2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup explained

The 2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the first season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, contested by the riders on equal KTM 125cc bikes, began with one race during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez on March 25 and ended with another race header at the Valencian Grand Prix in Valencia on November 3; another six European GPs saw single Rookies races on each Saturday, making it an eight-race championship. The French Johann Zarco was proclaimed champion after the penultimate race.^[1]

Calendar

2007 calendar^[2]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner
1	March 25	Jerez	Luis Salom	Lorenzo Savadori	Lorenzo Savadori
2	June 2	Mugello	Johann Zarco	Johann Zarco	Johann Zarco
3	June 23	Donington	Lorenzo Savadori	Lorenzo Savadori	Lorenzo Savadori
4	June 30	Assen	Johann Zarco	Luis Salom	Luis Salom
5	July 14	Sachsenring	Johann Zarco	Cameron Beaubier	Cameron Beaubier
6	August 18	Brno	Cameron Beaubier	Matthew Hoyle	Johann Zarco
7	September 15	Estoril	Johann Zarco	unknown	Johann Zarco
8	November 3	Valencia	Cameron Beaubier	Johann Zarco	Johann Zarco
Source:^[3]

Entry list

No.	Rider	Rounds
3	Daniel Kartheininger	All
5	Johann Zarco	All
6	Péter Sebestyén	2–8
7	Deane Brown	1, 3–8
9	Lukáš Šembera	All
11	Jamie Mossey	All
12	Javier Cholbi	All
16	Cameron Beaubier	All
21	Kevin Sánchez	3–8
22	Cyril Carrillo	All
23	Matthew Hoyle	All
28	Markus Reiterberger	All
32	Lorenzo Savadori	All
33	Sturla Fagerhaug	All
35	Christoph Schönberger	1–2, 5–8
36	Stuart Mitchell	1–6, 8
38	Kristian Lee Turner	All
39	Luis Salom	All
52	Adam Blacklock	All
56	Daijiro Hiura	8
62	Yuga Yokoo	8
66	Robert Gull	All
69	Lucy Glöckner	All
73	J. D. Beach	All
92	Cristian Trabalón	All

All entrants were riding a KTM
Tyres were supplied by Dunlop

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers, provided the rider finished the race.

Pos.	Rider	ESP	ITA	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	Pts
1	Johann Zarco	3	1	2	13	2	1	1	1	159
2	Lorenzo Savadori	1	2	1	11	5	Ret	10	6	102
3	Matthew Hoyle	16	4	3	7	6	2	3	5	95
4	Luis Salom	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	4	7	4	80
5	Cyril Carrillo	5	11	8	5	Ret	3	4	3	80
6	Cameron Beaubier	15	Ret	6	2	1	Ret	2	15	79
7	Deane Brown	8		5	6	Ret	9	5	2	67
8	Markus Reiterberger	7	8	4	12	4	14	15	12	55
9	Robert Gull	4	12	17	Ret	3	7	6	Ret	52
10	Kristian Lee Turner	Ret	3	NC	3	14	Ret	9	8	49
11	Sturla Fagerhaug	9	6	12	17	Ret	6	13	7	43
12	Daniel Kartheininger	11	Ret	10	8	7	Ret	11	11	39
13	Cristian Trabalón	6	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	12	Ret	38
14	Lucy Glöckner	Ret	Ret	7	9	9	10	Ret	10	36
15	Lukáš Šembera	Ret	9	11	14	8	12	20	16	28
16	J. D. Beach	14	10	13	10	13	8	17	18	28
17	Adam Blacklock	10	15	14	15	10	11	14	17	24
18	Christoph Schönberger	12	9			15	15	18	14	17
19	Jamie Mossey	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	17	Ret	8	19	15
20	Javier Cholbi	13	14	15	16	11	13	16	20	14
21	Stuart Mitchell	17	5	Ret	19	Ret	16		22	11
22	Péter Sebestyén		13	Ret	18	12	Ret	21	21	7
	Daijiro Hiura								9	0
	Yuga Yokoo								13	0
	Kevin Sánchez			16		16	Ret	19	Ret	0
Pos.	Rider	ESP	ITA	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	Pts

External links

Notes and References

News: Zarco takes win and Rookies title. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 September 2007. 3 March 2017.
News: Circuits & calendar . eu.redbullrookiescup.com . . 3 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071202211508/http://eu.redbullrookiescup.com/content.php?page=r_circle . 2 December 2007 . dead .
Web site: Calendars, results & standings. classic.autosport.com. Autosport. 17 October 2017. 17 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017145928/http://classic.autosport.com/results.php?s=831&y=2007. dead.