2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

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2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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The 2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the fourteenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the eighth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in six meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Spielberg on 15 August and ending on 15 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Calendar

2020 calendar
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	15 August	Spielberg	Daniel Muñoz	David Muñoz	Pedro Acosta	^[1]
1	16 August	Spielberg	Daniel Muñoz	Gabin Planques	Pedro Acosta	^[2]
2	22 August	Spielberg	Pedro Acosta	Iván Ortolá	Pedro Acosta	^[3]
2	23 August	Spielberg	Pedro Acosta	David Muñoz	Pedro Acosta	^[4]
3	17 October	Aragon	Pedro Acosta	David Salvador	Pedro Acosta	^[5]
3	18 October	Aragon	Pedro Acosta	David Salvador	Pedro Acosta	^[6]
4	24 October	Aragon	Daniel Muñoz	Izan Guevara	Iván Ortolá	^[7]
4	25 October	Aragon	Daniel Muñoz	Iván Ortolá	David Alonso	^[8]
5	7 November	Valencia	Pedro Acosta	Álex Escrig	David Salvador	^[9]
5	8 November	Valencia	Pedro Acosta	David Salvador	Daniel Holgado	^[10]
6	14 November	Valencia	Daniel Holgado	David Muñoz	David Muñoz	^[11]
6	15 November	Valencia	Daniel Holgado	Álex Escrig	David Muñoz	^[12]

Entry list

2020 entry list
No.	Rider	Rounds
5	Tatchakorn Buasri	All
6	Phillip Tonn	All
7	Daniel Muñoz	All
11	Álex Escrig	All
13	Sho Nishimura	1–3, 6
19	Scott Ogden	All
23	Álex Millán	All
24	Iván Ortolá	All
28	Matteo Bertelle	1, 3–5
29	Billy Van Eerde	All
33	Izan Guevara	2–6
34	Mario Aji	All
37	Pedro Acosta	All
38	David Salvador	All
39	Bartholomé Perrin	1–5
48	Gabin Planques	1–4
55	Noah Dettwiler	1–5
58	Luca Lunetta	1–5
64	David Muñoz	All
80	David Alonso	All
84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	All
88	Artem Maraev	All
89	Marcos Uriarte	All
95	Collin Veijer	All
96	Daniel Holgado	All
97	Rocco Landers	1–3

Championship standings

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	RBR		RBR		ARA		ARA		VAL		VAL		Pts
1	Pedro Acosta	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	10	Ret	2	14	3	214
2	David Muñoz	2	2	3	8	Ret	Ret	4	9	Ret	3	1	1	150
3	Iván Ortolá	Ret	6	5	2	3	3	1	3	Ret	6	2	10	150
4	David Alonso	4	4	4	4	5	2	3	1	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	137
5	Daniel Holgado	3	3	2	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	4	13	1	Ret	2	133
6	David Salvador	5	16	7	5	4	5	5	8	1	7	3	Ret	124
7	Daniel Muñoz	18	5	6	3	7	6	6	2	7	Ret	10	Ret	101
8	Zonta van den Goorbergh	9	8	12	6	18	8	7	12	4	11	9	9	82
9	Izan Guevara			18	11	9	4	10	5	10	5	Ret	4	72
10	Collin Veijer	14	10	10	7	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	8	6	6	67
11	Mario Aji	13	19	14	12	12	11	11	11	2	10	5	Ret	65
12	Marcos Uriarte	12	17	DNS	DNS	15	10	9	6	Ret	9	4	5	59
13	Billy Van Eerde	15	7	11	Ret	6	7	8	Ret	3	Ret	DNS	DNS	58
14	Álex Escrig	Ret	15	13	Ret	13	Ret	14	16	5	12	7	7	42
15	Álex Millán	10	22	15	10	21	13	Ret	15	9	14	8	8	42
16	Matteo Bertelle	8	9			8	Ret	13	14	6	13			41
17	Noah Dettwiler	6	14	8	9	14	14	18	20	8	Ret			39
18	Scott Ogden	11	13	DNS	DNS	11	12	12	13	Ret	Ret	11	11	34
19	Gabin Planques	7	11	9	14	Ret	15	19	18					24
20	Tatchakorn Buasri	Ret	DNS	WD	WD	10	17	15	Ret	11	17	12	Ret	16
21	Artem Maraev	Ret	20	17	13	16	16	17	17	14	16	13	14	10
22	Sho Nishimura	19	12	16	Ret	WD	WD					Ret	12	8
23	Luca Lunetta	Ret	18	Ret	15	19	18	16	19	12	15			6
24	Phillip Tonn	Ret	21	Ret	18	17	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	3
25	Bartholomé Perrin	17	24	19	16	20	19	20	22	Ret	Ret			0
26	Rocco Landers	16	23	Ret	17	WD	WD							0
Pos.	Rider	RBR		RBR		ARA		ARA		VAL		VAL		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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 position
Italics – Fastest lap
Source:^[13]

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[1] "myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

[2] "myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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[4] "BMW M Motorrad Grand Prix of Styria – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[5] "Gran Premio Michelin® De Aragon – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

[6] "Gran Premio Michelin® De Aragon – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[7] "Gran Premio Liqui Moly De Teruel – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[8] "Gran Premio Liqui Moly De Teruel – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

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[13] "Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana – Rookies Cup – Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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