2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Last updated July 04, 2025

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.^[1]

The American dirt tracker J.D. Beach was proclaimed champion in the last race, in only his second season of road racing.^[2]

Calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner
1	March 29	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Luis Salom	Daijiro Hiura	Luis Salom
1	March 30	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Luis Salom	Nelson Major	Luis Salom
2	April 12	Portuguese Grand Prix	Estoril	Daijiro Hiura	Daijiro Hiura	Daijiro Hiura
3	May 17	French Grand Prix	Le Mans Bugatti Circuit	Luis Salom	J. D. Beach	Luis Salom
4	May 31	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello Circuit	Péter Sebestyén	Luis Salom	Luis Salom
5	June 21	British Grand Prix	Donington Park	Daijiro Hiura	Sturla Fagerhaug	Miguel Oliveira
6	June 28	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Sturla Fagerhaug	Miguel Oliveira	Miguel Oliveira
7	July 12	German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Luis Salom	Daniel Kartheininger	J. D. Beach
8	August 16	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Mathew Scholtz	Nico Thöni	Mathew Scholtz
8	August 17	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Mathew Scholtz	Matthew Hoyle	Sturla Fagerhaug

Entry List

Notes

All Entrants were riding a KTM
Tyres were supplied by Dunlop

No	Rider
3	Daniel Kartheininger
6	Péter Sebestyén
7	Deane Brown
11	Niklas Ajo
20	Mathew Scholtz
21	Florian Marino
22	Daniel Ruiz
24	Harry Stafford
27	Alessio Cappella
28	Markus Reiterberger
30	Dylan Mavin
32	Matthew Hoyle
33	Sturla Fagerhaug
36	Nico Thöni
39	Luis Salom
44	Miguel Oliveira*
46	Daijiro Hiura
49	Ben McConnachie
52	Adam Blacklock
59	J. D. Beach
68	Sasuke Shinozaki
69	Nelson Major
74	Kevin Calia
77	Quentin Jacquet*
84	Jakub Kornfeil
92	Cristian Trabalón
99	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		POR	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	GER	CZE		Pts
1	J. D. Beach	2	2	2	2	2	5	8	1	11	Ret	149
2	Luis Salom	1	1	4	1	1	9	7	Ret	Ret	3	145
3	Sturla Fagerhaug	7	4	3	6	7	2	2	Ret	2	1	142
4	Daijiro Hiura	5	5	1		3	Ret	4	2	12	8	108
5	Nelson Major	4	6	5	3	11	4	Ret	5	18	4	92
6	Mathew Scholtz	Ret	10	11	8	9	3	Ret	6	1	7	86
7	Matthew Hoyle	Ret	14	DNS	15	10		3	3	3	2	77
8	Daniel Ruiz	6	7	10	7	4	13	6	Ret	21	13	63
9	Jakub Kornfeil	8	9	19	9	6	7	10	Ret	10	6	63
10	Florian Marino	11	11	13	5	19	Ret	5	7	7	5	62
11	Markus Reiterberger	9	8	9	Ret	8	12	12	10	6	9	61
12	Miguel Oliveira			8			1	1				58
13	Daniel Kartheininger	14	17	7	4	5	Ret	Ret	4	8	Ret	56
14	Deane Brown	3	3	6						4	Ret	55
15	Péter Sebestyén	15	15	17	11	Ret	6	16	8	13	NC	28
16	Cristian Trabalón	Ret	11	15	10	16		9	9			26
17	Sasuke Shinozaki	Ret	18	14	14	13	8	14	Ret	9	19	24
18	Kevin Calia	13	19	12		Ret	10	17	11	Ret	10	24
19	Adam Blacklock	12	12	16	12	15	Ret	19	14	14	12	21
20	Nico Thöni							15	12	5	14	17
21	Alessio Cappella					18	11	13	Ret	19	11	13
22	Joshua Elliott	10	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	18	Ret	17	15	11
23	Dylan Mavin	Ret	DNS		Ret	14	Ret	11	16	20	16	7
24	Harry Stafford	16	20	18	16	17	Ret	20	13	15	17	4
25	Quentin Jacquet				13							3
26	Niklas Ajo	DNS	DNS			20	Ret	DNS	15	16	18	1
	Ben McConnachie				17	21	Ret					0
Pos	Rider	ESP		POR	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	GER	CZE		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
Italics - Fastest Lap

External links

References

↑ "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007". webbikeworld.com. 2007-06-04. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
↑ Staff Writer (2008-08-18). "JD Beach wins MotoGP Rookies Cup". motorcycle.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

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[1] "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007". webbikeworld.com. 2007-06-04. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

[2] Staff Writer (2008-08-18). "JD Beach wins MotoGP Rookies Cup". motorcycle.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

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