Adrián Cruces and Joel Esteban won the races in the last round of the FIM JuniorGP World Championship, which concluded its season in Valencia on Sunday.
Xabier Zurutuza (MTA Junior Team/KTM) started from pole position, but in the first race, after one lap, it was Cruces (Finetwork Mir Racing Team/KTM) who was in the lead. The front group remained close throughout the race, and although #11 consistently led, he temporarily lost the position to the already crowned champion

Ángel Piqueras (Team Estrella Galicia 0,0/Honda). Cruces quickly regained the first place and crossed the finish line with a tiny 0.052s gap over Alvaro Carpe (SVT Laglisse Racing/Husqvarna). Piqueras completed the podium in front of Zurutuza, with Nico Carraro (Aspar Junior Team/GasGas) in fifth. The top seven were separated by less than a second.

The second race was somewhat similar to the first. Zurutuza held the pole position, but Cruces moved to the front in the first lap and kept his position for most of the laps, despite the close competition among the riders in the leading group. The Spanish rider crossed the finish line first, but a track limit infraction on the last lap resulted in a one-place penalty. Esteban, who finished second, was declared the winner. Luca Lunetta (AC Racing Team/KTM) took third place in front of Piqueras, who briefly led the race. Carpe rounded out the top five. In this race, the first nine riders were separated by less than one second in the end.

O conteúdo Adrián Cruces and Joel Esteban won the final races of the FIM JuniorGP aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Máximo Quiles is the new champion of the European Talent Cup, which concluded on Sunday in Valencia. The race was won by Guido Pini, but fourth place was enough for the Spanish rider to secure the title.

Jesús Rios (MRE Talent) started from pole position, but Quiles (Aspar Junior Team) took the lead and held it during the early laps before being overtaken by his rival on the fifth lap. Other riders also joined this battle, including Pini (AC Racing Team), who ultimately became the winner after several position swaps.

In a thrilling finish, Pini finished just 80 milliseconds ahead of Valentin Perrone (Franco Racing VHC Team) – who was also part of the battle. Rios finished fourth, 0.218s behind, while Quiles came in fourth, 0.276s adrift. In fifth place, Guillem Planques (First Bike Academy) trailed the winner by 5.677s.

Only Brian Uriarte (Team Estrella Galicia 0,0) could have prevented Quiles from becoming the champion, but he retired on the eighth lap while running in podium positions

O conteúdo Máximo Quiles becomes ETC champion; Guido Pini wins in Valencia aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Senna Agius secured pole position on Saturday for the Valencia round of the European Moto2 Championship. This event marks the end of the season and takes place at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit.

Agius (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Kalex) set the fastest time during Qualifying 1, posting a time of 1m34.692s. He was the only rider to dip into the 1m34s in both sessions. Héctor Garzó (NTS MMR/NTS Triumph) proved to be his main rival, but despite improving in Qualifying 2, he was 0.420s behind.

Completing the front row of the grid will be Yeray Ruiz (Fau55 Tey Racing/Kalex), who was 0.780s slower than Agius. The top five is rounded out by Alberto Surra (Team Ciatti Boscoscuro) and Harrison Voigth (Yamaha Philippines Stylobike Racing Team/Kalex).

Results:

O conteúdo Pole position for Senna Agius in the European Moto2 Championship at Valencia aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Xabier Zurutuza will start from pole position in the final round of the FIM JuniorGP season, which takes place this weekend at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.

In Q1, Eddie O’Shea (British Talent Cup/Honda), Corman Buchanan (AGR Team/KTM), Jakob Rosenthaler (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Junior Team), and Noah Dettwiler (Cuna de Campeones/KTM) ensured their place in the top 18 and in the fight for pole position.

The lap times improved significantly in Q2. Zurutuza (MTA Junior Team/KTM), who had set the pace in free practice yesterday, completed the best lap in 1m39.644s to beat Luca Lunetta (AC Racing Team/KTM) by 0.153s. Adrián Cruces (Finetwork Mir Racing Team/KTM) was third, 0.199s behind.

O conteúdo Xabier Zurutuza secured the last pole position of the FIM JuniorGP season aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

The calendar for the 2024 FIM JuniorGP World Championship season was revealed. The championship remains based in Spain but will have at least two overseas visits: Misano and Portimão, which are still on the calendar.

The big news is the Misano round, which opens the season on the weekend of April 21. The second round is in a location yet to be confirmed, and from there until the end of the year, FIM JuniorGP is based on the Iberian Peninsula.

From the third to the seventh race, only one will not be in Spain, when Portimão hosts the championship on June 23. Only Estoril is left out compared to 2023, depending on the circuit that will be announced for the second round. The season will end in Valencia once again, on November 10, 2024.

FIM JuniorGP World Championship calendar for 2024:

April 19 to 21: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (Misano Adriático, Italy)
May 3 to 5: Circuit to be confirmed
May 17 to 19: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Montmeló, Spain)
June 21 to 23: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portimão, Portugal)
September 13 to 15: Circuito de Jerez Ángel Nieto (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)
October 11 to 13: MotorLand Aragón (Alcañiz, Spain)
November 8 to 10: Circuito Ricardo Tormo (Valencia, Spain)

O conteúdo FIM JuniorGP reveals its calendar for 2024; Misano is the big news aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

This weekend marks the end of the season for the FIM CEV JuniorGP and other championships on the program at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Only one title fight is still on.

And that’s the European Talent Cup. Máximo Quiles (Aspar Junior Team) arrives in Valencia as the leader, but he has only an 18-point advantage over Brian Uriarte (Estrella Galicia 0,0). It will be a two-way battle, but everything favors Quiles: even if Uriarte wins the race in Valencia, his rival only needs to be ninth.

In the FIM JuniorGP, there are 50 points still in play, but Ángel Piqueras (Estrella Galicia 0,0/Honda) has already secured the title, with a gap of 79 points over Luca Lunetta (AC Racing Team/KTM). The Italian still has to defend his second place, as there are mathematically seven rivals who could pass him.

Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Junior Team/Kalex) is already the champion of the European Moto2 Championship, with a 52-point lead and 25 points at stake. The second-placed rider, Xavi Cardelús (PromoRacing/Kalex), hasn’t his final position guaranteed, as the third-placed rider, Alberto Surra (Team Ciatti Boscoscuro), is 21 points behind.

As for the European Stock Championship, Daniel Muñoz (SP57 Racing Team) is 30 points ahead of Eric Fernández (Fau55 Tey Racing), and with 25 points still to be awarded, this means he is already the champion. Fernández also has the second position secured since the third-placed rider, Marc García (EasyRace Team), is 28 points behind.

O conteúdo FIM CEV JuniorGP season comes to a close in Valencia with the ETC title up for grabs aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.