Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Selection Event Oct. 18-20 To Include Four Americans

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Selection Event Oct. 18-20 To Include Four Americans

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The next Brad Binder – Rookies Cup Selection Event in Guadix

Those who want to follow in Moto3 World Champion Brad Binder’s footsteps are lining up at Guadix in Spain next week for the eleventh Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Selection Event on October 18th, 19th and 20th.

For the second year running, an ex Rookie has won the Moto3 World Title and with last year’s Moto2 World Champion, ex Rookie, Johann Zarco moving up to MotoGP the alumni are now spread across the World Championship classes.

116 riders from an incredible 32 nations, from Sri Lanka to South Africa, Russia to Venezuela, have been invited. Over the three days they will be able to show off their skills on the 125cc Metrakit bikes used for the event just as Brad Binder did, pictured above. Based on their performance, a panel of experts will draw up a short list of those to be invited to join the Rookies Cup for 2017 to ride the fabulous KTM RC 250 R Moto3 machines in 13 races across Europe.

Get involved: As last year, anyone can vote on our Facebook Page for their favourite applicant. All they have to do is to write the name of the young man or young woman into the comments of this post. Also share it with friends on Facebook so they can comment as well and boost the rider’s rating.

This does not influence the selection of riders to the Rookies Cup but it is a great way of showing your support for your favourite applicant and the winner gets to wear the Golden Bib at the Selection Event. Voting closes on Sunday October 16th at 6pm Central European Time and votes will be counted as of that time.

Here is the full list of invited riders:

Brandon Paasch – America

Gabriel Da Silva – America

Johm Michael Ramos – America

Kevin Nolde – America

Joel Kelso – Australia

Ned Faulkhead – Australia

Reid Battye – Australia

Lennart Ulbel – Austria

Manuel Hechl – Austria

Marvin Maislinger – Austria

Maximilian Kofler – Austria

Sasha de Vits – Belgium

Davi Gomide – Brazil

Eliton Gohara Kawakami – Brazil

Meikon Yuji Gohara Kawakami – Brazil

Nicolás Hernández Salazar – Colombia

David Kubán – Czech Republic

Oliver König – Czech Republic

Petr Svoboda – Czech Republic

Simon Jespersen – Denmark

Kevin Olmedo – El Salvador

Peetu Paavilainen – Finland

Andy Verdoïa – France

Aurel Nyul-Verlaque – France

Ilan Peron – France

Ludovic Cauchi – France

Matthieu Gregorio – France

Samuel Di Sora – France

Vincent Falcone – France

Dirk Geiger – Germany

Jan-Ole Jähnig – Germany

Paul Fröde – Germany

Aaron Wright – Great Britain

Charlie Nesbitt – Great Britain

Dan Jones – Great Britain

Eliot Pinson – Great Britain

Jack Scott – Great Britain

Max Cook – Great Britain

Scott Swann – Great Britain

Storm Stacey – Great Britain

Taylor Fox Moreton – Great Britain

Thomas Strudwick – Great Britain

Máté Laczkó – Hungaria

Sachin Singh Bijaypal Singh Chaudhary – India

Ali Baseri – Iran

Rhys Irwin – Ireland

Alessandro Arcangeli – Italy

Davide Baldini – Italy

Gabriele Esposito – Italy

Gabriele Giannini – Italy

Gabriele Valentino – Italy

Leonardo Taccini – Italy

Lorenzo Bartalesi – Italy

Matteo Ripamonti – Italy

Nicola Bernabè – Italy

Pasquale Alfono – Italy

Raffaele Fusco – Italy

Riccardo Rossi – Italy

Stefano Nepa – Italy

Thomas Brianti – Italy

Thomas Rossi – Italy

Elia Bartolini – Italy

Luis Fernando Brena López – Mexico

Bibi Damen – Netherlands

Dion Otten – Netherlands

Finn De Bruin – Netherlands

Glenn van Straalen – Netherlands

Jeffrey Buis – Netherlands

Rick Dunnik – Netherlands

Ruben Bijman – Netherlands

Troy Jacob Alberto – Philippines

Daniel Blin – Poland

Piotr Biesiekirski – Poland

Bruna Filipa Jacinto Lopes – Portugal

Artem Maraev – Russia

Petr Akimov – Russia

Bor Klemenc – Slovenia

Brandon Staffen – South Africa

Jared Schultz – South Africa

Luca Correia Coccioni – South Africa

Max Smith – South Africa

Savannah Woodward – South Africa

William Friend – South Africa

Adam Iñiguez Guzman – Spain

Adrian Huertas Del Olmo – Spain

Adrian Carrasco – Spain

Alex Pérez Viadel – Spain

Antonio Sanchez Yebenes – Spain

Beatriz Neila Santos – Spain

Eduard Melgar – Spain

Ekaitz Uria Sanchez – Spain

Ferran Hernandez Moyano – Spain

Francisco Gomez Requena – Spain

Francisco Sanchez Ramis – Spain

Guillem Erill Trallero – Spain

Inigo Iglesias Bravo – Spain

Ivan Miralles Rodriguez – Spain

Joan Uvina Marti – Spain

Jon Ander Barbero Varona – Spain

Jorge Hernandez Rodriguez – Spain

Jose Luis Perez Gonzalez – Spain

Julian Giral Romero – Spain

Miguel Parra Martínez – Spain

Paula Guixeres Valvera – Spain

Xavier Artigas López – Spain

Aaron Gunawardena – Sri Lanka

Jaden Gunawardena – Sri Lanka

Udesh Shehara Silva Devundara Liyana Waduge – Sri Lanka

Philip Johansson – Sweden

Jason Dupasquier – Switzerland

Lee Doti – Switzerland

Roy Doti – Switzerland

Bahattin Sofuoglo – Turkey

Can Alexander Öncü – Turkey

Deniz Elias Öncü – Turkey

Angelo Paolo Franco Gajardo – Venezuela

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