Draft:Ángel Piqueras

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

Early career
Piqueras was 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 not starting another race 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.

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.

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

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

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

Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
 * Season still in progress.