2025 Thailand Moto3 – Race Results

The Moto3 class received race time off to a fiery begin at an overcast Termas de Rio Hondo, with the Argentine Grand Prix gained by gained by Angel Piqueras in a detailed and controversial remaining run to the road.

The Frinsa MT Helmets – MSI rider had been a frontrunner all through and made a lunge for the lead on the final lap, which he began tucked in behind Matteo Bertelle after chasing the Italian again down after he stretched the lead group.

A transparent run onto the inexperienced as deemed to not be advantageous by Race Path, and instantly after Piqueras hit the facet of Jose Antonio Rueda as he slid previous into the result in take his second Moto3 win and his first since altering to KTM equipment.

Adrian Fernandez wasn’t even in the identical body of motion at the beginning of the lap, regardless of having made strikes shortly from twelfth on the grid for Leopard.

The Spanish rider started the final lap in fourth, however took benefit of the chaos forward to drag into second on the line for Leopard – simply 0.036s behind and the highest Honda finisher.

Rueda recovered from being sideswiped to take a podium end for Purple Bull KTM Ajo.

On pole for the second race in a row, LevelUp – MTA rider Matteo Bertelle got here again after dropping into the pack initiall to steer a big portion of the race, and was nonetheless forward at the beginning of the ultimate lap. A primary podium end was to not be as he was raced out of it within the remaining nook, gaining a spot for a demotion forward to be classed fourth.

That demoted rider was Taiyo Furusato, who after being on the flawed finish of the timesheets for a lot of the weekend, qualifying fifteenth, was once more in ‘Sunday man’ mode and wasted no time in surging into the breakaway eight on the entrance.

Deemed to have exceeded monitor limits on the final lap, not like Piqueras, he was pushed again to fifth for his infringement for Honda Workforce Asia.

David Almansa lead the early laps for Leopard on his solution to sixth.

Luca Lunetta was up in opposition to it after a crash within the timed session noticed him in Q1, the place he saved a number of falls as he pushed to make up time and locations within the moist, leaving the Italian twenty first.

Shortly shifting up by the pack, he labored with Scott Ogden to bridge the hole and be part of the leaders, ending a hard-earned seventh, slightly below two seconds off the lead for SIC58 Squadra Corse.

Joel Kelso had a double lengthy lap penalty for face in race, so from eighth on the grid the LevelUP – MTA rider took the primary alternative to start his drop, rejoining twentieth. The Australian had moved to 18th for his second journey across the penalty loop, rejoining twenty fifth, with simply Munoz behind after penalty.

Kelso was in a position to latch into the identical group as Lunetta after making his personal progress again into the factors, climbing to a decent ninth on the chequered flag.

Ryusei Yamanaka light from the entrance row however did sufficient for a high ten end on the second Frinsa MT Helmets bike.
Of the substitute riders Joel Esteban held the perfect grid place, changing tenth to eleventh within the race, as he sat in for Jacob Roulstone at Purple Bull KTM Tech3.

Dennis Foggia spent a lot of the race in sixteenth however rallied to twelfth within the closing levels for CFMoto Gaviota Aspar.

The remaining factors on supply went to CIP Inexperienced Energy’s Scott Ogden, who was pressured to sit down up whereas within the high ten, together with Yamanaka by Valentin Perrone, ending thirteenth, Adrian Cruces in 14th and high rookie Cormac Buchanan, simply forward of his BOE teammate Ruche Moodley in fifteenth.

Crashes, Accidents and Replacements

Guido Pini was the primary to crash out, with Marcos Uriarte additionally struggling an early exit.

There have been no additional fallers till the final lap, which noticed Alvaro Carpe slip out of competition proper at the beginning of the lap from the lead group chasing the rostrum. Residence rider Perrone was the final out if the race falling proper on the finish from thirteenth place.

David Munoz started the race from pit lane after his actions in Thailand, which took Lunetta out of competition on the entrance beneath an already waving yellow flag. Making no good points and sluggish on monitor, he retired to the pits, however was again out on monitor briefly to gather knowledge for the Liqui Moly group

Cruces (14th ) was as soon as once more filling in for the recovering Noah Dettwiler at CIP Inexperienced Energy Jakob Rosenthaler (twentieth) loved one other race as cowl for Maximo Quiles who’s but to satisfy the category age necessities.

Championship Standings

One other podium end noticed Rueda stay in cost after two rounds , shifting onto a complete of 41 factors, including to the 25 he gained for his Thailand win.

Adrian Fernandez is second total after ending second, on 36 factors.

Piqueras choosing up a win sees him transfer up 9 palces to 3rd, in 29 factors, passing Bertelle who has a complete of 24.

A very good exhibiting within the Thai GP sees Carpe stay high rookie in fifth, on the identical factors tally as earlier than after his DNF, with 20.