In Moto3 qualifying for the Valencia Grand Prix, the ultimate spherical of the championship, Adrian Fernandez pulled away from teammate David Almanza within the closing phases of Q2 and set a brand new document lap of 1 minute 36.990 seconds to take pole place.
David Almanza was unable to compensate for Friday, however took the lead within the splint-filled closing apply session and continued his good kind into FP2 earlier than qualifying, taking provisional pole.
Teammate Fernandes was additionally doing properly for Leopard, discovering house on the monitor for his closing run. He initially rose from third to 1st place, however as he took his second pole place of the season, his time dropped additional and he took the checkered flag.
The 2 hope to finish the drought of victory. Until one in every of them wins on Sunday, it will likely be the primary winless Moto3 season.
Fernandez’s lap left Almanza simply 0.136 seconds behind. Portimao race winner Maximo Cres additionally took the lead, utilizing the #22 automobile as a marker and intra-group tow, earlier than shifting as much as third place due to his early laps, making a save as his Aspar bike protested alongside the way in which to emerge as high rookie and high KTM behind the Honda duo.
Luca Lunetta was the final to pit after only one run. That was sufficient to earn him a late fourth place in his SIC58 Squadra Corse.
Marco Morelli had 4 Hondas within the high 5, however he pitted too late for the ultimate run and MLav Racing took the checkered flag in fifth place as an alternative.
Álvaro Calpe confirmed promise and began the weekend in FP1 in sixth place for the Pink Bull KTM Ajo, simply forward of Stefano Nepa, the very best of the Q1 graduates within the SIC58 Squadra Corse.
Pink Bull KTM Ajo’s Valentin Perrone completed in eighth place, whereas Taiyo Furusato selected to journey alone, however couldn’t synchronize and the Honda Crew Asia rider moved as much as ninth place.
Ángel Piqueras began late to enhance, and MT Helmet moved up from seventeenth to tenth by the top of the session.
Substitute riders Jesus Rios, Casey O’Gorman and Adrian Cruces all progressed straight into Q2.
Cruces made an instantaneous influence in eleventh on the grid after returning to the paddock as a alternative for CIP Inexperienced Energy’s Noah Dettweiler as he continued his restoration.
O’Gorman crashed on the closing nook simply after Q2 and the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider began fifteenth rather than David Munoz. Rios began sixteenth on the River Chilly Snipers crew.
Joel Kelso took pole place in Portugal however solely completed twelfth in Valencia at LevelUp – MTA.
| 2025 Valencia Moto3 – Qualifying Outcomes | ||||
| place | rider | nut | crew | time |
| 1 | Adrian Fernandes | spa | Leopard Racing (Honda) | 1 minute 36.990 seconds |
| 2 | David Almanza | spa | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.136 seconds |
| 3 | Maximo Queries | spa | CFMoto Valresa Aspar Crew (KTM) | +0.175 seconds |
| 4 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Racing Crew (Honda) | +0.261 seconds |
| 5 | Marco Morelli | A.R.G. | Grid – MLAV Racing (Honda) | +0.306 seconds |
| 6 | Alvaro Calpe | spa | Pink Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.400 seconds |
| 7 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | SIC58 Racing Crew (Honda) | +0.411 seconds |
| 8 | Valentin Perrone | A.R.G. | Pink Bull KTM Tech 3 (KTM) | +0.434 seconds |
| 9 | Taiyo Furusato | Japan | Honda Crew Asia (Honda) | +0.469 seconds |
| 10 | Angel Piqueras | spa | FRINSA -MT Helmet – MSI (KTM) | +0.478 seconds |
| 11 | Adrian Cruces | spa | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | +0.499 seconds |
| 12 | Joel Kelso | out of | Degree Up – MTA (KTM) | +0.510 seconds |
| 13 | Brian Uriarte | spa | Pink Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.652 seconds |
| 14 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | CFMoto Valresa Aspar Crew (KTM) | +0.712 seconds |
| 15 | Casey O’Gorman | IRL | Liquid Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.750 seconds |
| 16 | Jesus Rios | spa | Rivercold Snipers Crew (Honda) | +0.787 seconds |
| 17 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liquid Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.862 seconds |
| 18 | Danish choose | Maru | FRINSA -MT Helmet – MSI (KTM) | +0.997 seconds |
| Q1 | ||||
| 19 | Scott Ogden | GBR | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1 minute 37.806 seconds |
| 20 | Nicola Carraro | ITA | Rivercold Snipers Crew (Honda) | 1 minute 37.958 seconds |
| twenty one | Mateo Bertel | ITA | Degree Up – MTA (KTM) | 1 minute 38.086 seconds |
| twenty two | louche moodley | RSA | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | 1 minute 38.089 seconds |
| twenty three | jacob rulestone | out of | Pink Bull KTM Tech 3 (KTM) | 1 minute 38.191 seconds |
| twenty 4 | Zen Mitani | Japan | Honda Crew Asia (Honda) | 1 minute 38.240 seconds |
| twenty 5 | eddie o’shea | GBR | ・Murav Racing (Honda) | 1 minute 38.500 seconds |
| 26 | cormac buchanan | new zealand | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | 1 minute 38.856 seconds |
Q1 – Nepa powers via into second session
Stefano Nepa set the very best lap of the session behind the main group and superior to Q2 with the highest time. Brian Uriarte (thirteenth) additionally retained the seat of 2025 Moto3 champion Jose Antonio Rueda on his Pink Bull KTM Ajo, and was absent from the pits for the ultimate minutes of the qualifying session as he was assured of his time and isn’t anticipated to hitch the crew subsequent season.
Dennis Foggia (14th) and Hakim Denmark (18th) returned for the third race in Flinsa-MT Helmet-MSI rather than injured Ryusei Yamanaka and moved up the remainder of the standings.
Scott Ogden grew to become the primary rider to overlook out on fifth place, ending nineteenth on the grid. The CIP Inexperienced Energy rider crashed on the ultimate lap looking for sufficient mass to maneuver ahead. Fellow Briton Eddie O’Shea (twenty fifth) additionally fell through the session.
Nicola Carraro pitted on the lap when it appeared like he could be within the high 4, leaving the Rivacold Snipers rider in twentieth place, whereas Matteo Bertel suffered the identical destiny in twenty first place.
Jacob Rolston made an early comeback from a hand damage, however his 2026 rider was not in sight, ending ninth and twenty third.
Zen Mitani (twenty fourth) will return to Honda Crew Asia rather than Tachakorn Buasri.
