NNRC MEDIA • 2026 IFMAR 1/8 OFF-ROAD WORLDS • QUALIFYING

Qualifying Round 1

David Ronnefalk takes the first TQ! 🇸🇪🔥

Sep 30, 2026
Written by Max Mört

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We wrote yesterday that David likes these morning rounds and he definitely delivered today by taking the TQ by three seconds against his rivals. In second it was Ryan Maifield, who ran a nearly perfect 10 minute stint without stopping for fuel and put himself 2nd in the round.

Mason Fuller continued his great form from yesterday and jumped to second just a few tenths behind his countryman, also running without a pit stop similarly to the fresh ROAR National runner-up, Chase Lemieux.

With the track being so slow speed and technical, these guys are able to easily stretch out their fuel mileage close to that 10 minute mark. All of the three Americans in the top 5 as well as Noha Ben Mohamed and Aydin Horne ran without a fuel stop. Pit stop loses you 6 seconds and with the field so tight it can be the difference between a top 5 or a top 15 from the round.

Canas and Ongaro who were predicted to be the favourites for the TQ ended up both having costly mistakes, but even without those mistakes neither had the speed to challenge Ronnefalk’s flawless run. Noha Ben Mohamed and Pekko Iivonen both got a great start for their bid of qualifying straight to the semis. Berton was able to again show some good pace in the morning along with now both the Kilic brothers.