2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup explained

The 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the tenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. After the selection event held from 16 to 18 October 2015 at Circuito Guadix in Spain and pre-season testing, held from 1 to 4 April 2016 in Jerez, the season began at the same track on 23 April and ended on 25 September at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón after 13 races. The races, for the fourth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, were held at seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar. The championship was won by Japanese rider Ayumu Sasaki at the last race.

Calendar

2016 calendar^[1]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	23 April	Jerez	Kaito Toba	Makar Yurchenko	Aleix Viu	^[2]
	24 April			Ayumu Sasaki	Ayumu Sasaki	^[3]
2	25 June	Assen	Raúl Fernández	Mykyta Kalinin	Raúl Fernández	^[4]
	26 June			Raúl Fernández	Raúl Fernández	^[5]
3	16 July	Sachsenring	Ayumu Sasaki	Rory Skinner	Ayumu Sasaki	^[6]
	17 July			Ayumu Sasaki	Kaito Toba	^[7]
4	13 August	Spielberg	Aleix Viu	Marc García	Marc García	^[8]
	14 August			Ayumu Sasaki	Aleix Viu	^[9]
5	20 August	Brno	Marc García	Patrik Pulkkinen	Marc García	^[10]
	21 August			Ayumu Sasaki	Marc García	^[11]
6	10 September	Misano	Mattia Casadei	Aleix Viu	Ayumu Sasaki	^[12]
7	24 September	Aragon	Kaito Toba	Ayumu Sasaki	Kaito Toba	^[13]
	25 September			Rufino Florido	Ayumu Sasaki	^[14]

Entry list

2016 entry list
	Rider	Rounds
4	Patrik Pulkkinen	All
11	Alexandre Juanes	All
12	Filip Salač	All
13	Walid Soppe	All
14	Matthias Meggle	All
18	Manuel González	All
19	Rufino Florido	All
20	Omar Bonoli	All
21	Victor Steeman	All
22	Mykyta Kalinin	All
23	Raúl Fernández	All
27	Mattia Casadei	All
36	Sander Kroeze	All
40	Sean Kelly	All
41	Marc García	1–5, 7
43	Steward García	All
44	Kevin Orgis	All
67	Kaito Toba	All
69	Rory Skinner	2–7
71	Ayumu Sasaki	All
76	Makar Yurchenko	1–5, 7
79	Ai Ogura	All
81	Aleix Viu	All
89	Kevin Zannoni	All

Championship standings

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

Pos. Rider JER ASS SAC RBR BRN MIS ARA Pts 1 Ayumu Sasaki 2 1 4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 4 1 250 2 Aleix Viu 1 2 Ret 10 3 2 2 1 2 7 2 2 22 201 3 Raúl Fernández 3 13 1 1 2 4 5 7 4 2 5 7 2 195 4 Marc García DNS 5 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 1 6 6 170 5 Kaito Toba Ret Ret Ret 7 4 1 4 6 Ret 6 3 1 Ret 121 6 Rory Skinner Ret 3 9 7 8 9 7 4 6 3 8 103 7 Rufino Florido 4 3 Ret DNS 8 Ret 9 4 8 17 4 18 3 94 8 Makar Yurchenko 5 7 DNS Ret 5 6 6 13 5 14 9 11 79 9 Filip Salač 15 Ret 9 6 10 8 11 10 Ret 11 11 5 5 75 10 Mattia Casadei Ret 11 6 4 7 Ret 16 15 6 12 8 10 14 68 11 Ai Ogura Ret 10 3 Ret 11 19 12 11 Ret 20 9 11 4 61 12 Omar Bonoli 9 9 7 13 Ret 9 14 12 9 13 12 17 12 57 13 Kevin Orgis 13 19 5 Ret Ret 11 10 5 12 15 10 20 7 56 14 Patrik Pulkkinen 14 17 11 16 15 13 7 8 Ret 5 18 8 10 53 15 Kevin Zannoni 8 8 Ret 12 12 Ret 13 16 14 16 7 13 20 41 16 Manuel González 7 6 12 Ret 17 15 17 18 15 8 16 21 9 40 17 Steward García 12 14 Ret 5 14 12 18 14 10 Ret 21 12 17 35 18 Walid Soppe 6 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 20 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret 34 19 Mykyta Kalinin 11 15 Ret 8 13 10 21 19 18 18 14 14 13 30 20 Matthias Meggle 10 12 10 Ret Ret DNS 19 Ret 11 10 15 Ret 15 29 21 Victor Steeman 17 20 8 Ret 19 16 22 23 16 22 19 15 19 9 22 Sean Kelly 18 16 Ret 15 18 14 20 17 13 19 17 16 16 6 23 16 18 Ret 11 16 18 23 21 Ret 23 22 Ret 21 5 24 Sander Kroeze DNS DNS Ret 14 20 17 24 22 17 21 20 19 18 2 Pos. Rider JER ASS SAC RBR BRN MIS ARA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Source:^[15]

Notes and References

1. News: The next World Champions - 2016 Entry List and Calendar. redbullrookiescup.com. Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. 9 February 2016. 9 February 2016.
2. Web site: Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 April 2016. 23 April 2016.
3. Web site: Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 April 2016. 24 April 2016.
4. Web site: Motul Dutch TT – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 June 2016. 26 June 2016.
5. Web site: Motul Dutch TT – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 June 2016. 26 June 2016.
6. Web site: GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
7. Web site: GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
8. Web site: NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 August 2016. 14 August 2016.
9. Web site: NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 August 2016. 14 August 2016.
10. Web site: HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 August 2016. 22 August 2016.
11. Web site: HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 August 2016. 22 August 2016.
12. Web site: GP TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – Rookies Cup  – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 September 2016. 10 September 2016.
13. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 September 2016. 24 September 2016.
14. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 September 2016. 25 September 2016.
15. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Championship Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 September 2016. 25 September 2016.