenge Europe season in the Trofeo Pirelli class from Misano onwards. In his first season in the series, he won second time out at Misano, and took five more podiums to end the year third in the standings despite missing the round at Estoril.
Remaining in Ferrari Challenge Europe for 2024, Válint opened up the season by winning race two at Mugello and finishing second in race one to take an early points lead. Válint then took six podiums in the following five rounds before taking his second and final win of the season in race one of the season-ending round at Imola before finishing third in race two to secure runner-up honours. After that, Válint beat Giacomo Altoè and Luca Ludwig to win the Ferrari Challenge World Finals Trofeo Pirelli title at the same venue. At the end of 2024, Válint joined Ultimate for the Sepang round of the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series in the LMP3 class. On his LMP3 debut, Válint won both races from pole.
After winning the 6 Hours of Barcelona in the Cup 1 class in early 2025, Válint joined Reiter Engineering to make his full-time debut in the LMP3 class of the [2025 Circuit de la Sarthe|Le Mans Cup|Le Mans Cup]. On his series debut at Barcelona, Válint finished 10th overall and ninth in the LMP3 class, before taking his maiden series podium at Le Castellet by finishing third. Válint then finished eighth and fifth in the two races at Le Mans, and followed that up with a sixth-place finish at Spa and a retirement at Algarve to end the year eighth in points.

Racing record

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

Year

Team

Points

2020

BWT Mücke Motorsport

MIS
1
17

MIS
2
20

MIS
3
18

21st

2020

Van Amersfoort Racing

IMO1
1
18

IMO1
2
23

IMO1
3
Ret

RBR
1
20

RBR
2
24

RBR
3
22

MUG
1
22

MUG
2
26

MUG
3
25

MNZ
1
6

MNZ
2
12

MNZ
3
18

IMO2
1
21

IMO2
2
Ret

IMO2
3
20

VLL
1
29

VLL
2
C

VLL
3
18

21st

2021

Van Amersfoort Racing

LEC
1
21

LEC
2
Ret

LEC
3
11

MIS
1
29†

MIS
2
11

MIS
3
Ret

VLL
1
13

VLL
2
7

VLL
3
9

IMO
1
Ret

IMO
2
5

IMO
3
26

RBR
1
15

RBR
2
9

RBR
3
27

MUG
1
15

MUG
2
26†

MUG
3
12

MNZ
1
Ret

MNZ
2
17

MNZ
3
26

21st

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2021	Van Amersfoort Racing	RBR 1 21	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 8	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 11	ZAN 3 17	HOC1 1 9	HOC1 2 8	HOC1 3 7	SAC 1	SAC 2	SAC 3	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	HOC2 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	16th	18