Uriarte crowned JuniorGP Champ at penultimate Barcelona round

2025 FIM JuniorGP Championships
Round Six – Barcelona

Brian Uriarte (UAX SeventyTwo Artbox) became the 2025 FIM JuniorGP World Champion after securing the title in Race 2 on home soil at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya over the weekend, walking away with an unassailable 66-point lead with a round to go.

In the Moto2 European Championship, the wins were split between Unai Orradre (Team Ciatti-Boscoscuro) and Milan Pawelec (AGR Team), with that title fight going to Valencia.

In the European Talent Cup, Kiandra Ramadhipa (Honda Asia-Dream Racing Junior Team) claimed victory, while the Stock European Championship’s sole race was won by Tibor Erik Varga (IUM Motorsports S.L) as title leader Iker Garcia (GV Tamoil Racing) crashed out.

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Race 1 went down to the wire in Barcelona, with Jesus Rios (Finetwork XTI Mir Racing Team) snatching victory by a mere 0.102s at the flag. Championship leader Uriarte took second, tied with Rico Salmela (Estrella Galicia 0,0) at the line as the final podium places were decided by the riders’ fastest lap.

Marco Morelli (GRYD – MLav Racing) narrowly missed out on the podium, finishing fourth at the flag, while Marianos Nikolis was 18th.

Race 2 saw Uriarte’s crowning moment, clinching the 2025 JuniorGP World Championship with a round to spare, and taking a safer second place, just ahead of Joel Esteban (CFMOTO Aspar Junior Team), the duo trailing leader Morelli by seven seconds.

The race was red-flagged on the final lap following a crash for Adrian Cruces (Finetwork XTI Mir Racing Team), with Australia’s Nikolis settling for 26th.

The celebrations were only beginning for #51, who had notched up his eighth podium of the season.

Behind Uriarte, Morelli sits on 133-points to Rico Salmela’s 122, and nipping at his heels are Joel Esteban and Casey O’Gorman on 120-each, followed by Jesus Rios. While the top spot is decided, there’s still plenty to race for, for the rest of the field, with Uriarte unlikely to slack off with the trophy safely in the bag.

JuniorGP Race One Results

JuniorGP Race Two Results

JuniorGP Championship Points

Moto2 European Championship

Race one saw Unai Orradre battle his way from fourth to first to claim victory and give himself a match point on Sunday afternoon. Eric Fernandez (FAU55TEY Racing) snatched second at the final corner ahead of Alberto Ferrandez (Team Ciatti-Boscoscuro) as they completed the podium.

Australia’s Harrison Voight ended the opening race in 20th.

The afternoon’s race two saw Milan Pawelec (AGR Team) claim victory ahead of Fernandez and Ferrandez, who once again switched positions at the final corner in a carbon-copy move from race one. Voight improving to a 16th place finish.

Orradre needed to outscore his nearest rivals by three points to be sure of the title in Barcelona but finished in P6; meaning the title fight heads to Valencia with 25 points available and four riders in title contention: Orradre, Pawelec, Ferrandez and Alberto Surra (Andifer American Racing).

Moto2 European Championship Race One Results

Moto2 European Championship Race Two Results

Moto2 European Championship Points

Stock European Championship Race

Tibor Varga took a hard-fought victory in the Stock ECh’s only race of the day in Barcelona, with the Hungarian also claiming the Championship lead.

Jacopo Cretaro (SF Racing) made up for his Misano mistake with second, with Pier Francesco Venturini (AC Racing Team) completing the podium.

Leading the Australian efforts was Archie McDonald, finishing just off the podium in sixth, while Declan Van Rosmalen was 15th.

Archie McDonald

“I was never meant to take the long lap. After a crash into turn 1, I did everything I could to avoid everyone and re-join the race safely, unfortunately after 10 laps of fighting back from 10th to the top five group! I would receive a long lap for short cutting the track avoiding the crash? As well as starting the race P3 and finishing lap one P10 I don’t think I gained an advantage. I did my penalty and noticed that a couple other riders who also short cut the track, didn’t receive a long lap penalty like me, I approached race direction immediately after the race and notified them of my situation and reviewed the incident and after 20 minutes they apologised with the mistake of “human error” handing me the long lap penalty instead of the correct riders, which I understood and didn’t bother arguing further action as I’ve already enjoyed the weekend and I think we all know my potential for the last round anyway. Once again thank you Team Laglisse you guys are amazing people and are as hungry to win as me, I LOVE IT! As well Claire Sharkey and Robbie Bolger your calls before every session are so motivating as well as the heart felt congratulating calls after each session, much love. Now on the plane back to Australia for the ASBK finale!”

Iker Garcia (GV Tamoil Racing) crashed out at Turn 1 on the opening lap after colliding with Filippo Fuligni (PROMORACING), with David Real (Mission Grand Prix) also involved; all three retired from the race.

Varga leads Garcia by one point heading to the season-finale at Valencia. McDonald sits seventh.

Stock European Championship Race Results

Stock European Championship Points

European Talent Cup

Kiandra Ramadhipa took a stunning final lap win, defeating Carlos Cano (UAX SeventyTwo Artbox) in another photo finish. Alvaro Lucas (CFMOTO Aspar Junior Team) completed the rostrum, with 0.066s separating the top three.

Yaroslav Karpushin initially clinched third but was later disqualified from the results. Fernando Bujosa (AC Racing Team) crashed out at Turn 7 on the fourth lap, losing crucial Championship points.

The ETC title now heads to Valencia for the final showdown, with Cano holding an 11-point advantage over Bujosa

European Talent Cup Race Results

European Talent Cup Points

Next stop:

Season final – Circuit Ricardo Tormo – Round Seven, November 23.