Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Heading Back To Mugello In 2018

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Heading Back To Mugello In 2018

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Back to Mugello and the twelfth season of Rookies Cup

The twelfth Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season sees a return to Mugello for the first time since 2014 and we’ve missed the classic venue and passionate fans. Twenty-five of the world’s fastest teenagers will contest this year’s twelve race series and they come from seventeen nations, from Wales to Australia, from Japan to Colombia.

The season starts with three days of pre-season testing in Jerez where all the riders get the chance to familiarise or re-familiarise themselves with the KTM RC 250 R and shake off the winter blues.

Racing

The season proper starts at the same venue on May 5th as a key part of the Gran Premio Red Bull de España. Most weekends see two races but the Italian’s traditionally invade the track after the MotoGP race so that alters the schedule for the races at Mugello and Misano.

The season ends, as usual, back in Spain at Motorland Aragón in September. By then we will have the twelfth Rookies Cup champion and almost certainly a good number more ex Rookie Grand Prix winners and possibly World Champions.

Winning

Ex Rookies now compete with enormous success in all classes. For the last three seasons the Moto3 World Champion has been an ex Rookie and the 2017 title holder Joan Mir now moves up to the Moto2 category to join 2016 Moto3 World Champion Brad Binder. Johann Zarco, our first Rookies champion and twice Moto2 World Champion, continues his incredible MotoGP campaign.

Calendar

Test

April 3rd to 6th – Jerez, Spain

Races

1&2 – May 5th & 6th – Jerez, Spain

3 – June 2nd – Mugello, Italy

4&5 – June 30th & July 1st – Assen, Netherlands

6&7 – July 14th & 15th – Sachsenring, Germany

8&9 – August 11th & 12th – Red Bull Ring, Austria

10 – September 8th – Misano, Italy

11&12 – September 22nd & 23rd – Aragón, Spain

Provisional Entry List

3 Pasquale Alfano ITA

5 Simon Jespersen DEN

6 Ryusei Yamanaka JPN

7 Barry Baltus BEL

11 Dan Jones GBR

12 Filip Salac CZE

19 Sasha De Vits BEL

22 Peetu Paavilainen FIN

24 Xavier Artigas ESP

28 Adrián Carrasco ESP

29 Billy Van Eerde AUS

30 Max Cook GBR

31 Gerry Salim INA

40 Sean Kelly USA

43 Steward Garcia COL

44 Nicolás Hernández COL

50 Jason Dupasquier SUI

53 Deniz Öncü TUR

61 Can Öncü TUR

62 Aidan Liebenberg RSA

66 Adrián Huertas ESP

83 Meikon Kawakami BRA

88 Matteo Patacca ITA

92 Yuki Kunii JPN

99 Carlos Tatay ESP

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