Ashton Boughen (Ducati – VRX Dirt Store Ducati) rediscovered his winning form to race to a vital victory at round seven of the 2026 FIM Flat Track World Championship, staged on Saturday afternoon at Vasad in Hungary, as British riders filled the top four positions.
  • 2026 FIM Flat Track World Championship heads to Vasad in Hungary for round seven
  • Ashton Boughen leads home British sweep of top four positions in Moto Track Arena
  • Tim Neave’s lead down to thirteen points with three rounds to go

Following a disappointing performance last time out at his home round in King’s Lynn, Boughen – who claimed back-to-back wins at the opening two rounds – went head-to-head with his team-mate and series leader Tim Neave in an intense twelve-lap Final that was not decided in the nineteen-year-old’s favour until the last bend of the last lap.

Just to underline how strong the sport currently is in Great Britain, the final step on the podium went to Tom Hunt (Beta) – riding a borrowed bike after his suffered engine failure in the opening block of Heat races – who made a late pass on Jack Bell (Triumph) to complete an incredible comeback.

After picking up the bonus point for the fastest lap of the Final, Boughen has tied Bell for second in the standings and closed the gap to Neave by four points to thirteen with just Pardubice in the Czech Republic left on the calendar before the extended series signs off with a double date in Argentina at the end of October.

With dry and slightly overcast conditions, Boughen started the afternoon programme with a victory over defending champion Ervin Krajčovič (KTM Schruf – Zucco Racing) from the Czech Republic before 2022 champion Gerard Bailo (Zaeta) defeated Britain’s Gary Birtwistle (Royal Enfield) as Hunt pulled out with a badly smoking machine.

Czech racer Ondřej Svědík (KTM Schruf – Zucco Racing) then handed Neave his first and only defeat of the Heats to claim a share of the early lead and after Krajčovič had got the second block under way with a win from Bell, Svědík made it two out of two when he led home Austrian Max Hellmann (KTM) and Hunt.
When Neave defeated Boughen just before the second interval, Svědík found himself in the lead on his own, but it was all-change in the third block as riders fought to stay inside the top ten and automatically make the cut for the Final.

Still playing catch-up after being disqualified from his opening Heat, Bell did his title aspirations no harm when he defeated Stanislav Ohorodnik (Husqvarna) from the Ukraine and Hellmann then won from Germany’s Marius Kircher (KTM) before, in a Heat that shook up the leaderboard, Neave led home Hunt, Krajčovič, Svědík, Bailo and Boughen to move into an uncontested lead.

Boughen bounced back to get the final block under way with victory from Hunt and home rider Erik Hugyecz (KTM) and Svědík recovered well to win ahead of Birtwistle and Krajčovič with Neave rounding out the Heats stage with his third straight win, this time chased by Bell and Bailo.

The five-lap Last Chance Heat for riders positioned from eleventh to twentieth decided the remaining two places on the grid for the Final and it was Ohorodnik who led all the way with Birtwistle booking his place in the main points-scoring race with a forceful pass for second on Dutch racer Stef Hamstra (Ducati).

When the lights went out for the Final it was Krajčovič who reacted quickest, cutting across Neave and Boughen to grab an early lead, but it was short-lived and the British pair wasted little time in cutting back up the inside of the defending champion.

With Bell moving into third on lap three, Neave and Boughen began to check out. Riding wide lines, Boughen appeared to have more speed, but the championship leader was hard to pass and it was not until halfway through the last lap that Boughen was able to make his move. Neave responded with a last chance inside line into the final turn, but Boughen held on to revitalise his championship challenge heading into round eight in the Czech Republic on 3 October.

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