Five laps into the British Grand Prix, Veda Ega Pratama was going backward, not forward. He'd just dropped from P7 to P12 in a single lap  the kind of slide that ends most rookie weekends quietly. Instead, he clawed back to ninth by the checkered flag, and Indonesian Moto3 fans got a race worth staying up for.

At a glance:

• Age: 17
• Silverstone result: started P15, finished P9
• Points earned: 7
• Current championship standing: 6th
  
  

Veda Ega Pratama is a 17-year-old Indonesian rider competing in Moto3, the lightweight entry class of the MotoGP World Championship, for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia. At the 2026 British Grand Prix at Silverstone on August 9, he started from grid position 15 and finished 9th, collecting 7 championship points and holding 6th overall in the standings. His helmet and race gear now carry the logo of Antangin, the Indonesian herbal tonic brand, which signed on this season as a sponsor backing his push onto the world stage.

What happened at Silverstone?

The race was tighter than the final result suggests. Veda needed less than two laps to pass five riders after his mid-pack start, then spent most of the afternoon locked in the second group  visor fogging with tire smoke, engines screaming past 13,000 RPM down the Hangar Straight. By lap six he'd slipped to 12th, lost in traffic. On that same lap, he steadied the bike and started clawing forward again, reaching 7th by lap seven.

The final stretch was the real drama. With five laps left, Veda pushed into 10th. On the last lap, he briefly touched 7th before losing the position in the closing seconds and settling for 9th at the line. It's the kind of finish that reads as "just outside the top ten" on paper but felt, from the pit wall, like a fight that could have gone three ways.

Credit : Honda Team Asia

How much did Veda earn, and where does he sit in the standings?
Ninth place in Moto3 pays 7 championship points. That result keeps Veda Ega Pratama in 6th place overall for the season. One rival's misfortune worked in his favor here: Malaysia's Hakim Danish crashed out and failed to finish the British Grand Prix, dropping to 8th in the standings  a reminder of how thin the margins are at this level, where one lap of bad luck can swing an entire championship position.

"The fighting spirit is what Veda Ega Pratama keeps carrying forward" from Antangin's campaign copy backing the rider

That line sums up why Antangin picked him up as a sponsor in the first place: not as a logo placement, but as a bet on a teenager who represents Indonesia every time he's on track outside the country.

When is Veda's next home race?
Mark October 9–11, 2026. Veda races on home soil at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, held at the Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit in Lombok. For an Indonesian rider currently sitting 6th in a global championship, a home race carries different stakes  full grandstands, a crowd that knows his name, and the pressure that comes with both.