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]
2022 provisional calendar [2] | ||||||
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Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Race winner | Sources |
1 | April 23 | Algarve | Ángel Piqueras | José Antonio Rueda | José Antonio Rueda | [3] |
April 24 | Collin Veijer | Collin Veijer | [4] | |||
2 | April 30 | Jerez | José Antonio Rueda | Filippo Farioli | José Antonio Rueda | [5] |
May 1 | Casey O'Gorman | Máximo Quiles | [6] | |||
3 | May 28 | Mugello | Filippo Farioli | Rico Salmela | Máximo Quiles | [7] |
May 29 | Lorenz Luciano | Collin Veijer | [8] | |||
4 | June 18 | Sachsenring | José Antonio Rueda | José Antonio Rueda | José Antonio Rueda | [9] |
June 19 | José Antonio Rueda | Ángel Piqueras | [10] | |||
5 | August 20 | Red Bull Ring | Ángel Piqueras | Máximo Quiles | Ángel Piqueras | [11] |
August 21 | Ángel Piqueras | Tatchakorn Buasri | [11] | |||
6 | September 17 | Aragon | José Antonio Rueda | Máximo Quiles | Rico Salmela | [12] |
September 18 | Ángel Piqueras | Collin Veijer | [13] | |||
7 | November 4 | Valencia [14] | Ángel Piqueras | Ángel Piqueras | Luca Lunetta | [12] |
November 5 | Máximo Quiles | Máximo Quiles | [13] |
2022 entry list | ||||||
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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] |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
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