Red Bull Rookie champ for KTM GP Academy
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2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion and the latest star in the KTM GP Academy, Alvaro Carpe, will partner Jose Antonio Rueda on the Red Bull KTM Ajo RC4s. This is for next year’s Moto3 World Championship campaign. He will also make a wild-card appearance at the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona next week.
Carpe, who hails from Murcia, comes from a potent pipeline of fast, talented youngsters emerging from Spain at this time. He will give the Ajo squad an all-Iberian roster in the Moto3 category. This is for the fourth time in the last five years. Ajo has assisted the likes of Pedro Acosta, Daniel Holgado, Deniz Öncü and Rueda to either victory or podium prominence in the last half a decade with their Red Bull racing machinery.
The 17-year-old finished P2 in the 2023 Red Bull Rookie Cup, celebrating his maiden win at the Red Bull Ring that season. This year he clinched four checkered flags and another five podium results. Thus, he triumphed in a pressurized title run by just two points.
He is also currently leading FIM JuniorGP with two rounds to go. He bids to become the third consecutive ‘double winner’ of both promotion series’. Following in the footsteps of his future teammate who managed it in 2022.
Alvaro’s promotion to the Red Bull KTM Ajo team is due to his form, potential and results.
This move represents the next step in what has been a bright start to his career in the KTM GP Academy.
Alvaro Carpe said:
“Signing with this great team means a lot to me as they are one of the best on the grid. I am increasingly pushing the level I have reached this year and everything we have shown in both the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and JuniorGP. I’m very happy and excited about starting the season and the first race in Thailand in 2025. I’m facing my rookie year with great enthusiasm and by training hard and always giving 100%. I am also very excited about my debut as a wildcard. It has been a dream since I was little, and also racing with this great team, with all their history, makes me even prouder.”
Aki Ajo, Red Bull KTM Ajo Team Principal added:
“I’m really happy to have another Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup winner in our structure. Of course, I personally think Alvaro was the clear choice for us as he has shown his potential, speed, and also his maturity during the races. In the last few years he has achieved many podiums and wins. One of the things I like most about him is his hard work and dedication to reaching his targets. I believe that he will form a great team together with Jose Antonio Rueda. They can learn a lot from each other. I am confident that together we can achieve great things. Of course, Alvaro was also the right choice by the successful KTM GP Academy program, of which we are proud to be a part. We continue to work to get the maximum potential out of the riders.”