David Muñoz RodrÃguez (born 15 May 2006) is a Spanish
Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for Intact GP in the
2025 Moto3 World Championship.
Career
Early career
In 2018, Muñoz participated in the
European Talent Cup, where in two seasons he obtained three podiums including a win at
MotorLand Aragón
MotorLand Aragón (alternative Spanish name: Circuito de Alcañiz) is a race track used for motorsports located in Alcañiz, Spain.
The circuit was designed by German architect Hermann Tilke in conjunction with the British architectural busin ...
. In 2020, he entered the
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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, his first season ended with three podium finishes and the following year, seven more were added, including two victories. These results in his second year lead him to finish third in the drivers' standings. The same year he took part in the
FIM JuniorGP World Championship, where he won two more races, the first in Aragón and the second in
Jerez
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.
Moto3
2022
In
2022
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, Muñoz made his debut in the world championship racing for the Boé Motorsports team in Moto3. Being still too young, Muñoz was forced by regulation to miss the first seven races of the season and he made his debut in the
Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix () is the fifth oldest national Grand Prix motor racing, motor racing Grand Prix (after the French Grand Prix, the United States Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix), having been held since 1921 ...
.
In the
Catalan Grand Prix, the second held for the Spaniard, he had his first podium in the world championship, finishing second behind
Izan Guevara
Izan Guevara Bonnin (born 28 June 2004) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes for the Pramac Racing, Blu Cru Pramac Yamaha Moto2 Team in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship.
He is the List of 125 ...
. During the season he got on the podium again, finishing in third place in the
Austrian Grand Prix
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.
2023
For the
2023 season, Muñoz continues to race for the Boé Motorsports team in Moto3. In the
first race of the season in
Portimão
Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro (district), Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In ...
, he finished in second place behind
Daniel Holgado.
Career statistics
European Talent Cup
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Season still in progress.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, David
2006 births
Living people
Spanish motorcycle racers
Moto3 World Championship riders
Sportspeople from the Province of Seville
21st-century Spanish sportsmen