2025 French Moto3 - Race Results

R🔥ace results from the 2025 Moto3 French Grand Prix at a damp Le Mans, where Jose Antonio Rueda went through an open door, gifting him back-to back wins.

Jose Antonio Rueda, Le Mans, French GP, Moto3, 11 May 2025
Jose Antonio Rueda, Le Mans, French GP, Moto3, 11 May 2025
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The Moto3 class were first out on the damp Le Mans track for round six, the French Grand Prix  and it wasജ all chang♕e on the last lap as Jose Antonio Rueda took advantage of the fight in front to slip through and pick up consecutive wins. 

The race was declared dry in the build up to lig♕hts out, with the rain looking to have cleared for the day, but w💝ith wet patches around Museum to navigate.

Jerez race winner Rueda was only eighth in Q2, so🌼 had work to do in the race. Unable to recreate his dominance at the front from Jerez, the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider showed a different skillset, quickly rising through the pack and into the lead quartet.

A first piece of fortune came when his closest title rival, Angel Piqueras slipped back after an error, pushing hard to re-join the frontrunners, he fell at tur๊n ten at the half way m🀅ark.

The race had been lead from race one untilꦫ the final corner by Joel Kelso, with David Munoz in behind, waiting to pounce - Rueda was sensibly placed just behind heading into the final corner, where Raccordement was the scene of some last lap drama.

Munoz was ready to pounce and forced his way up a gap up the inside, 💙sending both himself and Kelso wide - leaving the door open for Rꦓueda.

The Spaniard took advantage of his luck and crossed the line first for his fourth win of the season aboard the KTM.
 

Liqui Moly Dynavolt Int🍨act GP rider Munoz recovered quickly from the incident to finish second but was demoted a place for his actions by race direction, still collecting hos first podium of the season in third.

Keꦍlso had proven his one lap pace, setting a new lap record over the course of the weekend. In race trim the Le🐷velUp MTA rider used that speed advantage to stay ahead from lap one, but his defensive line left him open to being reeled on and attacked. With both the Australian and Munoz looking for their first win a last lap clash felt almost inevitable, with Kelso promoted back to second, 0.636s behind Rueda.

Rueda’s rookie teammate Alvaro Carꦦpe secured a huge comeback fi✱nish. Having qualified down in 13th, he too cut through the pack to lead the chasing group, the pulling away from them to a solo fourth.

David Alma𓆏nsa also moved forward from ninth on the grid , fighting fellow comeback rider Taiyo Furusato to the line for fifth as top Leopard and Honda rider in the race.

Furusato started eleventh and was up and down the pack on track fighting for position from start to finish on his way tওo sixth for Honda Team Asia.

On pole for the first time 𝓰in just his second outing, rookie Maximo Quiles, lead the opening corners before Kelso took over, making up places late on after dropping outဣ of the top ten to place seventh for CFMoto Gaviota Aspar.

Leopard rider Adrian Fernandez was next to the line, right behind in eighth, just ahead of Luca Lunetta ꦯin ninth for SIC58 Squadra Corse.


Valentin Perrone held the home interꩵest in the Moto3 race, riding for൩ the French Tech3 team, along with Jacob Roulstone, and did enough for the top ten.

2025 Moto3 Le Mans - Race Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Jose Antonio RuedaSPARed Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)34m 01.752s
2Joel KelsoAUSLEVELUP - MTA (KTM)+0.636s
3David MunozSPALiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM)+0.736s
4Alvaro CarpeSPARed Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)+4.400s
5David AlmansaSPALeopard Racing (Honda)+6.613s
6Taiyo FurusatoJPNHonda Team Asia (Honda)+6.955s
7Maximo QuliesSPACFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM)+7.133s
8Adrian FernandezSPALeopard Racing (Honda)+7.488s
9Luca LunettaITASIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda)+7.804s
10Valentin PerroneARGRed Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM)+7.853s
11DennisFoggiaITACFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM)+9.186s
12Scott OgdenGBRCIP Green Power (KTM)+9.444s
13Jacob RoulstoneAUSRed Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM)+12.765s
14Cormac BuchananNZLDENSSI Racing - BOE (KTM)+12.869s
15Nicola CarraroITARivacold Snipers Team (Honda)+13.060s
16Vincente PerezSPALEVELUP - MTA (KTM)+20.080s
17Guido PiniITALiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM)+30.411s
18Riccardo RossiITARivacold Snipers Team (Honda)+31.213s
19Tatchakorn BuasriTHAHonda Team Asia (Honda)+31.350s
20Noah DettwilerSWICIP Green Power (KTM)+31.742s
21Jakob RosenthalerAUTDENSSI Racing - BOE (KTM)+1m 26.765s
22Angel PiquerasSPAFRINSA -MT Helmets - MSI (KTM)DNF
23Adrian CrucesSPAGRYD - MLav Racing (Honda)DNF
24Stefano NepaITASIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda)DNF
25Eddie O'SheaGBRGRYD - MLav Racing (Honda)DNF
26Ryusei YamanakaJPNFRINSA -MT Helmets - MSI (KTM)DNF

Dennis Foggia was outside the points at the start🐎 of the race befo💫re rallying, with help from falls ahead for eleventh for Aspar, moving ahead of Scott Ogden with a late pass pushing the CIP Green Power rider back to twelfth.

The remaining points went to Roulstone in 13th for Tech3, Cormac Buchanan in 14th for BOE and Nicola Carraro in 15th for Rivacold Sniper🐽s.

Vincente Perez just missedꦯ out after a long lap penalty in the race for a shortcut, dropping out of the points in 16th.

Already enduring a tough weekend, Riccardo Rossi also had a long💫 lap penalty to serve for riding slowly in front of the equally un🅺fortunate Eddie O’Shea earlier in the weekend.

Rossi started down in 22nd and finished 18th.

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements

Guido Pini had impressed in qualifying, secu🍰ring second on the grid. The Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider was in꧃ the lead pack when he slid out of contention at Garage Vert, rejoining for 17th.

Ryusei Yamanaka was the first ri🦋deꩲr to fall, off at turn six on lap two.

O’Shea had a weekend to forget, crashing in the conditions before the red flag came out for a clean up in practice, the MLav rider was then slowed by Rossi before falling on his out lap in qualifying, leaving him las😼t on the grid in 2🍎6th. He fell again in the race, with Adrian Cruces also crashing out of contention.

Piqueras was the o♌nly other fallerꦡ, with Stefano Nepa retiring to the pits.

There were a few replacement riders in the 🅰Le Mans race . Jakob Rosenthaler (21st) raced for Denssi Racing - BOE in for injured Ruche Moodley, who fractured his wrist in Jerez.

Cruces sat in for Marcos Uria✤te at MLav Raci🍨ng, with Perez continuing in place of Matteo Bertelle at LevelUp - MTA.

Championship Standings

Rueda arrived with a four point lead 🐻over Piqueras, extended to 116 points and a 29 point gap after a win and a DNF for Piqueras, who remains se🐷cond overall.

Kelso sits third on 77, with Carpe the top rookie in the standings in fifth with a total of 𒆙56 points.

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