After Jose Antonio Rueda’s sighting lap crash on the Malaysian Grand Prix, his Pink Bull KTM Ajo crew has introduced the Spaniard’s alternative.
Rueda will miss the Portuguese Grand Prix and the Valencian Grand Prix because of accidents sustained within the sighting lap crash he was concerned in in Malaysia virtually two weeks in the past.
The Spanish rider suffered a damaged metacarpal and a concussion within the crash, and it was revealed at present (5 November) that he additionally suffered a cardiac arrest within the aftermath of the incident.
Rueda’s compatriot, Brian Uriarte, will get the experience alongside Alvaro Carpe for the ultimate two rounds of the 2025 Moto3 season on the Portuguese and Valencian grands prix on 7–9 November and 14–16 November, respectively.
Uriarte has crammed in for David Munoz on the earlier two races at IntactGP because the #64 has been out of motion resulting from a fractured femur sustained on the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Uriarte impressed in each his grand prix outings thus far in Australia and Malaysia, however particularly on the latter the place he completed contained in the top-10 in ninth.
Final week, Uriarte was again on JuniorGP duties with the 72Motorsports crew run by Emilio Alzamora and received the title in his second season. He was additionally topped Pink Bull Rookies MotoGP Cup winner earlier within the 12 months, and can associate the aforementioned Carpe full-time within the 2026 Moto3 season, changing 2025 Moto3 Champion Rueda who will transfer as much as Moto2.
With David Munoz nonetheless out of motion, a second alternative rider is required at IntactGP, who’ve named Casey O’Gorman to associate Guido Pini, the Irish rider getting his second alternative experience of 2025 for the final two rounds of this season after he changed Luca Lunetta at SIC58 – the place O’Gorman will experience full-time in 2026 – in Austria and Hungary.
CIP Inexperienced Energy has not named a alternative for Noah Dettwiler for the Portuguese Grand Prix, the Swiss rider having had his season ended by the identical sighting lap crash as Rueda.
