Maximo Quiles produced a remarkable comeback as he edged out Valentin Perrone to seal the Hungarian Moto3 victory via a photo finish.

The Spanish rider recovered after losing the lead of the race to fellow rookie Perrone, as the pair were separated by just 0.018s over the line. 

Quiles made the best start from pole position and held his lead down into the first two corners. 

The rest of the front row also made a good start, with Perrone and Angel Piqueras holding their positions in second and third, before David Munoz was forced to sit up going into Turn 2. 

Further down the order, championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda was unable to make progress on the start and was overtaken by Guido Pini as he settled into eighth place.

On Lap 3, Quiles ran wide at the first chicane to allow Perrone to take the lead, but the Spaniard responded straight away to regain the position. 

Behind the lead pair, Munoz seemingly recovered from his second corner blunder to move ahead of Angel Piqueras into the podium positions, before passing Perrone to take second. 

Piqueras didn’t waste much time in making his move past the Argentine, as the Spaniard followed Munoz’s lead to steal the last podium spot. 

Down into Turn 9. Piqueras regained his place in front of Munoz as the rider sitting second in the championship moved into second in the race.

The pair then relinquished their positions back to Perrone down the straight, but a small error for the Argentinian in Turn 14 allowed Piqueras back into second place. 

Munoz also returned to the rostrum by overtaking Perrone, and set the fastest lap of the race in his bid to re-pass Piqueras.

As Quiles looked to up the pace at the front, he made an error at Turn 15 to allow the three riders behind to overtake, with Perrone taking the lead after receiving some slipstream from Munoz down the straight. 

Guido Pini also made a slight error behind Quiles, which allowed Rueda to take fifth and close in on the leading group. 

As the Italian faded from the leading group, Munoz struck once more on Piqueras to re-take second place, though Perrone continued to hold firm at the front of the field. 

Quiles also showed his overtaking prowess by pulling a move on Piqueras to put himself back into the podium positions, and crucially found a rider between himself and championship leader Rueda.

The young Spaniard found his rhythm to put another overtake on Munoz for second, as he attempted to close the gap to Perrone in the lead. 

Going onto the final lap, it was a head-to-head between Perrone and Quiles for the victory, as the young Spaniard looked to make his move at the opening few corners, but the Argentine’s sweeping lines made him hold position. 

At Turn 5, Quiles made his move on Perrone, and this time was able to make it stick as he attempted to lead for the remainder of the final lap.

In the final chicane, the Argentinian set up a last-ditch attempt to take the victory, levelling Quiles to move back in front. 

However, Quiles responded in the last corner and the riders drew level as they raced to the finish line down the main straight, making slight contact before the flag. 

It was Quiles who crossed the line first to record his second victory of the campaign by just 0.018s. 

Perrone was forced to settle for second despite a valiant fight back, while Munoz completed the podium in third. 

Piqueras narrowly missed out on a visit to the rostrum in fourth as he slightly closed the gap on championship leader Rueda, who took fifth. 

Adrian Fernandez led Leopard team-mate David Almansa over the line as the pair took sixth and seventh respectively, with Joel Kelso just behind in eighth. 

Alvaro Carpe completed the race in ninth as Jacob Roulstone rounded out the top 10. 

Dennis Foggia spent the majority of the race on his own as crossed the line in 11th, two seconds clear of Nicola Carraro in 12th.

Casey O’Gorman ended his final stand-in race for the Sic58 Squadra in 13th, while both Ryusei Yamanaka and Marcos Uriarte were forced to visit the gravel trap to avoid a crashing Scott Ogden, but came home to complete the points finishers.

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Angel Piqueras came out on top to clinch the Moto3 race victory in Austria after a closely fought battle.

The Spaniard held his nerve in the final sector to pick up his third race win of the season, edging out Ryusei Yamanaka and David Munoz.

Polesitter Valentin Perrone and second-place qualifier Piqueras switched places down into Turn 1, before rookie Quiles fought his way through to join the lead group.

Maximo Quiles, Perrone, Piqueras, and now Yamanka were the lead quartet in the early phases, contesting in an ongoing battle.

Quiles, in particular, was strongest in the second and third sectors, allowing him to stretch a marginal lead into Lap 3.

The 17-year-old remained in the lead for the next two laps, but the leading three riders behind squabbled for track position.

Quiles managed to build a 0.3-second lead, but as is typical in Moto3, maintaining or extending a gap is always a challenge.

By Lap 6, the most significant gap on track was between Perrone and Leopard Racing rider Adrian Fernandez, trailed by over 2.1 seconds as he led the second core group.

Japanese rider Yamanaka made a successful move on Quiles to take the lead for the first time, but this crucial stage of the race was all about conserving both front and rear tyres.

Quiles retook the lead into Turn 1 on Lap 9, before Piqueras sneaked his way through to slot himself behind the CFMoto rider.

His pace was evident as he looked to stretch the lead again, but he had to tread carefully in the second half after receiving a track limits warning.

KTM Tech3 rider Perrone didn’t make any moves in the first half of the race, but stayed tucked in behind the leading trio, while the gap between him and Fernandez had shrunk to 1.6 seconds by the halfway mark.

The polesitter made a decisive move on Yamanaka into Turn 1 on Lap 12, likely benefiting from the tyre life he had carefully preserved over the first ten laps.

Quiles made a costly mistake at the same corner, dropping back to third and allowing the gap between fourth and fifth to shrink from 1.6 to 1.2 seconds.

But incredibly, the Spaniard swooped around the outside at Turn 1 on Lap 13 to take the lead once more.

He led for the following four laps before a small error in the third sector caused him to slip back to third place.

Argentine rider Perrone then led proceedings, but Quiles’ rapid pace saw him regain the lead once again heading into the penultimate lap.

Japanese star Taiyo Furosato displayed rapid speed to close in and join the lead quartet with two laps to go.

David Munoz followed the Japanese star, then punted Quiles and Perrone off at the penultimate corner to move into second.

Piqueras secured a crucial third win of the year, narrowing the championship gap to Jose Antonio Rueda.

Yamanka and Munoz entered the fold right at the end to secure the final podium spots, followed by Quiles and title leader Rueda.

Furusato sealed sixth for Honda Team Asia, crossing the line a second clear of the second CFMoto rider of Dennis Foggia.

Polesitter Perrone inevitably finished eighth, closely followed by Fernandez and fellow rookie Guido Puni.

Alvaro Carpe endured a quiet race to secure 11th for KTM, pipping Joel Kelso and David Almansa to the line.

Jacob Roulstone and Scott Ogden secured the final two points, finishing 14th and 15th, respectively.

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KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda showcased a dominant performance to seal victory in the Czech Moto3 race and extend his championship lead.

The Spanish rider led from start to finish to record his seventh race win of the campaign by over three seconds.  

The championship leader got the best start from second and passed polesitter Guido Pini into Turn 1. 

Maximo Quiles also made a good start from the second row of the grid, and used his momentum to pass Pini to move into second place. 

Further down the order, David Munoz had been relegated to the back of the grid due to irresponsible riding in practice, but progressed to 12th by the end of the first lap. 

2020 Czech Moto3 winner Dennis Foggia also had a strong start to the race and made a move on team-mate Quiles to take second. 

Munoz continued his momentum, as he found himself on the back of team-mate Pini, with the Spaniard forcing the Italian wide as he took sixth position. 

The move allowed the top five to open a small gap, with Adrian Fernandez moving into the podium places. 

Quiles set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 8, which forced Piqueras to make a move on Fernandez to maintain his position over the rookie. 

As the riders continued jostling for position behind, Rueda set the fastest lap of the race to extend his gap to almost a second. 

Behind the Spanish rider, Quiles took charge of the chasing group as he passed team-mate Foggia to lead the pack of six riders fighting for second. 

The Italian waited for a lap before responding to his team-mate at Turn 3, as Foggia moved back into second. 

The two Aspar riders continued their duel, but Munoz, Piqueras and Fernandez were all lurking in the background on the final two laps. 

Going onto the final lap of the race, Foggia ran wide which allowed Piqueras to make his move into third. 

Munoz followed his compatriot through into fourth, and then made a move on Piqueras to take third. 

The battles continued through to the final corner, with Quiles looking vulnerable as both Munoz and Piqueras overtook the rookie with just a few corners remaining. 

Ahead of the podium battle, Rueda crossed the line to take victory by 3.471s to record his seventh win of the campaign. 

Quiles drew level with Munoz and Piqueras over the line, as the Spanish fended off the challenge from those behind to take second. 

Munoz battled through the order to complete the podium, with Piqueras and Foggia narrowly missing out in fourth and fifth. 

Fernandez took the flag in sixth as he led Leopard team-mate David Almansa over the line, with Valentin Perrone having a strong finish in eighth. 

Ryusei Yamanaka finished the race in ninth, as polesitter Pini rounded out the top 10. 

Taiyo Furusato completed the race in 11th ahead of Marcos Uriarte in 12th, with Alvaro Carpe a distant 13th behind the second group. 

Marco Morelli crossed the line in 14th to complete his race as a replacement rider for Boe Motorsports, as Jacob Roulstone rounded out the points finishers in 15th.

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IntactGP’s David Munoz waited until the final corner to strike as he prevailed in a dramatic German Moto3 race victory. 

Munoz remained in second for the majority of the race, but a last corner lunge on championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda saw him take victory by 0.241s. 

Polesitter Scott Ogden got the best start from and managed to hold his position down into the first corner.

Munoz also made a fantastic start after cutting to the inside line, benefitting from Alvaro Carpe forcing David Almansa wide as the Spaniard took second. 

The IntactGP rider used his early pace to pass Ogden for the lead, with the pair looking to make an early escape from the group behind. 

Going onto the third lap of the race, the fastest rider on track was Maximo Quiles, who overtook Cormac Buchanan to move into the podium positions.

Quiles continued to show his pace and forced an overtake on Ogden for second place, before taking Munoz for the lead of the race. 

Carpe moved back into podium contention, but was awarded a long lap penalty for contact with Almansa at the first corner to remove him from the leading battle. 

As the leading group expanded to 15 riders, Taiyo Furusato used his advantage to take second from Munoz, as the Spaniard duelled with compatriot Angel Piqueras for third. 

Further down the order, championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda had contact with Adrian Fernandez, who crashed out one corner later after losing parts from his Leopard machine.

With the group getting closer, Quiles briefly relinquished the lead to Ryusei Yamanaka, before overtaking the Japanese rider on Lap 11.

However, one lap later the Spanish rookie ran wide and demoted himself off the podium, with Yamanaka, Rueda and Munoz all gaining positions.

With five laps to go, the championship leader decided it was time to take charge as he overtook Yamanaka at the front of the race.

Yamanaka refused to back down as he responded on Lap 14 to retake the lead, with Munoz and Furusato lurking in the background. 

However, after an aggressive move from his compatriot, Yamanaka was demoted to fifth and dropped out of contention following a mistake at Turn 1. 

Polesitter Ogden had remained in contact with the leaders but crashed at the first corner with four laps remaining.

With three laps remaining, Rueda continued to lead the race as the battle for third heated up, as Furusato and Quiles pulled aggressive moves in their attempts to remain on the rostrum. 

Going onto the final lap of the race, Munoz decided it was time to strike as he moved into the lead at Turn 1. 

Rueda didn’t take the move lightly as he immediately fought back to regain the lead of the race. 

As the battle for the win continued, Quiles and Furusato were fighting for the final spot on the podium, but the Japanese rider crashed out at the penultimate corner to end his bid for victory. 

At the final corner, Munoz used his final opportunity to force and overtake on Rueda, which brought the rest of the group into contention for a podium finish. 

Munoz’s risk paid off as the Spanish rider took victory in IntactGP’s home grand prix by 0.241s.

Quiles benefited from Munoz’s last corner lunge to take second over the line, as Rueda finished third. 

Piqueras missed out on the podium by 0.048s in fourth, while Carpe recovered from a long lap penalty to take fifth. 

Joel Kelso was sixth despite struggling with injury, with Guido Pini taking the flag in seventh. 

Jacob Roulstone completed the race in eighth ahead of Cormac Buchanan in ninth, while Marcos Uriarte rounded out the top 10.

Dennis Foggia recovered from the final row of the grid to 11th, with Valentin Perrone taking 12th and Stefano Nepa in 13th.

Riccardo Rossi crossed the line in 14th, as Yamanaka rounded out the points finishers in 15th. 

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Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda earned a fifth victory of the campaign by taking victory in the red-flagged Assen Moto3 race. 

Rueda led in the closing laps of the race before a red flag was thrown on the last lap due to a final corner incident, which saw the Spanish rider awarded victory despite crossing the line in third

It was a strong start from Alvaro Carpe, who managed to overtake team-mate Rueda in Turn 1 to take an early lead.

Ryusei Yamanaka also made a good start from the second row and passed the championship leader, before Rueda responded almost immediately.  

At the chicane, Rueda threaded his way passed team-mate Carpe to lead over the line to start the second lap of the race.  

David Almansa made his way up into second by passing Yamanaka and Carpe on the straight as the entire field remained bunched together. 

The Spanish riders continued to fight over second, but contact demoted both riders down the order, with Carpe forced wide, which saw him rejoin in 16th. 

Rueda continued to lead on lap three, as the riders behind continued to battle for position, with Maximo Quiles taking the initiative to move into second.  

Despite the earlier contact, Almansa continued to have strong pace and fought his way back into second as the group of 17 riders exchanged positions throughout the early laps. 

At the front, Rueda continued to lead despite pressure from behind, but the Spanish rider was unable to break away from the group behind. 

Quiles saw an opportunity to pass the long-time race leader on lap nine, and pulled an aggressive move to go first, with Yamanaka and Almansa also finding their way past Rueda. 

The Italian Grand Prix winner led for four laps, before a compromised exit from the final corner allowed Yamanaka the chance to take control at the front of the race momentarily. 

Quiles responded and retook the lead, bringing Almansa and Lunetta back into the podium positions. 

Almansa tried to force a move through for the lead of the race, but Quiles responded instantly to affirm his control at the front. 

The top two continued fighting, with the pair making contact and demoting themselves out of the podium positions, with Carpe returning to the front with four laps remaining.

Almansa momentarily returned to the lead, before the KTM Ajo pair of Carpe and Rueda found themselves returning to the head of the pack. 

With two laps to go, former race leaders Quiles and Almansa both dropped out of contention, as the Aspar rider crashed out of eighth before Almansa ran wide and down to 12th. 

Going onto the final lap, a massive crash between Taiyo Furusato, Luca Lunetta and Adrian Fernandez happened at the final corner bringing out a yellow flag. 

Replays showed that Carpe was forced to sit up through the final chicane, which saw Furusato run into the back of the Spaniard and start the chain of events. 

Rueda continued to lead throughout the final lap, but would have been pressured by the charging Valentin Perrone and David Munoz had the yellow flags not halted proceedings.

Munoz failed to see the yellow flags for the incident and overtook both Perrone and Rueda on the final lap, but the red flag was thrown as the riders crossed the line. 

The red flag meant that the results from Lap 19 counted as the final classification, with championship leader Rueda taking the victory. 

Munoz completed the race in second while Perrone earned his first-ever Moto3 podium in third. 

Carpe finished the race in fourth ahead of Angel Piqueras, who stormed from 16th on the grid to fifth. 

Almansa was confirmed in sixth despite track limits excursions, while Scott Ogden scored a season’s best result of seventh. 

Dennis Foggia finished eighth despite being awarded a long lap penalty for track limits, with Joel Kelso taking ninth before Marcos Uriarte completed the top 10.

Yamanaka crossed the line in 11th ahead of Jacob Roulstone in 12th, as Stefano Nepa finished four seconds behind the pair in 13th. 

Riccardo Rossi took the flag in 14th as Quiles completed the points finishers in 15th despite his crash with three laps to go. 

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Aspar rider Maximo Quiles secured his first-ever Moto3 victory by the smallest of margins in an instant classic at Mugello. 

An ambitious last corner overtake saw the Spanish rider take his first win by just 0.006s over the line, winning his first race in just his fifth Grand Prix start.  

Polesitter Alvaro Carpe maintained the lead going down into the first corner despite running wide, as team-mate Rueda retained second.

Scott Ogden made a good start from the front row and challenged Rueda for second, but ran wide a corner later and lost two positions to the Spaniard and David Almansa. 

Coming down the start/finish straight for the first time, Almansa used the slipstream to head into the race lead with Angel Piqueras in second. 

The polesitter returned to the fray and moved into the lead of the race, which he managed to hold despite the slipstream down the main straight. 

Coming out of the first turn, contact between Ogden and Almansa saw the Spaniard’s race end in the gravel, as the stewards decided not to take action over the incident. 

The riders kept jostling for position as the laps progressed, with Maximo Quiles joining the battle for the lead from 10th and Valentin Perrone amidst the battle despite being sent to the back of the grid. 

The scraps continued, with Perrone and David Munoz making contact while fighting over the final podium position, causing the pair to drop further down the order. 

Battles continued down the order and slight contact between Munoz and Guido Pini caused the Spaniard to run wide, with the knock-on effect causing Luca Lunetta and Adrian Fernandez to crash out of contention. 

On Lap 10, Carpe relinquished the lead for the first time in five laps as Quiles headed to the front, with Perrone demoting the Spaniard to third.

Moto3 veteran Dennis Foggia then took command out front, as he led a race for the first time since his return to the class.

Just behind, contact between Joel Kelso and Pini saw the Italian crash out of the race, with many riders in the lead group forced to take action to avoid hitting the stricken Pini. 

The leading group was split from a group of 19 to 12 riders, with Quiles taking charge at the front with five laps remaining. 

Carpe used the slipstream to return to the lead, bringing Foggia back into contention for the race victory. 

With two laps remaining, the battle for the win remained between 12 riders as Carpe and Foggia retained the top two positions. 

Heading down the main straight for the final lap, it was Foggia who came out on top going into the first corner as he looked to keep hold of the position. 

However, the aggressive moves continued from behind as the Italian was pressured by Carpe and team-mate Quiles.

Heading into the final corner, Quiles saw the opportunity and forced an overtake on Foggia as he took the lead, with Carpe demoting the Italian to third. 

On the rundown to the line, it was Quiles who stole victory by 0.006s ahead of the fast-charging Carpe. 

Foggia completed the podium in his home race, 0.066s behind team-mate and victor Quiles. 

Championship leader Rueda finished fourth, as Munoz pipped Taiyo Furusato to the line in fifth. 

Angel Piqueras took the flag in seventh ahead of Perrone, who progressed from last on the grid into eighth. 

Kelso ended the race in ninth with Ryusei Yamanaka completing the top 10. 

Nicola Carraro was promoted to 11th after Ogden received a three-second post-race penalty, with the Brit moved to 12th. 

Jacob Roulstone was split from the lead group and defeated Cormac Buchanan on the run to the line for 13th. 

Stefano Nepa rounded out the points finishers in 15th.

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David Munoz produced a final corner overtake to seal his maiden victory in the Moto3 championship at Aragon. 

Munoz duelled with rookie Maximo Quiles throughout the race, but prevailed on the run to the line as he ran out victorious by 0.050s. 

Polesitter Rueda got the best start off the line and was able to hold onto the lead going into the first corner ahead of Luca Lunetta and Quiles. 

Lunetta was surprised by an aggressive move from Quiles in Turn 3 as the rookie made his way into second.

The Italian then made an error a few corners later, which saw him drop to ninth as David Almansa inherited the final podium position.

David Munoz made his way past Almansa on the start of lap four, and signalled to the Leopard rider to follow as the front four attempted an early breakaway from the group behind. 

Almansa spent the next three laps behind Munoz but made a move on Lap 7, but an aggressive response from the IntactGP rider saw Almansa forced to sit up and lose a position to Lunetta.

The Italian had a fast pace and was able to get past Munoz and Quiles into second, with the Spanish riders battling for position behind. 

Quiles initially passed Munoz, but ran off track and relegated himself to seventh as the chasing group rejoined the battle for the victory. 

With six laps to go, the riders behind began to attack race leader Rueda, with Lunetta and Munoz both passing the KTM Ajo rider into the first corner. 

Almansa and Quiles also found their way past the championship leader, as it appeared the Spanish rider had used too much of his tyre at the front. 

Quiles carved his way through the four riders in front as he took the lead at Turn 1, but shortly relinquished the position to Almansa. 

Almansa had to correct an error, which allowed Munoz and Lunetta to pass him onto the podium as the trio continued to chase down Quiles at the front. 

With one lap to go, Munoz resumed the lead of the race momentarily, but Quiles responded into the first corner. 

Quiles ran onto the outside curb going into Turn 12 to give himself a better exit, but Munoz managed to use the slipstream to make sure the pair were level going into the final corner. 

It was Munoz who prevailed out of Turn 17 as he took the chequered flag to seal his debut Moto3 victory. 

Quiles was forced to settle for second over the line despite leading for the entire final lap, while Alvaro Carpe won the battle for the final podium position in third.

Almansa crossed the line in fourth ahead of Lunetta in fifth, with Angel Piqueras just 0.050s behind the pair in sixth.

Joel Kelso earned seventh while long-time race leader Rueda could only manage eighth over the line. 

Ryusei Yamanaka took the flag in ninth while Cormac Buchanan rounded out the top 10.

Taiyo Furusato had been running with the lead group but ran out of tyre and finished 11th ahead of Scott Ogden in 12th, with Valentin Perrone trailing just behind in 13th.

Ruche Moodley crossed the line in 14th, while Dennis Foggia earned the final point in 15th.

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Moto3 championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda prevailed in a stunning last-to-first victory at Silverstone.

The Spaniard crossed the line 0.046s clear of rookie CFMoto rider Maximo Quiles, who participated in only his third Moto3 race this season.

Rueda completed his fifth win of the season in only the seventh round of the championship.

Dennis Foggia retired on the opening lap due to a technical issue, before the trip of Ryusei Yamanka, Ruche Moodley, and David Almansa were awarded long lap penalties.

Quiles took the lead as a result, whereas Joel Kelso was the first to crash out aboard the LevelUP MTA. The Australian was sitting third in the championship before his crash on Lap 4.

Rueda rose to 11th by the end of the first third of the race, rising at a truly incredible pace as he surged through the field.

On Lap 5, Luca Lunnetta took out David Munoz at Luffield, which put him out of potential podium contention.

Both riders were sitting third and fourth at the time, and race control issued Lunetta a long lap penalty as punishment.

As the championship leader continued to climb up the ranks to the leading pack, he, Quiles, and Perrone were engrossed in an intense battle for the rest of the race.

Rueda had a 0.4s advantage heading into the penultimate lap, but Quiles squashed the difference to put his fellow countryman under pressure.

The Spaniards remained first and second before a late brake move from Quiles saw him take the lead at Turn 15, but that lead proved to be short lived.

At the overtaking haven, Turn 17, Quiles made another attempt, but Rueda re-overtook him at Turn 18 to secure the impressive win.

Rueda rounded off a truly remarkable performance to claim the win that saw him emulate KTM riders Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder.

Quiles made an impressive second, followed by Lunetta who paid the price for his long lap penalty earlier on.

Taiyo Furusato secured fourth for Honda Team Asia, narrowly ahead of Alvaro Carpe and Valentin Perrone.

Almansa fended off late pressure from rookie rider Guido Pini, with Japanese star Yamanaka three tenths behind.

Vincente Perez claimed his first points of the season to round off the top ten, finishing ahead of Cormac Buchanan and Ricardo Rossi.

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KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda waited until the final corner to steal the Moto3 victory at Le Mans to extend his championship advantage. 

The Championship leader opened the gap in the standings after a collision between Joel Kelso and David Munoz at the final corner presented Rueda with the victory. 

The race director declared the race dry despite the mixed conditions presented by the Le Mans circuit.

Polesitter Maximo Quiles made the best start and held onto the lead going into the first corner ahead of Kelso and Angel Piqueras.

Kelso managed to stick with Quiles throughout the opening lap and made his move in the chicane to take the lead at the end of Lap 1. 

As Ryusei Yamanaka dropped out of the race, Quiles was demoted to seventh by the other riders in the leading pack. 

Quiles and the fastest rider on the track, Adrian Fernandez, made their way past Taiyo Furusato as the field remained tentative due to the difficult track conditions. 

Kelso ran wide, which allowed the group behind to close in as Guido Pini overtook team-mate Munoz to lead the charge.

The Australian ran wide at the same corner on the next lap, but this time the Italian was close enough to move briefly into the lead, before Kelso responded. 

Championship leader Rueda also progressed in the opening eight laps and overtook the IntactGP pair of Munoz and Pini to take second.

At the halfway point, the riders began to feel more comfortable on the track, as Munoz set the Moto3 race lap record at Le Mans to take half a second out of Kelso’s lead. 

Piqueras made an error to lose contact with the leading group, and crashed out one corner later after attempting to make up the gap. 

The leading group of four remained in their order, until Pini crashed at Turn 8 to lose his fourth place. 

With three laps to go, Rueda made his move on Munoz for second, but the IntactGP rider responded into the final corner. 

Rueda repeated his move on Munoz, but once again the Spaniard responded as the riders moved onto the final lap.

Kelso left the door open at the penultimate corner which invited Munoz to make a move, but the pair made contact and ran wide, gifting Rueda the lead at the final corner. 

Rueda won his fourth race of the season to extend his lead at the top of the Moto3 championship.

Munoz looked to have stolen second but was awarded a drop-one position penalty which promoted Kelso ahead of the Spaniard.

Alvaro Carpe was fourth, over four seconds behind the podium finishers. 

David Almansa scored a fifth place ahead of Furusato, who came home in sixth.

Polesitter Quiles settled for seventh, as he finished 7.133s off the lead. 

Fernandez took the flag in eighth ahead of Luca Lunetta who beat Valentin Perrone to the line for ninth. 

Dennis Foggia earned 11th, while Scott Ogden finished the Le Mans race in 12th.

There was a close battle for 13th over the line, with Jacob Roulstone prevailing ahead of Cormac Buchanan in 14th.

Italy’s Nicola Carraro completed the points finishers in 15th.

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Jose Antonio Rueda dominated the Moto3 field to take victory by over four seconds in his home race at Jerez.  

The KTM Ajo rider crossed the line 4.334s clear of title rival Angel Piqueras to take the lead of the championship after a resounding race win from pole.

The polesitter made the best start and held onto the lead going into the first corner ahead of teammate Alvaro Carpe. 

Ryusei Yamanaka also made a strong start from the second row and put pressure on teammate Angel Piqueras, but the Spanish rider was able to respond later in the first lap.

David Munoz was attempting to make his way back through the field after being demoted to the back of the grid due to dangerous riding in qualifying, and made a … start. 

The Spanish rider was forced the rejoin from the gravel trap on the opening lap, however, as he was collected by Ruche Moodley and David Almansa in their respective crashes.

At the front, Piqueras attempted to keep tabs on the leading Rueda, who seemed capable of managing the gap at around three tenths of a second each lap. 

Joel Kelso seemed to have the pace to run with the front runners and found himself in second after a good move on Piqueras. 

The front group of three were able to open a gap on the rest of the field, as they pulled three seconds clear of Yamanaka in fourth, but Rueda still held firm in the lead of the race. 

Rueda set the fastest lap of the race with seven laps remaining to see him move eight tenths clear, which called Piqueras into action as he passed Kelso into second. 

Piqueras made an error shortly after passing Kelso, which saw him drop back behind the Australian as they both lost ground on the leading KTM Ajo rider. 

Rueda increased the gap even further to three seconds as he appeared to seal the victory with four laps to go, leaving Piqueras and Kelso to duel for the other podium places.

On the penultimate lap, Piqueras struck at the final corner to take second away from Kelso, but the Australian was once again able to respond.

The Spaniard once again found his way through at Turn 6, as the pair continued their duel through to the flag. 

Rueda crossed the line to seal his dominant victory by over four seconds in his home grand prix. 

Piqueras prevailed in the battle for second as Kelso was forced to settle for third. 

Adrian Fernandez made a move in the final corner to take fourth, with Yamanaka demoted to fifth, narrowly ahead of countryman Taiyo Furusato in sixth. 

Guido Pini stuck with the second group and took the flag in seventh, a second and a half clear of Carpe in eighth. 

Jacob Roulstone led the next group of riders over the line in ninth as teammate Valentin Perrone completed the top 10 despite facing a long lap penalty. 

Luca Lunetta ended the race in 11th, with Scott Ogden taking 12th after starting at the back of the grid. 

Dennis Foggia scored points for the first time in his Moto3 career around the Jerez circuit in 13th ahead of Stefano Nepa in 14th. 

Thai rider Tatchakorn Buasri completed the points finishers in 15th place. 

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