Máximo Quiles

Máximo Martínez Quiles (born 19 March 2008) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes in the 2026 Moto3 World Championship for Aspar Team. He won the 2021 and 2023 European Talent Cup championships at ages 13 and 15, respectively.

Quiles was the 2025 Moto3 World Championship Rookie of the Year. He is represented by Vertical Management, a talent management agency founded by Marc and Álex Márquez.

Career Early career Quiles began actively racing at the age of six. He was crowned champion of several national and international championships riding mini GP bikes between 2017 and 2019.

Quiles finished as championship runner-up in the 2020 Moto4 Spanish Superbike Championship at the age of 12, before joining the European Talent Cup.

Quiles joined the European Talent Cup in 2021 and was crowned champion in his rookie season at just 13 years old.

After his impressive 2021 European Talent Cup season, Quiles was selected to compete in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup for 2022. He claimed three wins and seven podiums throughout the season, securing third place in the standings. He also participated in the 2022 European Talent Cup season, this time finishing fourth overall.

In 2023, Quiles clinched his second European Talent Cup title. Meanwhile, he finished third in the 2023 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup standings, matching his result from the previous season.

Quiles was promoted to the FIM JuniorGP World Championship for the 2024 season. He secured four podiums and one win in the final round at Estoril, finishing in third place in the championship standings.

In his third Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season, Quiles secured six podiums and two wins. Quiles received a one-round ban following a controversial incident in the Mugello Race 2. On the final lap, he exited the last corner leading a pack of over ten riders and swerved across the main straight in an attempt to break the slipstream from the riders behind him. This maneuver caused a collision with Ruché Moodley, who, after a second contact with Álvaro Carpe, dangerously fell from his KTM RC250GP and was narrowly avoided by the chasing riders. Quiles apologized for the incident after the race. The ban caused him to miss the next two Assen rounds, costing him the championship lead. He ultimately finished fifth in the final standings.

Moto3 World Championship CFMoto Aspar Team (2025–2026) On 15 November 2024, Aspar Team announced Quiles as their Moto3 rider for the 2025 season, alongside Dennis Foggia. He missed the first two rounds of the season due to being under the age limit for riders who have finished in the top-three in the JuniorGP. Quiles made his Grand Prix debut at COTA, where he qualified second, being only beaten by David Muñoz by a margin of one tenth. He finished the race in fifth place.

Ahead of the Qatar round, Quiles suffered an incident in which he hurt his hand, but still traveled to the circuit. However, after undergoing a medical evaluation, he was diagnosed with a thumb fracture and consequently declared unfit to race that weekend. Two weeks later, ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, his team announced he would miss a second race in order to continue his recovery process. Quiles returned for the French round, where he achieved pole position, and finished the race in seventh place. He would finish the following two races, in Silverstone and Aragón, in second place before claiming his maiden win at Mugello.

The next round at the Dutch TT was the weakest weekend for Quiles up until that point, finishing in 15th place after a crash, which was followed by back-to-back second places at the German and Czech Grands Prix, respectively, and later a fourth place finish at the Austrian Grand Prix. Quiles' good season continued at the Hungarian Grand Prix as he took his second win of season, with a race that went all the way down to the wire with fellow rookie Valentin Perrone at Balaton Park Circuit. He continued to impress with his results as the season progressed, and claimed the rookie of the year award at the Malaysian Grand Prix. At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Quiles won the race in dominating fashion after pulling away from the rest of the field in the final laps.

Moto2 World Championship CFMoto Aspar Team (2027) Quiles will step up to Moto2 for 2027, continuing with Aspar Team.

Personal life At some point in his youth career, Quiles dropped his paternal surname, Martínez, for his maternal one, Quiles. He explained how he didn't want his initials to resemble those of Marc Márquez. His father used to race road bikes in Spain in his youth.

Career statistics European Talent Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2021 Honda EST EST VAL VAL BAR ALG ARA ARA JER JER VAL VAL 1st 171 2022 Honda EST EST VAL VAL BAR JER JER ALG ARA ARA VAL 4th 129 2023 Honda EST EST VAL VAL JER JER ALG BAR ARA ARA VAL 1st 187

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2022 KTM ALG ALG JER JER MUG MUG SAC SAC RBR RBR ARA ARA VAL VAL 3rd 189 2023 KTM ALG ALG JER JER LMS LMS MUG MUG ASS ASS RBR RBR MIS MIS 3rd 167 2024 KTM JER JER LMS LMS MUG MUG ASS ASS RBR RBR ARA ARA MIS MIS 5th 153

FIM JuniorGP World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2024 Honda MIS MIS EST1 BAR BAR ALG ALG JER JER ARA EST2 EST2 3rd 129

Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season

By class Class Seasons 1st GP 1st pod 1st win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp Moto3 2025–present 2025 Americas 2025 United Kingdom 2025 Italy 30 10 20 5 3 530 0 Total 2025–present 30 10 20 5 3 530 0

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