2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Motorcycle racing competition 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season 2007 2009 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.http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-racing/2007-red-bull-motogp-rookies-cup.htm Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007 webbikeworld.com 2007-06-04 2008-07-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080511231349/http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-racing/2007-red-bull-motogp-rookies-cup.htm May 11, 2008 The American dirt tracker J.D. Beach was proclaimed champion in the last race, in only his second season of road racing.http://www.motorcycle.com/news/jd-beach-wins-motogp-rookies-cup-86723.html JD Beach wins MotoGP Rookies Cup Staff Writer motorcycle.com 2008-08-18 2009-05-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090807085640/http://www.motorcycle.com/news/jd-beach-wins-motogp-rookies-cup-86723.html 2009-08-07 live Calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner 1 March 29 ESP Spanish Grand Prix Jerez ESP Luis Salom JPN Daijiro Hiura ESP Luis Salom March 30 FRA Nelson Major ESP Luis Salom 2 April 12 PRT Portuguese Grand Prix Estoril JPN Daijiro Hiura JPN Daijiro Hiura JPN Daijiro Hiura 3 May 17 FRA French Grand Prix Le Mans Bugatti Circuit ESP Luis Salom USA J. D. Beach ESP Luis Salom 4 May 31 ITA Italian Grand Prix Mugello Circuit HUN Péter Sebestyén ESP Luis Salom ESP Luis Salom 5 June 21 GBR British Grand Prix Donington Park JPN Daijiro Hiura NOR Sturla Fagerhaug PRT Miguel Oliveira 6 June 28 NLD Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen NOR Sturla Fagerhaug PRT Miguel Oliveira PRT Miguel Oliveira 7 July 12 Germany German Grand Prix Sachsenring ESP Luis Salom GER Daniel Kartheininger USA J. D. Beach 8 August 16 CZE Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno RSA Mathew Scholtz AUT Nico Thöni RSA Mathew Scholtz August 17 GBR Matthew Hoyle NOR Sturla Fagerhaug Entry list Notes All Entrants were riding a KTM Tyres were supplied by Dunlop No Rider 3 GER Daniel Kartheininger 6 HUN Péter Sebestyén 7 GBR Deane Brown 11 FIN Niklas Ajo 20 RSA Mathew Scholtz 21 FRA Florian Marino 22 ESP Daniel Ruiz 24 GBR Harry Stafford 27 ITA Alessio Cappella 28 GER Markus Reiterberger 30 AUS Dylan Mavin 32 GBR Matthew Hoyle 33 NOR Sturla Fagerhaug 36 AUT Nico Thöni 39 ESP Luis Salom 44 PRT Miguel Oliveira* 46 JPN Daijiro Hiura 49 GBR Ben McConnachie 52 GBR Adam Blacklock 59 USA J. D. Beach 68 JPN Sasuke Shinozaki 69 FRA Nelson Major 74 ITA Kevin Calia 77 FRA Quentin Jacquet* 84 CZE Jakub Kornfeil 92 ESP Cristian Trabalón 99 IRL Joshua Elliott 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  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 ESPESP PORPRT FRAFRA ITAITA GBRGBR NEDNLD GERGER CZECZE Pts 1 USA J. D. Beach 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 1 11 Ret 149 2 ESP Luis Salom 1 1 4 1 1 9 7 Ret Ret 3 145 3 NOR Sturla Fagerhaug 7 4 3 6 7 2 2 Ret 2 1 142 4 JPN Daijiro Hiura 5 5 1 3 Ret 4 2 12 8 108 5 FRA Nelson Major 4 6 5 3 11 4 Ret 5 18 4 92 6 RSA Mathew Scholtz Ret 10 11 8 9 3 Ret 6 1 7 86 7 GBR Matthew Hoyle Ret 14 DNS 15 10 3 3 3 2 77 8 ESP Daniel Ruiz 6 7 10 7 4 13 6 Ret 21 13 63 9 CZE Jakub Kornfeil 8 9 19 9 6 7 10 Ret 10 6 63 10 FRA Florian Marino 11 11 13 5 19 Ret 5 7 7 5 62 11 GER Markus Reiterberger 9 8 9 Ret 8 12 12 10 6 9 61 12 PRT Miguel Oliveira 8 1 1 58 13 GER Daniel Kartheininger 14 17 7 4 5 Ret Ret 4 8 Ret 56 14 GBR Deane Brown 3 3 6 4 Ret 55 15 HUN Péter Sebestyén 15 15 17 11 Ret 6 16 8 13 NC 28 16 ESP Cristian Trabalón Ret 11 15 10 16 9 9 26 17 JPN Sasuke Shinozaki Ret 18 14 14 13 8 14 Ret 9 19 24 18 ITA Kevin Calia 13 19 12 Ret 10 17 11 Ret 10 24 19 GBR Adam Blacklock 12 12 16 12 15 Ret 19 14 14 12 21 20 AUT Nico Thöni 15 12 5 14 17 21 ITA Alessio Cappella 18 11 13 Ret 19 11 13 22 IRL Joshua Elliott 10 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 15 11 23 AUS Dylan Mavin Ret DNS Ret 14 Ret 11 16 20 16 7 24 GBR Harry Stafford 16 20 18 16 17 Ret 20 13 15 17 4 25 FRA Quentin Jacquet 13 3 26 FIN Niklas Ajo DNS DNS 20 Ret DNS 15 16 18 1 GBR Ben McConnachie 17 21 Ret 0 Pos Rider ESPESP PORPRT FRAFRA ITAITA GBRGBR NEDNLD GERGER CZECZE PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap External links Official Site Season at FIM-Website References Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Category:Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup racing seasons