Mini road racers from around the globe hit the kart track at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, Spain, near Valencia, as practice for the 2025 FIM MotoMini World Series Final got underway on Tuesday.
In the 160cc class, Jase Dill was the quickest of the American contingent with a 44.667 in the second practice session. America Zaal Farhand’s quickest lap was a 45.042, also in the second practice session. Dill finished third in his group during the third and final practice session; Farhand also finished third in his final practice session.
(The classes were split into multiple practice groups, with three groups for the 160cc class and two for the 190cc class. Dill and Farhand were in different groups.)
In the 190cc class, American Ulysses Weyrauch ran a 44.695 in his final session, finishing 13th, with Kensei Matsudaira running his fastest lap, a 43.815, in the second session. Matsudaira was eighth in his final practice session, and MotoAmerica Talent Cup wild card Jake Paige of Australia was third-quickest in that same session, with a 43.154, which made him fourth-quickest overall.
Jan Babiarz of Chezia ran the fastest 160cc lap of the day at a 44.251, and Shengbo Sun of Spain was fastest in the 190cc class on the day with a best of 42.424.
Qualifying is scheduled for Wednesday.
More, from the Canadian team:
Team Canada Assembles at Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia for Motul MotoMini World Championship
By Colin Fraser
Most of the Canadian contingent on hand for the Ohvale 160 World Championships gathered for the first time in Valencia, Spain, on Monday, November 10. The CMA sanctioned group, lead by Team Captain and CSBK competitor and Hall of Famer Toni Sharpless of the Super Sonic Road Race School, are entering the annual International event for the third time.
At the most recent RACEMoto Regional round at Shannonville Motorsport Park back on September 6, Jager Stockill of Arnprior, Ontario and Ethan Reardon of Calgary, Alberta (and recently Spain) fought for the MiniGP Title and the right to represent Canada in Spain in the fourth and final Mini National of 2025. They split wins, Stockill netting the Championship and Reardon confirming he would also head to Spain to represent Canada.
After a recent spate of announcements, the World sanctioning group FIM (Federation Internatonale de Motorcycliste) has renamed this feeder series in the “Road to MotoGP” program as the FIM MotoMini World Series. Racers on the identical Ohvale machines are 10 to 14 years of age.
Previously, Stockill (age 12) has raced for Canada last year at the Worlds in Aragon while Reardon (age 10) had competed in China as well as running Regional events in Spain. Both would head to Spain prior to Valencia, attending the Sallent venue to test and train. In total, the duo did four days over a week, encouraged by Canadian Coach and CSBK front-runner Tomas Casas and Reardon’s Spanish Trainer Alvaro Castano.
Casas, Jager, and Stockill rode Kayo 220 machines, and later Ohvale 190s, Stockill doing two days on the bigger-wheeled Ohvale single machine. Unfortunately, when Stockill switched to the Moto5 class MIR belonging to the RS Academy from a Spanish spec series, he fell in his second session.
“I got going too soon,” reflected Stockill of the incident that tweaked his pelvis. “I didn’t ride after that, but I think I will be all right for Valencia. I blame me-–it was a rookie mistake.”
While no official races are held at the Sallent circuit where Stockill fell, Reardon headed to the circuit de Juneda in Andalucia, where he would continue his 2025 campaign in the FCM (Federacio Catalana de Motociclisme) Catalunyan Regional Series on his team’s Ohvale 160.
For a pair of races held on Sunday, November 9, Reardon was disappointed to qualify “only eighth” but raced confidently to a pair of fourth-place finishes, ready to battle in the World Championships starting Wednesday, November 12.
