2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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The 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the tenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. After the selection event held from 16 to 18 October 2015 at Circuito Guadix in Spain and pre-season testing, held from 1 to 4 April 2016 in Jerez, the season began at the same track on 23 April and ended on 25 September at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón after 13 races. The races, for the fourth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, were held at seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar. The championship was won by Japanese rider Ayumu Sasaki at the last race.

Calendar edit

2016 calendar[1]
Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Sources
1 23 April   Jerez   Kaito Toba   Makar Yurchenko   Aleix Viu [2]
24 April   Ayumu Sasaki   Ayumu Sasaki [3]
2 25 June   Assen   Raúl Fernández   Mykyta Kalinin   Raúl Fernández [4]
26 June   Raúl Fernández   Raúl Fernández [5]
3 16 July   Sachsenring   Ayumu Sasaki   Rory Skinner   Ayumu Sasaki [6]
17 July   Ayumu Sasaki   Kaito Toba [7]
4 13 August   Spielberg   Aleix Viu   Marc García   Marc García [8]
14 August   Ayumu Sasaki   Aleix Viu [9]
5 20 August   Brno   Marc García   Patrik Pulkkinen   Marc García [10]
21 August   Ayumu Sasaki   Marc García [11]
6 10 September   Misano   Mattia Casadei   Aleix Viu   Ayumu Sasaki [12]
7 24 September   Aragon   Kaito Toba   Ayumu Sasaki   Kaito Toba [13]
25 September   Rufino Florido   Ayumu Sasaki [14]

Entry list edit

2016 entry list[1]
No. Rider Rounds
4   Patrik Pulkkinen All
11   Alexandre Juanes All
12   Filip Salač All
13   Walid Soppe All
14   Matthias Meggle All
18   Manuel González All
19   Rufino Florido All
20   Omar Bonoli All
21   Victor Steeman All
22   Mykyta Kalinin All
23   Raúl Fernández All
27   Mattia Casadei All
36   Sander Kroeze All
40   Sean Kelly All
41   Marc García 1–5, 7
43   Steward García All
44   Kevin Orgis All
67   Kaito Toba All
69   Rory Skinner 2–7
71   Ayumu Sasaki All
76   Makar Yurchenko 1–5, 7
79   Ai Ogura All
81   Aleix Viu All
89   Kevin Zannoni All

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.

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
Pos. Rider JER
 
ASS
 
SAC
 
RBR
 
BRN
 
MIS
 
ARA
 
Pts
1   Ayumu Sasaki 2 1 4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 4 1 250
2   Aleix Viu 1 2 Ret 10 3 2 2 1 2 7 2 2 22 201
3   Raúl Fernández 3 13 1 1 2 4 5 7 4 2 5 7 2 195
4   Marc García DNS 5 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 1 6 6 170
5   Kaito Toba Ret Ret Ret 7 4 1 4 6 Ret 6 3 1 Ret 121
6   Rory Skinner Ret 3 9 7 8 9 7 4 6 3 8 103
7   Rufino Florido 4 3 Ret DNS 8 Ret 9 4 8 17 4 18 3 94
8   Makar Yurchenko 5 7 DNS Ret 5 6 6 13 5 14 9 11 79
9   Filip Salač 15 Ret 9 6 10 8 11 10 Ret 11 11 5 5 75
10   Mattia Casadei Ret 11 6 4 7 Ret 16 15 6 12 8 10 14 68
11   Ai Ogura Ret 10 3 Ret 11 19 12 11 Ret 20 9 11 4 61
12   Omar Bonoli 9 9 7 13 Ret 9 14 12 9 13 12 17 12 57
13   Kevin Orgis 13 19 5 Ret Ret 11 10 5 12 15 10 20 7 56
14   Patrik Pulkkinen 14 17 11 16 15 13 7 8 Ret 5 18 8 10 53
15   Kevin Zannoni 8 8 Ret 12 12 Ret 13 16 14 16 7 13 20 41
16   Manuel González 7 6 12 Ret 17 15 17 18 15 8 16 21 9 40
17   Steward García 12 14 Ret 5 14 12 18 14 10 Ret 21 12 17 35
18   Walid Soppe 6 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 20 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret 34
19   Mykyta Kalinin 11 15 Ret 8 13 10 21 19 18 18 14 14 13 30
20   Matthias Meggle 10 12 10 Ret Ret DNS 19 Ret 11 10 15 Ret 15 29
21   Victor Steeman 17 20 8 Ret 19 16 22 23 16 22 19 15 19 9
22   Sean Kelly 18 16 Ret 15 18 14 20 17 13 19 17 16 16 6
23   Alexandre Juanes 16 18 Ret 11 16 18 23 21 Ret 23 22 Ret 21 5
24   Sander Kroeze DNS DNS Ret 14 20 17 24 22 17 21 20 19 18 2
Pos. Rider JER
 
ASS
 
SAC
 
RBR
 
BRN
 
MIS
 
ARA
 
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 position
Italics – Fastest lap
Source:[15]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The next World Champions - 2016 Entry List and Calendar". redbullrookiescup.com. Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Motul Dutch TT – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Motul Dutch TT – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  6. ^ "GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ^ "GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ^ "NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  9. ^ "NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  10. ^ "HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. ^ "HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. ^ "GP TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – Rookies Cup  – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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