Maximo Quiles Wins Portimão Moto3 as Runner-Up Battle Heads to Finale
The rookie's third victory reasserts late-season form before rankings are settled at the final round.
Overview
- Quiles claimed his third win of 2025 and first since August, overcoming mid-race errors to finish ahead of Angel Piqueras and Taiyo Furusato.
- Piqueras took second for his seventh podium of the season, keeping his bid for second in the championship alive going into Round 22.
- Replacement rider Joel Esteban finished fourth for Red Bull KTM Tech3, with Alvaro Carpe fifth for Red Bull KTM Ajo.
- Stand-in Casey O'Gorman logged sixth in only his third Grand Prix, while polesitter Joel Kelso slipped to seventh and Scott Ogden took eighth.
- DNFs included Guido Pini, Matteo Bertelle, Jesus Rios and Valentin Perrone after incidents that thinned the late-race group.