Joel Esteban will replace Max Quiles at this weekend’s Moto3 Spanish Grand Prix, as the Spanish rookie conti💜n🐷ues to recover from injury.

Quiles, who memorably led the first lap of his Grand Prix career at the Circuit of the Americas earlier in April a🦄nd went on to finish fifth, crashed while training ahead of the Qatar Grand ౠPrix where he was replaced by Esteban.

The #78, who rode full-time for Aspar in 🔜the Moto3 World Championship last year before stepping back to the JuniorGP series for 2025, will again replace Quiles at Jerez this weekend.

It will be Esteban’s fourth appearance of the season, having replaced༒ Jacob Roulstone as the Australian recovered from preseason injuries during the opening two races of the 2025 season before rep♓lacing Quiles in Qatar. It was in Lusail that Esteban had his best ride of the year, though, coming from 21st on the grid to run inside the top-10 before crashing out on lap 13.

“I want to wish Maximo [Quiles] a speedy recov🍎ery and, at the same time, I want to thank the team for the opportunity they’ve given me,” said Esteban ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.

“I'm really looking forward to race in Jerez.

“Despite the crash, I finished with a very good feeling in Qatar and I see that♓ I have made a step forward in terms of riding, but also mentally.

“In Jerez we will focus on continuing to learn as my goal this year 🐻is the JuniorGP. We will continue t🔴o add kilometres on the Moto3 to understand the bike better. I must improve things on Friday and Saturday to be more competitive on Sunday."

Esteban’s teammate for the weekend, Dennis Foggia, admits that the circuit is not one that he likes – i𓆉ndeed, the Italian has never scored a point at Jerez in the eight starts he’s made at the Andalusian venue.

“We're returning to Europe; i♒t's the first race of the year there, and we're racing in Jerez, where we've already done preseason testing,” said Foggia.

“It's not a circuit I like or tﷺhat suits my style ♚very well, but I'll still try to be as far up front as possible and fight for the top positions.”