2025 Valencia Moto3 - Qualifying Results
Qualifying results from the 2025 Moto3 Valencia Grand Prix (Round 22) where the final pole position of the season went to Adrian Fernandez.
Moto3 qualifying for the Valencia Grand Prix, the final round of the championship, saw Adrian Fernandez pull ahead of teammate David Almansa to claim pole position late in Q2, with a new record lap of 1m 36.990s.
David Almansa had been impossible to catch on Friday, topping the final time practice session over a splinted field, and continued that form into FP2 ahead of qualifying, and had hit the top for provisional pole.
Teammate Fernandez was also on good form for Leopard and found space on track for his final run. Initially moving from third to first, before taking his time even lower for his second pole of the season at the chequered flag.
The duo are look to end a winning drought - it would be the first Moto3 season without a win if one of the pair do not come out victorious on Sunday.
Fernandez lap left Almansa just 0.136 slower, with Portimao race winner Maximo Quiles having also lead the way, after using the #22 as a marker and tow in the group, on his way to third thanks to that early lap, with a save as his Aspar bike protested on the way to be top rookie and top KTM behind the Honda duo.
Luca Lunetta was last out of the pits for just one run. That was good enough to see him claim a late fourth for SIC58 Squadra Corse.
Marco Morelli made it four Hondas inside the top five, but left the pits too late for a final run, taking the chequered flag instead for fifth for MLav Racing.
Alvaro Carpe showed promise, leading FP1 to start the weekend on his way to sixth for Red Bull KTM Ajo, just ahead of Stefano Nepa, the best of the Q1 graduates for SIC58 Squadra Corse.
Valentin Perrone placed eighth for Red Bull KTM Ajo, with Taiyo Furusato opting to run solo, out of sync the Honda Team Asia rider made gains which saw him to ninth.
Angel Piqueras left it late to improve, climbing from 17th to tenth rifht at the end of the session for MT Helmets.
Replacement riders Jesus Rios, Casey O’Gorman and Adrian Cruces all made it directly to Q2.
Cruces made his return to the paddock to fill in for Noah Dettwiler at CIP Green Power as he begins his recovery, making an instant impact with eleventh on the grid.
O’Gorman crashed right at the end of Q2, in the final corner, leaving the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider to start 15th, replacing David Munoz. Rios starts 16th for the Rivacold Snipers team.
Joel Kelso claimed pole in Portugal, but was only twelfth fastest in Valencia for LevelUp - MTA.
| 2025 Valencia Moto3 - Qualifying Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | 1m 36.990s |
| 2 | David Almansa | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.136s |
| 3 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.175s |
| 4 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.261s |
| 5 | Marco Morelli | ARG | GRYD - MLav Racing (Honda) | +0.306s |
| 6 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.400s |
| 7 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.411s |
| 8 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.434s |
| 9 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +0.469s |
| 10 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets - MSI (KTM) | +0.478s |
| 11 | Adrian Cruces | SPA | CIP Green Power (KTM) | +0.499s |
| 12 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP - MTA (KTM) | +0.510s |
| 13 | Brian Uriarte | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.652s |
| 14 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.712s |
| 15 | Casey O'Gorman | IRL | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.750s |
| 16 | Jesus Rios | SPA | Rivacold Snipers Team (Honda) | +0.787s |
| 17 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.862s |
| 18 | Hakim Danish | MAL | FRINSA -MT Helmets - MSI (KTM) | +0.997s |
| Q1 | ||||
| 19 | Scott Ogden | GBR | CIP Green Power (KTM) | 1m 37.806s |
| 20 | Nicola Carraro | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team (Honda) | 1m 37.958s |
| 21 | Matteo Bertelle | ITA | LEVELUP - MTA (KTM) | 1m 38.086s |
| 22 | Ruche Moodley | RSA | DENSSI Racing - BOE (KTM) | 1m 38.089s |
| 23 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | 1m 38.191s |
| 24 | Zen Mitani | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | 1m 38.240s |
| 25 | Eddie O'Shea | GBR | GRYD -MLav Racing (Honda) | 1m 38.500s |
| 26 | Cormac Buchanan | NZL | DENSSI Racing - BOE (KTM) | 1m 38.856s |
Q1 - Nepa powers through to second session
Stefano Nepa set the best lap in the session in behind the lead group, moving to Q2 with the top time, joined by Brian Uriarte (13th) who continued in the seat of 2025 Moto3 champion Jose Antonio Rueda at Red Bull KTM Ajo, ahead of joining the team himself next season and was so confident in his time he sat out the final few minutes of the opening qualifying session in the pits.
Dennis Foggia (14th) and Hakim Danish((18th), who returned for a third race, still with Frinsa - MT Helmets - MSI, for the injured Ryusei Yamanaka, picked up the remaining progression places.
Scott Ogden was the first rider to miss out in fifth for 19th on the grid. The CIP Green Power rider crashed on his final lap trying to find enough to progress. Fellow Brit Eddie O’Shea (25th) also fell in the session.
Nicola Carraro pulled into the pits on lap lap which looked certain to launch him into the top four, leaving the Rivacold Snipers rider 20th., with Matteo Bertelle suffering the same fate in 21st.
Jacob Roulstone, was back early from his hand injury with no prospect of a 2026 rider, finishing ninth for 23rd
Zen Mitani (24th) returned at Honda Team Asia, in place of Tatchakorn Buasri.
