This article documents a current motor sporting event. Information may change as the event progresses.

Starting its second season, the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season continues 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 the August 16 and August 17. Another six European GPs see single Rookies races on each Saturday making it a 10 race championship, that's two more races than the last season.

The end of the season ends with two international team events that match ten of the best riders from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with ten of the best from the first 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 rigths of the championship are holded by the rights-holders for the MotoGP World Championships, Dorna Sports.^[1]

Race schedule

Round	Name	Circuit	Date
1	bwin.com Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	March 29
2	bwin.com Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	April 12
3	Alice French Grand Prix	Le Mans Bugatti Circuit	May 17
4	Alice Italian Grand Prix	Mugello Circuit	May 31
5	bwin.com British Grand Prix	Donington Park	June 21
6	A-Style Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	June 28
7	Alice German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	July 12
8	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	August 16

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner
1	March 29	Jerez	Luis Salom	Daijiro Hiura	Luis Salom
	March 30			Nelson Major	Luis Salom
2	April 12	Estoril	Daijiro Hiura	Daijiro Hiura	Daijiro Hiura
3	May 17	Le Mans	Luis Salom	JD Beach	Luis Salom
4	May 31	Mugello	Peter Sebestyen	Luis Salom	Luis Salom
5	June 21	Donington Park	Daijiro Hiura	Sturla Fagerhaug	Miguel Oliveira
6	June 28	TT Circuit Assen	Sturla Fagerhaug	Miguel Oliveira	Miguel Oliveira
7	July 12	Sachsenring	Luis Salom	Daniel Kartheininger	JD Beach
8	August 16	Brno
	August 17

Season Standings

Riders standings

• Point system: 25 for 1st, 20 for 2nd, 16 for 3rd, 13 for 4th, 11 for 5th and then one point less for each position so 15th gets one point. Rider has to finish race to earn points.
• (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos Rider ESP 1 ESP 2 POR FRA ITA GBR NED GER CZE 1 CZE 2 Pts 1 JD Beach 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 1 144 2 Luis Salom 1 1 4 1 1 9 7 Ret 129 3 Sturla Fagerhaug 7 4 3 6 7 2 2 Ret 97 4 Daijiro Hiura 5 5 1 3 Ret 4 2 96 5 Nelson Major 4 6 5 3 11 4 Ret 5 79 6 Daniel Ruiz 6 7 10 7 4 13 6 Ret 60 7 Miguel Oliveira 8 1 1 58 8 Mathew Scholtz Ret 10 11 8 9 3 Ret 6 52 9 Daniel Kartheininger 14 17 7 4 5 Ret Ret 4 48 10 Jakub Kornfeil 8 9 19 9 6 7 10 Ret 47 11 Markus Reiterberger 9 8 9 Ret 8 12 12 10 44 12 Deane Brown 3 3 6 42 13 Florian Marino 11 11 13 5 19 Ret 5 7 42 14 Matthew Hoyle Ret 14 DNS 15 10 3 3 41 15 Cristian Trabalon Ret 11 15 10 16 9 9 26 16 Peter Sebestyen 15 15 17 11 Ret 6 16 8 25 17 Kevin Calia 13 19 12 Ret 10 17 11 18 18 Sasuka Shinozaki Ret 18 14 14 13 8 14 Ret 17 19 Adam Blacklock 12 12 16 12 15 Ret 19 14 15 20 Joshua Elliott 10 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 Ret 10 21 Alessio Cappella 18 11 13 Ret 8 22 Dylan Mavin Ret DNS Ret 14 Ret 11 16 7 23 Nico Thöni 15 12 5 24 Harry Stafford 16 20 18 16 17 Ret 20 13 3 25 Quentin Jacquet 13 3 26 Niklas Ajo DNS DNS 20 Ret DNS 15 1 Ben McConnachie 17 21 Ret 0 Pos Rider ESP 1 ESP 2 POR FRA ITA GBR NED GER CZE 1 CZE 2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Red Bull MotoGP Rookie Cup participants

No	Rider	Team	Motorcycle	Tyre
3	Daniel Kartheininger	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
6	Peter Sebestyen	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
7	Deane Brown	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
11	Nikas Ajo	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
20	Mathew Scholtz	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
21	Florian Marino	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
22	Daniel Ruiz	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
24	Harry Stafford	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
27	Alessio Cappella	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
28	Markus Reiterberger	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
30	Dylan Mavin	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
32	Matthew Hoyle	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
33	Sturla Fagerhaug	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
36	Nico Thöni	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
39	Luis Salom	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
44	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
46	Daijiro Hiura	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
49	Ben McConnachie	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
52	Adam Blacklock	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
59	JD Beach	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
68	Sasuke Shinozaki	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
69	Nelson Major	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
74	Kevin Calia	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
77	Quentin Jacquet	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
84	Jakub Kornfeil	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
92	Cristian Trabalon	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D
99	Joshua Elliott	Red Bull Rookie	KTM	D

External Links

• Official Site

References