The Dutchman aims to continue his impressive run at the season finale, with the Spaniard replacing Deniz Öncü, who won’t be able to say goodbye to the team on his bike.

For the tenth consecutive round of the 2025 Moto2 season, Collin Veijer and Daniel Muñoz will form the Red Bull KTM Ajo lineup at the Valencian Grand Prix. The Dutchman, who scored his first Moto2 podium finish in Portimão a week ago, returns to a familiar venue from his time in previous classes and series. Muñoz wants to finish in high doing a good race with the team. The Spaniard stands in for the injured Deniz Öncü, who has not reached 100% fitness and is unable to participate in a final race for the team.

Veijer is aiming for another competitive weekend, after impressing in Portugal for his best showing of the season. He secured his thirteenth World Championship podium finish -his first in Moto2-, and will try to be competitive again in Valencia. The Dutchman has finished every race he has taken part in there to date, including two editions of the Red Bull Rookies Cup, one event in the ETC and two in JuniorGP -where he achieved a second-place finish. In 2023, he also raced there as a Moto3 World Championship rider, finishing fourth -just 2 tenths of a second off the victory. This season he has accumulated 84 points, placing him 15th in the overall standings and the third best rookie.

Muñoz will contest his eleventh race of the season with Red Bull KTM Ajo, making it exactly half of the campaign for the team as a stand-in for Deniz Öncü. In this time, he has reached Q2 nine times and scored points in five races, and will look to sign off for the team in style this weekend. The Spaniard also has fond memories of Valencia, where he won the European Stock Championship in 2023. With his 11th-place finish in Portugal last weekend boosting his momentum, he now has 37 points and completes the Top 20 of the overall standings.

Deniz Öncü has not been deemed fit to compete in what would have been his last race for the team, with whom he parts ways after four seasons together and an injury-affected 2025. Sharing the Red Bull KTM Ajo’s box, Deniz has raced more than 50 Grand Prix between Moto3 and Moto2 categories, achieving five victories, eleven podiums and 7 Pole Position.

Having consolidated their seventh position in the Team standings, Red Bull KTM Ajo have amassed 221 points. At Valencia, they hold a record of seven victories and two podium finishes in the last ten editions: Wins for Johann Zarco (2016), Miguel Oliveira (2017 and 2018), Brad Binder (2019), Jorge Martin (2020), Raul Fernandez (2021), and Pedro Acosta (2022), with further rostrums coming with Binder’s third place in 2017 and Augusto Fernandez’ second in 2022.

In conclusion, Veijer and Muñoz are facing a special Grand Prix that is almost like a home race for both of them, as they both live in Spain and know the Ricardo Tormo Circuit as if it were their local track. They will take part in the 22-lap race on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. (local time), and will kick off the weekend at 9:50 a.m. on Friday with Free Practice 1.

Circuit information – Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Length: 4.01km / 2.49 miles
Width: 12 m / 39,37 ft.
Left corners: 9
Right corners: 5
Longest straight: 876 m / 0.54 miles
Built: 1999

#95 COLLIN VEIJER

“We’re coming here with a little bit better of a feeling this time. We want to start the weekend with a blank slate; it won’t be easy, for sure, but we will try to maintain the same level we had at the last round. Getting on the podium will be difficult, because everyone wants to be faster at the last Grand Prix of the year, but I think we’ve got to try our best there and try to do things as similar as possible to in Portugal. We need to make progress step by step, so after that we will see how far we can go.”

#17 DANIEL MUÑOZ

“It’s the last race of the year and a Grand Prix that’s always very emotional, especially after everything that happened last year with the DANA tragedy. We want to put on a good show for the team and be competitive from start to finish. It will be special for me to share this experience with the team, as it will be my last race with them, so I’m very motivated and eager to bring a good result back as a way of thanking them for their trust -and all the opportunities they’ve given me throughout this year.”