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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

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

Entry List

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Notes

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

Season standings

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Scoring system

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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

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Pos Rider ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
Pts
1 United States J. D. Beach 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 1 11 Ret 149
2 Spain Luis Salom 1 1 4 1 1 9 7 Ret Ret 3 145
3 Norway Sturla Fagerhaug 7 4 3 6 7 2 2 Ret 2 1 142
4 Japan Daijiro Hiura 5 5 1 3 Ret 4 2 12 8 108
5 France Nelson Major 4 6 5 3 11 4 Ret 5 18 4 92
6 South Africa Mathew Scholtz Ret 10 11 8 9 3 Ret 6 1 7 86
7 United Kingdom Matthew Hoyle Ret 14 DNS 15 10 3 3 3 2 77
8 Spain Daniel Ruiz 6 7 10 7 4 13 6 Ret 21 13 63
9 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil 8 9 19 9 6 7 10 Ret 10 6 63
10 France Florian Marino 11 11 13 5 19 Ret 5 7 7 5 62
11 Germany Markus Reiterberger 9 8 9 Ret 8 12 12 10 6 9 61
12 Portugal Miguel Oliveira 8 1 1 58
13 Germany Daniel Kartheininger 14 17 7 4 5 Ret Ret 4 8 Ret 56
14 United Kingdom Deane Brown 3 3 6 4 Ret 55
15 Hungary Péter Sebestyén 15 15 17 11 Ret 6 16 8 13 NC 28
16 Spain Cristian Trabalón Ret 11 15 10 16 9 9 26
17 Japan Sasuke Shinozaki Ret 18 14 14 13 8 14 Ret 9 19 24
18 Italy Kevin Calia 13 19 12 Ret 10 17 11 Ret 10 24
19 United Kingdom Adam Blacklock 12 12 16 12 15 Ret 19 14 14 12 21
20 Austria Nico Thöni 15 12 5 14 17
21 Italy Alessio Cappella 18 11 13 Ret 19 11 13
22 Republic of Ireland Joshua Elliott 10 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 15 11
23 Australia Dylan Mavin Ret DNS Ret 14 Ret 11 16 20 16 7
24 United Kingdom Harry Stafford 16 20 18 16 17 Ret 20 13 15 17 4
25 France Quentin Jacquet 13 3
26 Finland Niklas Ajo DNS DNS 20 Ret DNS 15 16 18 1
United Kingdom Ben McConnachie 17 21 Ret 0
Pos Rider ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
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

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References

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  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.