2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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 . So twenty of the world's best teenagers will compete to see which side of the Atlantic can claim the 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[]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race Winner |
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1 | March 29 | Spanish Grand Prix | Jerez | Luis Salom | Luis Salom | |
March 30 | Luis Salom | |||||
2 | April 12 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Estoril | |||
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 | 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 | |||
August 17 | Matthew Hoyle | Sturla Fagerhaug |
Entry List[]
Notes
No | Rider |
---|---|
3 | Daniel Kartheininger |
6 | Péter Sebestyén |
7 | Deane Brown |
11 | Niklas Ajo |
20 | |
21 | Florian Marino |
22 | Daniel Ruiz |
24 | Harry Stafford |
27 | |
28 | Markus Reiterberger |
30 | Dylan Mavin |
32 | Matthew Hoyle |
33 | Sturla Fagerhaug |
36 | |
39 | Luis Salom |
44 | Miguel Oliveira† |
46 | |
49 | |
52 | |
59 | J. D. Beach |
68 | Sasuke Shinozaki |
69 | |
74 | Kevin Calia |
77 | Quentin Jacquet† |
84 | Jakub Kornfeil |
92 | Cristian Trabalón |
99 |
† Guest Riders
Season standings[]
Scoring system[]
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 |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Each rider's lowest score discounted.
Riders' standings[]
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Bold - Pole |
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007". webbikeworld.com. 2007-06-04. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ Staff Writer (2008-08-18). "JD Beach wins MotoGP Rookies Cup". motorcycle.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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