# 2011 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

The 2011 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season was the fifth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season began at Circuito de Jerez on 2 April and ended on 3 September at the Misano World Circuit after 14 races. The races, contested by the riders on equal KTM machinery, were held at eight meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.

## Calendar

The season saw an expanded calendar, from six meetings up to eight meetings, adding events at Estoril for the first time since 2008, and Silverstone for the first time. Of the eight meetings, six were double-headers, with single races at Mugello and Misano.
2011 calendar :
| Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Race winner |
| 1 | 2 April | Jerez | Brad Binder | Philipp Öttl | Philipp Öttl |
| 1 | 3 April | Jerez | Brad Binder | Philipp Öttl | Arthur Sissis |
| 2 | 30 April | Estoril | Brad Binder | Brad Binder | Brad Binder |
| 2 | 1 May | Estoril | Brad Binder | Aaron España | Arthur Sissis |
| 3 | 11 June | Silverstone | Alan Techer | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Lukas Trautmann |
| 3 | 12 June | Silverstone | Alan Techer | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
| 4 | 24 June | Assen | James Flitcroft | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
| 4 | 25 June | Assen | James Flitcroft | Florian Alt | Arthur Sissis |
| 5 | 2 July | Mugello | Stefano Valtulini | Philipp Öttl | Arthur Sissis |
| 6 | 16 July | Sachsenring | Philipp Öttl | Philipp Öttl | Philipp Öttl |
| 6 | 17 July | Sachsenring | Philipp Öttl | Florian Alt | Alan Techer |
| 7 | 13 August | Brno | Florian Alt | Scott Deroue | Joe Roberts |
| 7 | 14 August | Brno | Florian Alt | Joe Roberts | Alan Techer |
| 8 | 3 September | Misano | Florian Alt | Florian Alt | Florian Alt |

## Entry list

2011 entry list :
| No. | Rider | Rounds |
| 5 | Philipp Öttl | 1, 3–8 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | All |
| 8 | Hafiq Azmi | All |
| 16 | Andrea Migno | All |
| 18 | James Flitcroft | All |
| 19 | Kevin Arginò | All |
| 22 | Aaron España | All |
| 25 | Willi Albert | All |
| 26 | Deni Cudic | 1–5 |
| 27 | Joe Roberts | All |
| 32 | Max Enderlein | All |
| 34 | Xavier Pinsach | 1–7 |
| 41 | Brad Binder | All |
| 43 | Stefano Valtulini | All |
| 47 | Tomáš Vavrouš | All |
| 50 | Lukas Trautmann | All |
| 61 | Arthur Sissis | All |
| 66 | Florian Alt | 1, 3–8 |
| 67 | Joakim Niemi | All |
| 69 | Javier Orellana | All |
| 75 | Ivo Lopes | All |
| 77 | Kyle Ryde | All |
| 89 | Alan Techer | All |
| 95 | Scott Deroue | All |
| 96 | Josep García | 1–3, 7–8 |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers, 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 | JER | EST | EST | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | MUG | SAC | SAC | BRN | BRN | MIS | Pts |
| 1 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 208 |
| 2 | Arthur Sissis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 4 | 199 |
| 3 | Alan Techer | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 162 |
| 4 | Philipp Öttl | 1 | 2 | | | 17 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 141 |
| 5 | Tomáš Vavrouš | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 114 |
| 6 | Florian Alt | 5 | Ret | | | 8 | Ret | 17 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 105 |
| 7 | Brad Binder | 2 | Ret | 1 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 95 |
| 8 | Ivo Lopes | 20 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 93 |
| 9 | Xavier Pinsach | 7 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | | 87 |
| 10 | Lukas Trautmann | 10 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 16 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 12 | 82 |
| 11 | Stefano Valtulini | 15 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 78 |
| 12 | Joe Roberts | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 1 | 12 | 13 | 65 |
| 13 | Aaron España | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 18 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 61 |
| 14 | Kevin Arginò | 17 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 20 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 14 | 16 | 61 |
| 15 | Scott Deroue | 23 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 56 |
| 16 | Joakim Niemi | 19 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 13 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 17 | 55 |
| 17 | James Flitcroft | Ret | 7 | Ret | 9 | 18 | 11 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 21 | 4 | Ret | 50 |
| 18 | Hafiq Azmi | 16 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 5 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 44 |
| 19 | Kyle Ryde | 13 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 23 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 43 |
| 20 | Andrea Migno | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 21 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 21 | Willi Albert | 21 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 22 | Max Enderlein | 14 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 9 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 31 |
| 23 | Javier Orellana | 9 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 13 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 19 | 15 | 8 | Ret | 18 | 30 |
| 24 | Josep García | 22 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | Ret | | | | | | Ret | 20 | 10 | 21 |
| 25 | Deni Cudic | 18 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 22 | 12 | 21 | 17 | Ret | | | | | | 4 |
| Pos. | Rider | JER | JER | EST | EST | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | MUG | SAC | SAC | BRN | BRN | MIS | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |