# 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

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

## 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 | ESP | POR | FRA | ITA | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | 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 | ESP | POR | FRA | ITA | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | CZE | 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) |