The 2025 Red Bull Rookies Cup and JuniorGP champion looks ahead to his first full season with Red Bull KTM Ajo in the Moto3 World Championship.

Brian Uriarte won both the Red Bull Rookies Cup and JuniorGP during the 2025 season, and now takes on a new challenge in the Moto3 World Championship with Red Bull KTM Ajo. Speaking ahead of the 2026 campaign, Uriarte talks about the team, his preseason, and being reunited with teammate Alvaro Carpe, with whom he competed for titles in previous categories and with whom he will now have the pleasure of working side by side to form one of the highest-level tandems in the category.

How important is your experience from the end of last season, and how has your integration into the team been?

Taking part in the last four races of last season certainly helped me a lot, giving me more experience ahead of this season. We now have a good understanding of how the World Championship works. I still have many kilometres to put in, as well as many hours of learning, and I need to get to know my team better, but from the moment I first entered the garage, they welcomed me as one of their own. Now they’ve practically become my family, so I’m very happy to have been able to make this dream a reality -both in terms of joining Red Bull KTM Ajo and coming into Moto3.

Alvaro was your main rival in the 2024 Red Bull Rookies Cup, competition that you have both won, as well as the JuniorGP. What can you bring to each other?

Alvaro has a lot of experience in the class after his great season last year. I’m sure he can contribute a lot, based on everything he learned during 2025. I’m a rookie, which is sometimes a good thing, but sometimes a bad thing, so we’ll have to face each situation in the best way possible. I’m sure we can both help each other out. I’m really looking forward to riding at a good level, so that we can work together and I can contribute whenever he needs it or the team ask me to do so.

You have already qualified for Q2, secured a spot on the second row of the grid and earned your first points, even though your first full year is just beginning. What are your main goals for 2026?

My goals this year are all short-term. Above all, I want to enjoy what I do, which is something I’ve always been fortunate enough to do. I want to continue in the same way now. For me, that’s the main thing. I also want to have a positive time with my team, bond as a group, and create a good atmosphere in our team so that we can work comfortably. Finally, I want to learn everything I can from everyone who has more experience than me in the Moto3 World Championship. I’m coming in as a rookie, and even though I’ve already taken part in four races, in the grand scheme of things that is practically nothing. For me, it’s vital to keep learning everything I can from the other competitors, so that one day I can be as close to them as possible on track.

How has your preseason been? Did you prepare it the same way as the previous ones?

I’ve approached this preseason in an even more professional way. In the end, the more you grow and mature, the higher your standards are for yourself, and that’s been the case this year. Without a doubt, I think I’ve prepared to the fullest in terms of fitness and I’m in my best ever shape. I’ve also been able to train a lot on a bike, in addition to training in different disciplines, so I think I’m in pretty good shape after the preseason tests in Jerez -where we’ve tried many things and were able to put in many hours on track.

How would you define yourself as a rider? What characteristics would you highlight?

I think I’m a methodical rider who really likes to keep things organised, for everything to be in order and in its right place. I also think I’m quite aggressive, especially under braking -an area that can make a big difference. On a personal level, I like to take care of the people around me, as it’s very important to have a healthy and positive atmosphere.

The transition from JuniorGP to Moto3 is significant, and not everyone achieves immediate results, as is the case with Alvaro, for example. What difference has impacted you the most when making the move from JuniorGP to Moto3?

I think what has struck me the most is the limited time you have available to adapt to the conditions. When I’ve arrived at a Grand Prix, I’ve had very little time to fine-tune the bike setup, get to know the people on the team, or even learn the intricacies of a track. All of this isn’t easy, but we have to work on it so we can feel better prepared in every circumstance and under any conditions. The good thing is that with the experience we gained last year, we already know how everything works, so this time we’ll try not to be caught off guard and to adapt to each new circuit I visit.

With the last races of 2025 already contested with Red Bull KTM Ajo, Brian Uriarte begins the 2026 season in a few days with the Round 1 of the Moto3 World Championship, held from February 27^th to March 1st in Thailand, a country he had never visited.