The current leader in the Moto3 class analyses his strong start to 2025 and explains how he intends to approach things after the summer break.

With 7 wins, 9 podiums, and 228 points from twelve races, Jose Antonio Rueda has a comfortable lead in the Moto3 World Championship. The Red Bull KTM Ajo pairing of him and Alvaro Carpe have experienced superb results in 2025, and Rueda wants to keep this going after the summer break.

Have you achieved your goal of finding consistency so far this season?

“Yes. The goal we had at the beginning of the season was to get consistency, something we struggled with last year. I’d say we’re achieving it so far, but we’ll need to keep up the good work during the second half of the season, where we’ll have several runs of consecutive rounds. Also, I think the toughest circuits in the series for me are coming up, so the key will be to be prepared for everything and maintain consistency until the end.”

In what aspects do you think you’ve made a solid step forward to achieve this consistency?

“The most important thing I’ve noticed this year, and what has also helped me achieve that consistency, is the technical aspect, as it allows me to feel more comfortable on the bike and have much more confidence -both in my machine and in my own abilities. The technician I have helps me a lot with my feeling, and every time I get on the bike, I go out there with more motivation, more desire, and more confidence.”

The preseason results already showed signs that this could be your year. Did you expect to find yourself in this position during the summer break?

“At first, you don’t expect anything, so to speak. It’s important to have expectations, but also to keep your feet on the ground. What you do expect is to always give your best to achieve the best possible results -and then see how everything goes from there. Day by day work is the most important thing, and obviously, you prepare to be at the top as often as possible, but you don’t expect it to happen that often. That’s just the way it is. I think we all hope to be able to fight for wins and to lead the championship from the start, but it’s clear that a thousand things can happen, so we have to stay focused on continuing to do the same things as we have been.”

From the start, you were already one of the favourites to fight for the title. How do you manage the pressure?

“By following the same routine as always, having the same training sessions, doing the same work every weekend, and knowing how to start from scratch at every circuit. It’s the best way to be able to fight as hard as possible in every race. That’s the key for me, and every time I return home from a race, I continue training as I have been doing, with the same routine, without major changes. It’s always better to keep things simple. Of course, I’m very happy to have reached the summer break as I have done, but we have to keep working as we have been doing from the beginning to be able to fight to be at the top in all the remaining races. The first half of the season has been very good, but that counts for nothing if we switch off now or think everything is done, so it’s time to stay focused on the day-to-day work and continue to achieve good results every weekend until December.”

In addition to your nine podiums, the team are also achieving great results with Alvaro Carpe. What’s it like working with him, now that you know him better?

“Working with Alvaro is a lot of fun. He’s a little crazy, but I really have a great time with him. I didn’t know him well before, but now that we’re halfway through the season, I can confirm that he’s a very good teammate. We’ve had some really good qualifying sessions together, so I’m really happy to be able to work with him like this. I hope it continues for the rest of the season. I feel very comfortable having a fast teammate like him who leads the rookie standings, and that’s also a great sign. Having someone strong alongside you helps keep you motivated to achieve good results, because you know he’s going to be there too if nothing strange happens. I think the work we’re both doing also helps. It also helps that Álvaro is having a great season; I would have liked to have had a rookie season like his.”

You’re comfortably leading the Team standings by 150 points. What’s the key to making this possible in such a close class?

“The work that both Alvaro and I are doing helps, of course. This is his first season in the World Championship, and it’s very difficult to be so competitive in such a short period of time. I would have liked to have started out like this two years ago, but it’s not easy at all. Moto3 is very close, and it’s extremely difficult to stand out, but, in the end, the work we’ve been doing since the beginning of the season has been very good, and we’re meeting the expectations we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year. Now all that’s left is to keep working hard so that both we and the rest of the team, who are also an essential part of making all this happen, can continue to enjoy the remaining races to the fullest.”

How are you going to approach this second half of the season?

“I’m going to approach the second half of the season without any goals. The only target I’m going to set is to start every weekend from scratch, continue working at my best, and feel as if this were a second season, starting all over again. There will be races that go a little better for us and others that will be a little more difficult, but the important thing is that we will continue to give my 100%. As long as I don’t hold anything back, the rest becomes somewhat irrelevant. I don’t want to go crazy or think about things that aren’t worth thinking about right now. I’m a pretty straightforward person, and the more I stick to that, the better I think these remaining ten Grands Prix will go for us. We’re going to work harder than ever and finish in the best possible way.”

In conclusion, the young but experienced Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto3 rider has clear short-term goals in order to achieve more important ones that could come at the end of the season if he continues doing things well and simply, in his own style. Rueda leads the standings by 85 points, and will return to action at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, where the season restarts from August 15^th-17^th.