Bence Válint (born 27 November 2004) is a Hungarian racing driver who last competed 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, he 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 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 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 Le Mans Cup. On his series debut at Barcelona, Válint finished tenth 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.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2014 Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Micro Max3rd 2015 Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Mini Max 7th Euro Finale – Mini Max 9th 2016 Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe – Mini Max 4th Euro Finale – Mini Max 3rd Hungarian International Open Championship – Mini Max Hargitai Racing 4th 2017 Rotax Max Wintercup – Junior Max Hargitai Racing 15th Hungarian International Open Championship – Mini Max1st Hungarian International Open Championship – Junior 26th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max 8th 2018 Hungarian International Open Championship – Junior Hargitai Racing 5th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior Max 43rd 2019 Austrian Kart Championship – Rotax Senior KMS Europe 12th FIA Central European Zone – Rotax Senior Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy – Senior Max 28th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Senior Max 21stSources:

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2020 Italian F4 Championship BWT Mücke Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 8 21st Van Amersfoort Racing 17 0 0 0 0 2021 Italian F4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 21 0 0 0 0 20 21st ADAC Formula 4 Championship 9 0 0 1 0 18 16th 2022 Lotus Cup Europe – Exige CupHargital Racing KFT 11 1 3 1 10 2493rd 2023 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Rossocorsa – Ferrari Budapest 9 1 1 1 6 1033rd Ferrari Challenge World Final – Trofeo Pirelli 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2024 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Ferrari Budapest – Rossocorsa 14 2 0 1 10 1402nd Ferrari Challenge World Final – Trofeo Pirelli 1 1 0 0 1 N/A1st 2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 Ultimate 2 2 2 1 2 52 9th2025 6h de Barcelona – CUP 1 Rossocorsa Racing 1 1 1 1 1 1st Le Mans Cup – LMP3 Reiter Engineering 7 0 0 0 1 36 8thSources:

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Points 2020 BWT Mücke Motorsport MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 21st 8 Van Amersfoort Racing IMO11 IMO12 IMO13 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 IMO21 IMO22 IMO23 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 2021 Van Amersfoort Racing LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 21st 20

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 HOC11 HOC12 HOC13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 HOC21 HOC22 HOC23 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 16th 18

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) + Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points 2024–25 Ultimate LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 SEP1 SEP2 DUB1 DUB2 ABU1 ABU2 9th 52

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2025 Reiter Engineering LMP3 Ligier JS P325CATLECLMS1LMS2SPASIL ALG 8th 36

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