KTM Ajo star Jose Antonio Rueda recovered from a poor opening lap to win a truncated Moto3 race in Indonesia and clinch the 2025 title.
Rueda arrived this weekend with a 93-point lead in the championship over his closest rival Angel Piqueras, and needed to extend that advantage to over a 100 to wrap up the title with four rounds to go.
The 19-year-old finished second on the road in Indonesia, but was promoted to first position after Adrian Fernandez was handed a double long-lap penalty for the collision with David Munoz that led to the race being red-flagged on lap 19.
Given two-thirds of the distance had already been completed, the race was not restarted, with results declared based on the order after lap 18. Fernandez was given a six-second time penalty in lieu of the double long-lap sanction that he couldn’t serve, elevating Rueda to victory.
With title rival Piqueras managing only seventh place after being hit with a long lap penalty of his own for taking a shortcut at Turn 9, Rueda was officially declared the 2025 Moto3 champion.
This was also the ninth victory of the season for the Spaniard, who will move up to Moto2 next season with KTM Ajo.
