Draft:Ángel Piqueras

Ángel Piqueras
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(2006-11-30) 30 November 2006 Requena, Spain
Current team	Leopard Racing
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2024– Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 16 1 3 1 1 131

Ángel Piqueras (born 30 November 2006) is an Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer for Leopard Racing in the 2024 Moto3 World Championship.

Career

Early career

Piqueras grew up in a biker family, as his Father used do to motocross racing, with Piqueras going to circuits with him. One day he decided to get on a motorcycle 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 European Talent Cup, where he came second place in his first race at Circuito do Estoril, although he would not get on the podium throughout the rest of the season, he had a consistent campaign, finshing 5th in the championship with 93 points.

He would return to the European Talent Cup for the 2021 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 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2022, the young rider made a significant impact right off the bat, garnering two pole positions in his debut round at the Algarve International Circuit, but retired in race one and didn't start the race in race 2. He turned his fortunes around at Jerez, where he claimed his first podium in the series, a second place finish. In the latter half of the season starting from Sachsenring, 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 2022 FIM JuniorGP World Championship 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, Luca Lunetta's 138 points.

Moto3 World Championship

Leopard Racing (2024-)

Following his impressive performances, he was signed to Leopard Racing for the 2024 Moto3 World Championship, the team of last year's riders champion, Jaume Masià.

Career statistics

European Talent Cup

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2020	Honda	EST	EST 2	ALG 4	JER 7	JER 4	JER	ARA 5	ARA 10	ARA 5	VAL 10	VAL 12		5th	93
2021	Honda	EST 4	EST 12	VAL 8	VAL Ret	CAT 8	POR 13	ARA 8	ARA C	JER 3	JER 3	VAL 6	VAL Ret	7th	86

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2022	ALG1 Ret	ALG2 DNS	JER1 2	JER2 6	MUG1 4	MUG2 8	SAC1 Ret	SAC2 1	RBR1 1	RBR2 3	ARA1 5	ARA1 3	VAL1 2	VAL2 2	4th	184
2023	ALG1 1	ALG2 1	JER1 1	JER2 2	LMS1 1	LMS2 1	MUG1 4	MUG2 2	ASS1 1	ASS2 1	RBR1 2	RBR2 1	MIS2 2	MIS2 1	1st	318

FIM JuniorGP World Championship

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2022	Honda	EST Ret	VAL1 2	VAL2 5	CAT1 4	CAT2 4	JER1 3	JER2 8	POR Ret	RSM 3	ARA WD	RIC1 Ret	RIC2 8	5th	105
2023	Honda	EST 2	VAL1 1	VAL2 1	JER1 1	JER2 3	ALG1 7	ALG2 2	BAR1 3	BAR2 6	ARA 1	VAL3 3	VAL4 4	1st	220

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2024	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	15	1	3	1	1	131*	7th*
Total				15	1	3	1	1	131

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2024–present	2024 Qatar	2024 Americas	2024 San Marino	15	1	3	1	1	131*	0
Total	2024–present				15	1	3	1	1	131	0

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2024	Moto3	Honda	QAT 12	POR Ret	AME 3	SPA 10	FRA 10	CAT 12	ITA 11	NED 8	GER 5	GBR Ret	AUT 4	ARA Ret	RSM 1	EMI 2	INA 4	JPN Ret	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL	7th*	131*

* Season still in progress.

External links

https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/angel-piqueras-/97116ba3-5971-4304-be84-451bdc9a563c