Ángel Piqueras García (born 30 November 2006) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer for MT Helmets – MSi in the 2025 Moto3 World Championship.

Career

Early career

Piqueras grew up in a biker family, as his Father used do to

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racing, with Piqueras going to circuits with him. One day he decided to get on a

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and fell in love with the sport. In 2013 he came third in the Cuna de Campeones Minibike, and came runner-up to the title in the following year. He won the 2015 110cc and 140cc Valencian Community Championship and came third in the 110cc category of the Cuna de Campeones. He made his Moto5 debut in the 2016 Cuna de Campeones Moto5 category coming fourth in the championship, the next year he came runner-up to the title. In 2018 the Spaniard embarked on a rookie campaign in the Moto4 category of the ESBK, finishing fourth before clinching the championship in 2019. Piqueras made his debut in the second round of the 2020 European Talent Cup, where he came second place in his first race at

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, although he would not get on the podium throughout the rest of the season, he had a consistent campaign, finishing 5th in the championship with 93 points. He would return to the European Talent Cup for the

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but did not have the success he hoped, retiring from two races and another race being cancelled was a critical blow to his campaign, but he would amass three pole positions and two third places to come 7th in the standings with 86 points. After two seasons of the European Talent Cup, he made his debut in the

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, the young rider made a significant impact right off the bat, garnering two pole positions in his debut round at the

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, but retired in race one and didn't start the race in race two. He turned his fortunes around at

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, where he claimed his first podium in the series, a second place finish. In the latter half of the season starting from

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, he made a huge improvement to his campaign, securing two victories, four more pole positions and claiming six more podiums, as he finished his campaign fourth overall. He also competed in the

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for the first time, where he retired from three races and withdrew from a fourth race but on the upside, he garnered three podiums and finished 5th in the championship with 105 points. In 2023, he competed in both the 2023 FIM JuniorGP World Championship and the 2023 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, the same as last year but instead would storm to both titles, as in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup he amassed nine wins in 14 races, and was crowned Champion with two rounds to spare, ending the year with a historic 115-point lead over the second-placed rider in the Red Bull Rookies Cup. While in the JuniorGP World Championship he claimed four wins and five poles, ending the championship with a whopping 220 points, compared to the runner-up,

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's 138 points.

Moto3 World Championship

Leopard Racing (2024)

Following his impressive performances, he was signed to

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for the 2024 Moto3 World Championship, the team of last year's riders champion,

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. Piqueras would partner

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for the season. After getting his maiden podium in only his third race in the

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, where he also claimed his teams 100th podium ever. At

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he got his first pole position, but would finish the race in eighth. Following retirement in

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and

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, Piqueras took back-to-back podiums at

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and

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, which were both run at

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. He took his first victory at San Marino as well. The Asian swing of his campaign wasn't as successful, retiring from

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and

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. He bounced back in the final round of the season at

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, where he got a final podium. Piqueras finished his first season in

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in 8th with 153 points.https://leopardracing.com/angel-piqueras-steps-onto-the-podium-in-third-place-at-barcelona/

MT Helmets – MSi (2025)

For the 2025 season, he switched to Spanish outfit MT Helmets – MSi, partnering Japanese rider

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. He got his second Moto3 win in the second race of the season at the 2025 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix and two rounds later he picked up his third Moto3 win at the 2025 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix.

Career statistics

European Talent Cup

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

FIM JuniorGP World Championship

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

References

External links

* 2006 births Living people Spanish motorcycle racers Moto3 World Championship riders 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Spain-motorcycle-racing-bio-stub