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.

2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season
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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
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

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 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Each rider's lowest score discounted.

Riders' standings
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Entry List

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

References
  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 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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