Marc Marquez protege Maximo Quiles will make his grand prix debut this weekend in the Moto3 class at the Americas GP with 𒁃the Aspar squad.

Quiles is one of the hottest young properties in the MotoGP paddoc🌼k coming into the 2025 season, having won the European T🍌alent Cup in his rookie campaign in 2021 and repeating that feat in 2023.

He would go on to be a top three championship finisher in the Red Bull Rookies Cup as well as wins in the J⛎unior GP World Championship to net a Moto3 contract with Aspar for 2025.

Quiles’ grand prix debut has been made pꦜossible by a late-season change to the age limit rules last year, w𓂃hich altered the wording of its exemptions.

At𝓀 only 17, Quiles is a year under the regulated minimum age to race in grands ⛎prix.

Originally a top three rider in tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe standings in Rookies Cup from “the previous season” is allowed an exemption to step up to Moto3.

With Quiles fifth in the Rookies Cup last year, his Moto3 debut would have needed to be deferred to 2💃026.

However, a tweak to the rules altered the wording of the exemption to allow a rider who finished top three “in any season” - very much seen as the ‘Quiles r꧃ule’.

Despite receiving an age exemption, under the altered rules he was still too yo🃏ung to take part in the opening two rounds of 2025, with Quiles only turning 17 on 19 March.

“I'm really looking forward to getting on the bike in Austin,” Quiles said▨.

“I'm a little upset about not being in Thailand or Argeꦆntina, but my time in the world championship is finally starting.

“I see a �🎶�high level in the Moto3 class, and I'll have to push myself to give my all.

“In the first races, the goal will be to learn and enjoy myself, but, ofꦍ course, I also want to do well.🌃”

Quiles’ talent has seen him taken under the wing of Vertical Management, the company run by the Marquez brothers, with th🧸e youngster spotted t꧟raining with the duo at various points last year.

The 17-year-old isn’t without controversy, though, after he was 🧔hit with a ra💝ce ban last year for an incident during a Rookies Cup race at Mugello.

Quiles has already tested for the Aspar team in pre-season. He was replaced by Jakob Rosenthaler in the firs🍨t two rounds of 2025, with the Austrian scoring no points.