Moto3 promised and did not disappoint, with Jose Antonio Rueda becoming only the third rider in history to win in Moto3 after starting from the back of the grid! Only Brad Binder (2016) and David Alonso (2023) had done it before!
All set for the final race of the British GP as Moto3 took to the track. Álvaro Carpe was in pole position for the first time, with Ángel Piqueras and David Almansa on the front row, followed by Joel Kelso, Maximo Quiles and Luca Lunetta.
Carpe got off to a good start, but Almansa quickly moved to the front of the race, with Quiles in third. Piqueras made a mistake and lost positions and was fifth, while Dennis Foggia seems to have had a problem with his bike and was forced to retire straight away.
Yamanaka had two long laps to complete and was warned about this, while Almansa was not forgotten with one.
Quiles followed at the head of the race with Lunetta behind and Carpe in third, Carpe was fourth, Kelso fifth and Piqueras sixth.
On the fourth lap a new leader appeared, in David Muñoz, while Valentin Perrone was moving up and was fourth. The fastest on the track was Rueda, who was in 12th position.
And drama struck again at Silverstone, with Kelso as the figurehead: the Australian rose to the lead of the race and then crashed! A lap later, Muñoz crashed and there was fire, literally, on the circuit!
🔥💥 @david64official is out of contention and there's fire on track!#BritishGP 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/hAAhxnPzT5
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 25, 2025
Lunetta, meanwhile, was sanctioned with a long lap for causing a crash, and he was second behind Quiles with the GP roughly halfway over.
Almansa was second again ahead of Carpe, with Guido Pini fifth behind Piqueras. Rueda, on the rise, was already close to Pini and beat his opponent.
The #22 was very fast and came to the front of the race, with the places behind him constantly changing. Rueda, meanwhile, continued his climb and was already third.
With five laps to go Carpe was next in the lead, with Quiles just 0.007s behind and Almanda 0.047s behind.
A couple of laps later Rueda, the championship leader, was finally in the lead, with Perrone second and Quiles third. The predictions of uncertainty for this GP turned out to be spot on, as there were seven riders within 0.43s!!!
With two laps to go Rueda remained the leader and 0.108s ahead of Quiles, with the gap soon growing to two tenths.
The last lap promised a lot and Quiles moved right to the front, leading at the start of the last sector! Quiles held on to the lead despite Rueda's attack, but the KTM Spaniard went on the attack and very close to the end managed to beat Quiles, with Rueda winning in Silvertone by 0.046s!
