2022 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Last updated January 29, 2025

2022 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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The 2022 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the sixteenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the tenth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 14 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Algarve International Circuit, Portimão on 23 April and ending on 5 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia. The season was marred by the death of Czech rider Jakub Gurecký, who was expected to compete in 2022, but died in a private training accident riding his own bike in February.^[1]

Calendar and results

2022 provisional calendar^[2]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	April 23	Algarve	Ángel Piqueras	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	^[3]
1	April 24	Algarve	Ángel Piqueras	Collin Veijer	Collin Veijer	^[4]
2	April 30	Jerez	José Antonio Rueda	Filippo Farioli	José Antonio Rueda	^[5]
2	May 1	Jerez	José Antonio Rueda	Casey O'Gorman	Máximo Quiles	^[6]
3	May 28	Mugello	Filippo Farioli	Rico Salmela	Máximo Quiles	^[7]
3	May 29	Mugello	Filippo Farioli	Lorenz Luciano	Collin Veijer	^[8]
4	June 18	Sachsenring	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	^[9]
4	June 19	Sachsenring	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	Ángel Piqueras	^[10]
5	August 20	Red Bull Ring	Ángel Piqueras	Máximo Quiles	Ángel Piqueras	^[11]
5	August 21	Red Bull Ring	Ángel Piqueras	Ángel Piqueras	Tatchakorn Buasri	^[11]
6	September 17	Aragon	José Antonio Rueda	Máximo Quiles	Rico Salmela	^[12]
6	September 18	Aragon	José Antonio Rueda	Ángel Piqueras	Collin Veijer	^[13]
7	November 4	Valencia ^[14]	Ángel Piqueras	Ángel Piqueras	Luca Lunetta	^[12]
7	November 5	Valencia ^[14]	Ángel Piqueras	Máximo Quiles	Máximo Quiles	^[13]

Entry list

2022 entry list
No.	Rider	Rounds
2	Amaury Mizera	1–5
5	Tatchakorn Buasri	1–3, 5–7
8	Eddie O'Shea	1–5
9	Freddie Heinrich	1–2, 4–7
10	Guillermo Moreno	All
11	Ruché Moodley	All
12	Jacob Roulstone	All
14	Cormac Buchanan	2–7
18	Ángel Piqueras	All
21	Demis Mihaila	All
27	Rico Salmela	All
28	Máximo Quiles	All
29	Harrison Voight	1–2, 4–7
42	Soma Görbe	All
48	Gabin Planques	All
55	Alex Venturini	All
57	Danial Shahril	All
58	Luca Lunetta	All
67	Casey O'Gorman	All
69	Marcos Ruda	All
77	Filippo Farioli	1–6
78	Jakob Rosenthaler	All
81	Lorenz Luciano	All
93	Fadillah Aditama	All
95	Collin Veijer	All
99	José Antonio Rueda	All
Source: RedBull.com^[2]

Riders' 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	ALG		JER		MUG		SAC		RBR		ARA		VAL		Pts
1	José Antonio Rueda	1^F	2	1^P	3^P	11	6	1^PF	4^PF	2	4	2^P	6^P	4	7	224
2	Collin Veijer	3	1	3	4	15	1	4	2	4	5	4	1	7	6	210
3	Máximo Quiles	Ret	8	4	1	1	Ret	12	6	9^F	2	3^F	2	3	1^F	189
4	Ángel Piqueras	Ret^P	DNS^P	2	6	4	8	Ret	1	1^P	3^PF	5	3^F	2^PF	2^P	184
5	Luca Lunetta	Ret	10	8	2	8	5	3	8	5	8	Ret	4	1	3	150
6	Tatchakorn Buasri	5	6	Ret	8	2	3			3	1	6	8	Ret	14	126
7	Rico Salmela	Ret	5	7	11	3^F	7	8	5	Ret	9	1	Ret	6	5	122
8	Casey O'Gorman	2	3	5	5^F	Ret	22	6	10	Ret	10	7	7	5	Ret	109
9	Filippo Farioli	Ret	DNS	6^F	7	9^P	2^P	7	3	14	7	Ret	5			93
10	Harrison Voight	4	4	Ret	10			2	7	16	12	9	11	10	8	91
11	Marcos Ruda	12	15	14	9	10	9	14	14	8	6	8	9	8	4	85
12	Lorenz Luciano	10	14	17	12	7	12^F	5	11	17	16	12	15	14	12	52
13	Danial Shahril	9	12	9	15	Ret	13	10	13	6	15	Ret	13	15	13	49
14	Fadillah Aditama	11	18	Ret	19	5	10	Ret	22	7	Ret	17	19	11	9	43
15	Jakob Rosenthaler	8	11	Ret	17	6	14	16	17	10	Ret	14	16	12	11	42
16	Eddie O'Shea	Ret	9	11	13	13	4	Ret	9	DNS	DNS					38
17	Cormac Buchanan			12	20	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	13	16	12	9	10	34
18	Gabin Planques	6	7	10	18	Ret	17	13	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	32
19	Ruché Moodley	14	13	13	14	Ret	18	21	12	Ret	11	10	10	DNS	DNS	31
20	Demis Mihaila	15	20	15	16	Ret	15	9	15	11	14	11	18	16	16	23
21	Jacob Roulstone	7	Ret	20	24	16	20	19	20	15	17	13	17	13	15	17
22	Soma Görbe	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	16	15	16	13	DNS	Ret	14	17	17	6
23	Alex Venturini	Ret	19	18	21	12	19	17	21	Ret	18	15	20	18	Ret	5
24	Freddie Heinrich	13	17	Ret	DNS			20	19	18	19	18	Ret	Ret	18	3
25	Amaury Mizera	Ret	Ret	21	22	14	21	18	18	19	DNS					2
26	Guillermo Moreno	16	21	19	23	17	Ret	22	Ret	20	20	19	21	Ret	19	0
Pos.	Rider	ALG		JER		MUG		SAC		RBR		ARA		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

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↑ Collin Veijer takes Rookies Race 2 Portimão win from José Rueda Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
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↑ Peter Clifford. (1 May 2022). Quiles quicker to the line than Lunetta & Rueda in Jerez 2 Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
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↑ Peter Clifford. (29 May 2022). Perfect Veijer takes Farioli on the line for Rookies 2 in Mugello Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
↑ Peter Clifford. (17 June 2022). Rueda heads Sachsenring Qualifying Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
↑ Peter Clifford. (19 June 2022).Piqueras leads packed finish in Rookies Sachsenring Race 2 Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
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