The 2025 Moto3 World Championship saw many new rookies appearing in the MotoGP paddock, including 2022 European Talent Cup champion Guido Pini.
Some of the small group of Italians The road to motogp After his final mise as a talent building organization at the VR46 Rider Academy, he made his debut at the World Championships in 2024, along with others such as Le Carnetta and Giulio Pulise, who made his debut at the World Championships in 2024, and after claiming his first Red Bull Bull Motog Pruky Cup Podium Podium, he finished second in last year’s junior Grand Prix rankings despite missing the first five races due to injuries.
The 17-year-old Pini, who moved up alongside the IntactGP team, initially stood out for his size, but he steadily improved in the opening race of the season before competing on the podium for the first time at Le Mans.
Crash.NET spoke for weeks after an eye-catching French Grand Prix performance (which ultimately ended up in 17th place) on Thursday at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the new circuit in Italian.
Alex Whitworth: What do you think you’ve been this season so far? In the paper it appears to have improved in all the races, how do you rate it?
Guido Pini: From the beginning to now, I think we’ve improved with each race. This is important. It was really difficult in Thailand. It was my first race after a winter injury, but it improved from Thailand to Argentina. Then it improved even further from Argentina to Texas. And now we qualified well at Le Mans – the P2 is a really good result – and in the race I was in the first group and I was pleased with this: 14 laps in the front group, and after a crash. But anyway, I’m here. Let us continue like this, pleased with our progress.
AW: This is my first time here at Silverstone. How do you prepare to learn new tracks?
GP: In Qatar, I played P4 in my first session. I’m a rider who takes the track really fast. If it’s a new truck, I’m really fast from the first moment. Let’s take a look. This is a really big track, really long and the biggest on the calendar. But I am also confident about our progress and Le Mans Race Week. I’d like to try this track, but I’ll try my best tomorrow.
AW: Silverstone was a track with lots of fast corners, but is that one that suits your style?
GP: It’s very similar to my style. I’m a fast corner rider, I don’t want to stop my bike too much. Yes, Le Mans, I don’t know why, but you had to stop the bike and I was fast. But I usually prefer a faster angle like Mugello or Jerez.
AW: Are there any other types of training you would like to do besides track bikes?
GP: Well, I tried motocross for the first time in the winter and broke my leg.
I usually get to ride on a truck from the beginning of my career, even in the winter. I’m not off-roading, but now winter flat trucks are really important too. Also, for Moto2 or MotoGP, slides are extremely important. It’s not very important for Moto3, but you need to start this (throttle control).
My best workouts are asphalt, tracks. I like to do that. I also enjoy it so much with a 600 at Mugello (Pini rides a Honda CBR600RR for training) so I’ll continue training like this.
Guido Pini
AW: In the past, many Italian riders came up with the VR46 Rider Academy, but now things have changed a little. Do you think the way Italian riders come to the World Championships has changed?
GP: Probably Valentino (Rossi) helped me a bit from Bagnaia to Betzecchi. At the academy, it was a bit easier to enter the world championships.
Currently, Spanish riders are doing really good things. Also, there are many schools in Spain (but not many in Italy). I also moved to Spain in 2021 to train and improve myself. It’s because it’s too cold in the winter in Italy, but in Spain it’s also suitable for training in the winter.
As for me, I think I’m Italian. I think it’s fast. I’m here and trying to do my best. I had to move to Spain to train. I hope that in the future it will be the opposite. Italians would be better than Spain. But for now it looks like this:
AW: Like you said, you went to Spain in 2021 and was the champion in 2022. You must have been happy to go to Spain and win your second year?
GP: 2021 and 2022 were truly different years. 2021 was my first year and so on (European Talent Cup) and I came up with a ranking of P18, the worst season of my career. In the final race, we played some P10s. (After the 2021 season), I trained in Malaga in the winter, I tried to do my best, and saw the results in 2022.
I started the season on the podium. And I was not the fastest so I tried to get into the most consistent race-by-race race, and it was really good (take what I can). If you need to run P10, run P10. If you can run P5, you can run P5. Also, if you can win, you will win. But for example, my rival crashed many times, so I beat them (them) for that reason. However, 2022 was a really good year for me as 2021 was the worst.
AW: After that, I went to Junior GP in 2024. It didn’t start well as I got injured before the season (Pinni broke my elbow in the preseason test of the Motog Pruky Cup in Red Bull), which slowed you down a lot, but you came back and won many races.
GP: For me, 2024 was a magical year. I broke a lot of bones, but after a great race. I was really focused because I know that if you crashed, you won’t be able to participate in the World Championships. So, with a lot of pressure, it was my last race at Estoril, but I tried to do my best. It was a new team, too, but I was amazed at how amazing it felt from the first moment. So I tried to do my best with the team and we had a magical season.
AW: You signed late to come here, the announcement was in December and just after you broke both legs. So, let’s go to Thailand, how was your trip to get there from where you were in December?
GP: I stayed for a month and a half without walking. Because 2 feet were broken, it was impossible. Training was also difficult. This is because if you can’t run or can’t move, you can only move your upper body. So it was really hot in Thailand, so I haven’t been training since December. I tried to train more or less, but I tried to train too much.
So it was a really difficult weekend for me. The first weekend of the World Championships (so) wasn’t easy either. But I always tried to be happy because I’m here. I’m a world championship rider. It’s not that easy to get there. So I say, “Now I’m trying to work more, get faster and try harder in race-by-race race.” And now we can finally see the results.
We only did six races, but I wanted more, I wanted more, I wanted more, and at Le Mans we saw – unfortunately I crashed, but I was a P4 in the front group with only four riders. All of these riders took the podium. I was the only person so I was really happy with the helmet.
AW: Do you see other rookies differently this year than other riders who have been involved in the World Championships for a long time?
GP: Here are the differences between two riders and the World Championship rider: From the start, the riders at the World Championships are very fast and in junior Grand Prix, this problem is not the case as they have four days of training. There’s a test.
That’s why I arrived on the track on race day and had a lot of experience. The opposite is: You have to be really fast from the first moment. This is the biggest difference. But I would like Maxio (Quils), Calpe more, but we are the fastest junior Grand Prix and I hope to become the future of this category, improve and get better.
AW: You’re already quite tall and when I’m tracking you down, I think you look a bit like that, along with Deinese and AGV and black bikes and suits Nicolo is opening His first year. Have you already thought about it? Moto2 Would you like to stay at Moto3 for another year in 2026?
GP: No, I would like to stay at Moto3 and win the World Championships. My dream when I was younger was to pass Moto3, Moto2 and already win some world championships and arrive at the MotoGP. I
‘m taller, yes, but last year (IntactGP) team had Colin Vajer. So it’s not a big problem for this category. I think you’ll have to go through a lot of experience to jump to Moto2, as it’s not an easy category. I think it’s the (most) difficult category of the World Championships, so you need to be ready to do this jump. Let’s take a look. We only had six races, so we had time to decide.
AW: How did you start motorcycles? For most people, it means their dad brings it, was it like that for you?
GP: Yes, my dad rode a mini bike when I was younger and I always asked him to follow each race. After that he said, “Okay, you can try it,” and finally, I tried his mini bike, and it was love from the first moment.
AW: Do you follow other motorsports and sports in general? Like Formula One or Motocross…
GP: I think it’s a bike with an engine. Like soccer, I don’t really like it. If I have to watch the World Cup final, I see it, but I don’t follow the championship – sometimes just the bike and Formula One.
AW: What do you do from the track to relax? movie? music?
GP: I don’t like a lot, I’m just a bike. When I have free time, I train.
Also, relationships with people of my age in my village – I was trained in Malaga in 2021, so I don’t have many relationships. I also quit with school, but I don’t have many relationships.
Luckily I (someone) is my age so I (go out) with him, but not too many. So when I have free time, I prefer to be at home, play PlayStation etc and ready to race.
AW: What goals are you taking to get back to this season? Podium? Will you win?
GP: This is the target: to build some podiums and, if possible, I’ll win too. I was really close at Le Mans, so I think this is a target I’m making as quickly as possible for the “rookie championship.” That’s not important, but it improves race-by-race races, like from Thailand to Le Mans. And if I could get the podium or the victory, I would take it.
AW: You are said to be from Borgo San Lorenzo, so Muguero is approaching, so is it almost a home race for you more than the other Italians?
GP: I’m very excited, I’m really looking forward to this race. Of course, it’s a magical weekend with all the fans’ support. So I look forward to being prepared and doing my best.
