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2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

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Starting its second season, the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season continued the search for future World Champions. The 2008 season begins with two races during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez on March 29 and March 30 and ends with another double header at the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno on August 16 and August 17. Another six European GPs see single Rookies races on each Saturday, making it a ten-race championship, which is two more races than the last season.

The end of the season ended with two international team events that matched ten of the best riders from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with ten of the best from the first and only year of the Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup. So twenty of the world's best teenagers will compete to see which side of the Atlantic can claim the Red Bull Riders Cup over two races, the first being held on September 13 at Indianapolis alongside the Grand Prix. The rematch will be on October 25 at the final Grand Prix of the season in Valencia.

The commercial rights of the championship are held by the rights-holders for the MotoGP World Championships, Dorna Sports.[1]

The American dirt tracker J.D. Beach was proclaimed champion in the last race, in only his second season of road racing.[2]

Calendar edit

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner
1 March 29   Spanish Grand Prix Jerez   Luis Salom   Daijiro Hiura   Luis Salom
March 30   Nelson Major   Luis Salom
2 April 12   Portuguese Grand Prix Estoril   Daijiro Hiura   Daijiro Hiura   Daijiro Hiura
3 May 17   French Grand Prix Le Mans Bugatti Circuit   Luis Salom   J. D. Beach   Luis Salom
4 May 31   Italian Grand Prix Mugello Circuit   Péter Sebestyén   Luis Salom   Luis Salom
5 June 21   British Grand Prix Donington Park   Daijiro Hiura   Sturla Fagerhaug   Miguel Oliveira
6 June 28   Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen   Sturla Fagerhaug   Miguel Oliveira   Miguel Oliveira
7 July 12   German Grand Prix Sachsenring   Luis Salom   Daniel Kartheininger   J. D. Beach
8 August 16   Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno   Mathew Scholtz   Nico Thöni   Mathew Scholtz
August 17   Matthew Hoyle   Sturla Fagerhaug

Entry List edit

Notes

  • All Entrants were riding a KTM
  • Tyres were supplied by Dunlop
No Rider
3   Daniel Kartheininger
6   Péter Sebestyén
7   Deane Brown
11   Niklas Ajo
20   Mathew Scholtz
21   Florian Marino
22   Daniel Ruiz
24   Harry Stafford
27   Alessio Cappella
28   Markus Reiterberger
30   Dylan Mavin
32   Matthew Hoyle
33   Sturla Fagerhaug
36   Nico Thöni
39   Luis Salom
44   Miguel Oliveira*
46   Daijiro Hiura
49   Ben McConnachie
52   Adam Blacklock
59   J. D. Beach
68   Sasuke Shinozaki
69   Nelson Major
74   Kevin Calia
77   Quentin Jacquet*
84   Jakub Kornfeil
92   Cristian Trabalón
99   Joshua Elliott
  • Guest Riders

Season standings edit

Scoring system edit

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Each rider's lowest score discounted.

Riders' standings edit

Pos Rider ESP
  		POR
  		FRA
  		ITA
  		GBR
  		NED
  		GER
  		CZE
  		Pts
1   J. D. Beach 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 1 11 Ret 149
2   Luis Salom 1 1 4 1 1 9 7 Ret Ret 3 145
3   Sturla Fagerhaug 7 4 3 6 7 2 2 Ret 2 1 142
4   Daijiro Hiura 5 5 1 3 Ret 4 2 12 8 108
5   Nelson Major 4 6 5 3 11 4 Ret 5 18 4 92
6   Mathew Scholtz Ret 10 11 8 9 3 Ret 6 1 7 86
7   Matthew Hoyle Ret 14 DNS 15 10 3 3 3 2 77
8   Daniel Ruiz 6 7 10 7 4 13 6 Ret 21 13 63
9   Jakub Kornfeil 8 9 19 9 6 7 10 Ret 10 6 63
10   Florian Marino 11 11 13 5 19 Ret 5 7 7 5 62
11   Markus Reiterberger 9 8 9 Ret 8 12 12 10 6 9 61
12   Miguel Oliveira 8 1 1 58
13   Daniel Kartheininger 14 17 7 4 5 Ret Ret 4 8 Ret 56
14   Deane Brown 3 3 6 4 Ret 55
15   Péter Sebestyén 15 15 17 11 Ret 6 16 8 13 NC 28
16   Cristian Trabalón Ret 11 15 10 16 9 9 26
17   Sasuke Shinozaki Ret 18 14 14 13 8 14 Ret 9 19 24
18   Kevin Calia 13 19 12 Ret 10 17 11 Ret 10 24
19   Adam Blacklock 12 12 16 12 15 Ret 19 14 14 12 21
20   Nico Thöni 15 12 5 14 17
21   Alessio Cappella 18 11 13 Ret 19 11 13
22   Joshua Elliott 10 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 15 11
23   Dylan Mavin Ret DNS Ret 14 Ret 11 16 20 16 7
24   Harry Stafford 16 20 18 16 17 Ret 20 13 15 17 4
25   Quentin Jacquet 13 3
26   Niklas Ajo DNS DNS 20 Ret DNS 15 16 18 1
  Ben McConnachie 17 21 Ret 0
Pos Rider ESP
  		POR
  		FRA
  		ITA
  		GBR
  		NED
  		GER
  		CZE
  		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007". webbikeworld.com. 2007-06-04. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  2. ^ Staff Writer (2008-08-18). "JD Beach wins MotoGP Rookies Cup". motorcycle.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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