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2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Motorcycle racing competition

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.

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

Calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap
March 29	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	ESP Luis Salom	JPN Daijiro Hiura	ESP Luis Salom
March 30	FRA Nelson Major	ESP Luis Salom
April 12	PRT Portuguese Grand Prix	Estoril	JPN Daijiro Hiura	JPN Daijiro Hiura	JPN Daijiro Hiura
May 17	FRA French Grand Prix	Le Mans Bugatti Circuit	ESP Luis Salom	USA J. D. Beach	ESP Luis Salom
May 31	ITA Italian Grand Prix	Mugello Circuit	HUN Péter Sebestyén	ESP Luis Salom	ESP Luis Salom
June 21	GBR British Grand Prix	Donington Park	JPN Daijiro Hiura	NOR Sturla Fagerhaug	PRT Miguel Oliveira
June 28	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	NOR Sturla Fagerhaug	PRT Miguel Oliveira	PRT Miguel Oliveira
July 12	Germany German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	ESP Luis Salom	GER Daniel Kartheininger	USA J. D. Beach
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	ESP
ESP	POR
PRT	FRA
FRA	ITA
ITA	GBR
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
GER	CZE
CZE	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pos	Rider	ESP
ESP	POR
PRT	FRA
FRA	ITA
ITA	GBR
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
GER	CZE
CZE	Pts
USA J. D. Beach	2	2	2	2	2	5	8	1	11	Ret	149
ESP Luis Salom	1	1	4	1	1	9	7	Ret	Ret	3	145
NOR Sturla Fagerhaug	7	4	3	6	7	2	2	Ret	2	1	142
JPN Daijiro Hiura	5	5	1		3	Ret	4	2	12	8	108
FRA Nelson Major	4	6	5	3	11	4	Ret	5	18	4	92
RSA Mathew Scholtz	Ret	10	11	8	9	3	Ret	6	1	7	86
GBR Matthew Hoyle	Ret	14	DNS	15	10		3	3	3	2	77
ESP Daniel Ruiz	6	7	10	7	4	13	6	Ret	21	13	63
CZE Jakub Kornfeil	8	9	19	9	6	7	10	Ret	10	6	63
FRA Florian Marino	11	11	13	5	19	Ret	5	7	7	5	62
GER Markus Reiterberger	9	8	9	Ret	8	12	12	10	6	9	61
PRT Miguel Oliveira			8			1	1				58
GER Daniel Kartheininger	14	17	7	4	5	Ret	Ret	4	8	Ret	56
GBR Deane Brown	3	3	6						4	Ret	55
HUN Péter Sebestyén	15	15	17	11	Ret	6	16	8	13	NC	28
ESP Cristian Trabalón	Ret	11	15	10	16		9	9			26
JPN Sasuke Shinozaki	Ret	18	14	14	13	8	14	Ret	9	19	24
ITA Kevin Calia	13	19	12		Ret	10	17	11	Ret	10	24
GBR Adam Blacklock	12	12	16	12	15	Ret	19	14	14	12	21
AUT Nico Thöni							15	12	5	14	17
ITA Alessio Cappella					18	11	13	Ret	19	11	13
IRL Joshua Elliott	10	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	18	Ret	17	15	11
AUS Dylan Mavin	Ret	DNS		Ret	14	Ret	11	16	20	16	7
GBR Harry Stafford	16	20	18	16	17	Ret	20	13	15	17	4
FRA Quentin Jacquet				13							3
FIN Niklas Ajo	DNS	DNS			20	Ret	DNS	15	16	18	1
GBR Ben McConnachie				17	21	Ret					0

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References

(2007-06-04). "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007". webbikeworld.com.
Staff Writer. (2008-08-18). "JD Beach wins MotoGP Rookies Cup". motorcycle.com.

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