2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup explained

The 2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the eleventh season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the fifth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 13 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Jerez on 6 May and ending on 24 September at the MotorLand Aragón. Japanese rider Kazuki Masaki won the championship, securing the title after the first Aragón race.^[1]

Calendar

2017 calendar^[2]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	6 May	Jerez	Ai Ogura	Ai Ogura	Rory Skinner	^[3]
	7 May			Filip Salač	Aleix Viu	^[4]
2	24 June	Assen	Can Öncü	Can Öncü	Can Öncü	^[5]
	25 June			Can Öncü	Can Öncü	^[6]
3	1 July	Sachsenring	Can Öncü	Deniz Öncü	Deniz Öncü	^[7]
	2 July			Kazuki Masaki	Can Öncü	^[8]
4	5 August	Brno	Kazuki Masaki	Can Öncü	Can Öncü	^[9]
	6 August			Can Öncü	Deniz Öncü	^[10]
5	12 August	Spielberg	Ai Ogura	Ryusei Yamanaka	Ai Ogura	^[11]
	13 August			Rory Skinner	Kazuki Masaki	^[12]
6	9 September	Misano	Aleix Viu	Kazuki Masaki	Ai Ogura	^[13]
7	23 September	Aragon	Can Öncü	Deniz Öncü	Kazuki Masaki	^[14]
	24 September			Kazuki Masaki	Aleix Viu	^[15]

Entry list

2017 entry list
	Rider	Rounds
4	Dan Jones	1–3, 7
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	All
9	Sasha de Vits	All
11	Gabriele Giannini	All
12	Filip Salač	1, 4, 6–7
13	Walid Soppe	1–6
14	Matthias Meggle	All
19	Lorenzo Bartalesi	All
20	Omar Bonoli	All
21	Victor Steeman	All
22	Peetu Paavilainen	2–3, 6–7
24	Xavier Artigas	All
28	Adrián Carrasco	All
36	Beatriz Neila	2–7
39	Kazuki Masaki	All
40	Sean Kelly	All
43	Steward García	All
44	Kevin Orgis	All
52	Deniz Öncü	All
65	Can Öncü	All
69	Rory Skinner	All
79	Ai Ogura	1, 4–7
81	Aleix Viu	All
82	Loran Faber	All
83	Meikon Kawakami	All

Championship standings

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

Pos. Rider JER ASS SAC BRN RBR MIS ARA Pts 1 Kazuki Masaki 3 5 2 3 10 3 3 13 2 1 2 1 21 194 2 Aleix Viu 5 1 3 2 15 2 4 7 10 11 3 3 1 183 3 Can Öncü 18 3 1 1 3 1 1 Ret 14 2 Ret 5 Ret 165 4 Deniz Öncü Ret 9 11 5 1 Ret 9 1 8 5 4 4 6 135 5 Ai Ogura 2 4 19 11 1 3 1 2 19 124 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Ret 6 10 6 9 5 5 3 3 4 Ret 7 4 122 7 Matthias Meggle 9 8 4 16 8 6 2 4 5 8 6 DNS DNS 108 8 Adrián Carrasco Ret 10 DSQ Ret 4 7 10 6 4 7 19 8 2 94 9 Omar Bonoli 6 7 7 7 19 4 DNS DNS 6 6 Ret 10 3 92 10 Kevin Orgis 12 Ret 8 14 2 10 6 2 19 20 9 13 10 86 11 Steward García 8 Ret 15 4 5 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 11 8 79 12 Rory Skinner 1 Ret 5 9 17 15 12 Ret Ret 9 13 9 7 74 13 Filip Salač 4 2 Ret DNS 5 6 5 65 14 Meikon Kawakami 10 11 9 Ret 6 14 8 5 11 21 8 Ret 13 65 15 Walid Soppe Ret Ret 6 18 12 8 7 12 12 12 Ret 43 16 Xavier Artigas 11 17 18 11 7 13 13 NC 9 15 15 14 11 41 17 Sean Kelly 7 Ret Ret 17 21 20 17 8 21 13 7 12 9 40 18 Victor Steeman Ret 12 17 12 23 11 15 9 17 Ret 12 15 14 28 19 Sasha de Vits 13 15 16 8 13 17 16 10 18 16 11 16 16 26 20 12 Ret 11 12 18 Ret 12 17 21 Dan Jones 17 16 13 10 14 Ret Ret DNS 11 22 Gabriele Giannini 14 13 19 15 16 18 14 14 20 18 16 DSQ 15 11 23 Loran Faber 16 18 14 13 18 16 Ret 16 13 14 Ret 19 20 10 24 Lorenzo Bartalesi 15 14 20 Ret 20 19 18 15 15 19 14 18 18 7 25 Beatriz Neila Ret 19 22 21 20 17 16 17 17 17 17 0 Pos. Rider JER ASS SAC BRN RBR MIS ARA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Source:^[16]

Notes and References

1. News: Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Kazuki Masaki Clinches Championship With Race One Victory At Motorland Aragon. roadracingworld.com. Roadracing World. 23 September 2017. 24 September 2017.
2. News: Rookies testing the temperature and it's red hot in Aragon. rookiescup.redbull.com. Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. 6 April 2017. 8 April 2017.
3. Web site: Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2017. 7 May 2017.
4. Web site: Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 May 2017. 7 May 2017.
5. Web site: Motul TT Assen – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 June 2017. 25 June 2017.
6. Web site: Motul TT Assen – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 June 2017. 25 June 2017.
7. Web site: GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 1 July 2017. 1 July 2017.
8. Web site: GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 July 2017. 2 July 2017.
9. Web site: Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 August 2017. 8 August 2017.
10. Web site: Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 August 2017. 8 August 2017.
11. Web site: NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 August 2017. 14 August 2017.
12. Web site: NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 August 2017. 14 August 2017.
13. Web site: Tribul MasterCard GP S.Marino e Riviera di Rimini – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 September 2017. 10 September 2017.
14. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2017. 23 September 2017.
15. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 September 2017. 24 September 2017.
16. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Championship Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 September 2017. 24 September 2017.