David Munoz produced a final corner overtake to seal his maiden victory in the Moto3 championship at Aragon.
Munoz duelled with rookie Maximo Quiles throughout the race, but prevailed on the run to the line as he ran out victorious by 0.050s.
Polesitter Rueda got the best start off the line and was able to hold onto the lead going into the first corner ahead of Luca Lunetta and Quiles.
Lunetta was surprised by an aggressive move from Quiles in Turn 3 as the rookie made his way into second.
The Italian then made an error a few corners later, which saw him drop to ninth as David Almansa inherited the final podium position.
David Munoz made his way past Almansa on the start of lap four, and signalled to the Leopard rider to follow as the front four attempted an early breakaway from the group behind.
Almansa spent the next three laps behind Munoz but made a move on Lap 7, but an aggressive response from the IntactGP rider saw Almansa forced to sit up and lose a position to Lunetta.
The Italian had a fast pace and was able to get past Munoz and Quiles into second, with the Spanish riders battling for position behind.
Quiles initially passed Munoz, but ran off track and relegated himself to seventh as the chasing group rejoined the battle for the victory.
With six laps to go, the riders behind began to attack race leader Rueda, with Lunetta and Munoz both passing the KTM Ajo rider into the first corner.
Almansa and Quiles also found their way past the championship leader, as it appeared the Spanish rider had used too much of his tyre at the front.
Quiles carved his way through the four riders in front as he took the lead at Turn 1, but shortly relinquished the position to Almansa.
Almansa had to correct an error, which allowed Munoz and Lunetta to pass him onto the podium as the trio continued to chase down Quiles at the front.
With one lap to go, Munoz resumed the lead of the race momentarily, but Quiles responded into the first corner.
Quiles ran onto the outside curb going into Turn 12 to give himself a better exit, but Munoz managed to use the slipstream to make sure the pair were level going into the final corner.
It was Munoz who prevailed out of Turn 17 as he took the chequered flag to seal his debut Moto3 victory.
Quiles was forced to settle for second over the line despite leading for the entire final lap, while Alvaro Carpe won the battle for the final podium position in third.
Almansa crossed the line in fourth ahead of Lunetta in fifth, with Angel Piqueras just 0.050s behind the pair in sixth.
Joel Kelso earned seventh while long-time race leader Rueda could only manage eighth over the line.
Ryusei Yamanaka took the flag in ninth while Cormac Buchanan rounded out the top 10.
Taiyo Furusato had been running with the lead group but ran out of tyre and finished 11th ahead of Scott Ogden in 12th, with Valentin Perrone trailing just behind in 13th.
Ruche Moodley crossed the line in 14th, while Dennis Foggia earned the final point in 15th.
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