2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup explained

The 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the twelfth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the sixth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Jerez on 5 May and ending on 23 September at MotorLand Aragón. Turkish rider Can Öncü won the championship, securing the title after the Misano race.^[1]

Calendar

2018 calendar^[2]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	5 May	Jerez	Carlos Tatay	Deniz Öncü	Can Öncü	^[3]
	6 May			Ryusei Yamanaka	Carlos Tatay	^[4]
2	2 June	Mugello	Meikon Kawakami	Adrián Huertas	Yuki Kunii	^[5]
3	30 June	Assen	Can Öncü	Ryusei Yamanaka	Can Öncü	^[6]
	1 July			Can Öncü	Can Öncü	^[7]
4	14 July	Sachsenring	Can Öncü	Ryusei Yamanaka	Deniz Öncü	^[8]
	15 July			Adrián Carrasco	Can Öncü	^[9]
5	11 August	Spielberg	Ryusei Yamanaka	Can Öncü	Ryusei Yamanaka	^[10]
	12 August			Deniz Öncü	Xavier Artigas	^[11]
6	8 September	Misano	Can Öncü	Adrián Carrasco	Can Öncü	^[12]
7	22 September	Aragon	Xavier Artigas	Xavier Artigas	Deniz Öncü	^[13]
	23 September			Max Cook	Deniz Öncü	^[14]

Entry list

2018 entry list
	Rider	Rounds
3	Pasquale Alfano	All
5	Simon Jespersen	All
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	All
7	Barry Baltus	All
11	Dan Jones	All
12	Filip Salač	All
19	Sasha de Vits	All
22	Peetu Paavilainen	All
24	Xavier Artigas	All
28	Adrián Carrasco	All
29	Billy Van Eerde	All
30	Max Cook	All
31	Gerry Salim	All
40	Sean Dylan Kelly	All
43	Steward García	All
44	Nicolás Hernández	All
50	Jason Dupasquier	None
53	Deniz Öncü	All
61	Can Öncü	All
62	Aidan Liebenberg	1–5, 7
66	Adrián Huertas	All
83	Meikon Kawakami	All
88	Matteo Patacca	1–2, 4
92	Yuki Kunii	1–2, 5–7
99	Carlos Tatay	All

Championship standings

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

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

Pos. Rider JER MUG ASS SAC RBR MIS ARA Pts 1 Can Öncü 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 10 8 235 2 Deniz Öncü 4 3 6 4 5 1 2 4 4 8 1 1 192 3 Xavier Artigas 5 15 5 2 3 7 5 2 1 5 2 5 166 4 Filip Salač 3 4 10 5 2 4 3 5 3 2 Ret 7 151 5 Carlos Tatay 2 1 4 8 Ret 9 7 6 6 6 3 2 148 6 Ryusei Yamanaka 6 5 9 3 Ret 3 6 1 7 4 8 3 141 7 Adrián Carrasco 9 23 3 7 Ret 5 4 DSQ Ret 3 5 Ret 83 8 Steward García 16 8 12 12 Ret 6 9 7 5 Ret 4 6 76 9 Yuki Kunii 11 6 1 Ret 9 Ret 6 4 70 10 Sean Dylan Kelly 8 7 11 6 Ret Ret 8 10 11 Ret 9 9 65 11 Barry Baltus 7 11 13 9 4 11 11 16 12 15 11 13 60 12 Adrián Huertas 14 10 7 10 9 10 10 DNS DNS 13 15 15 47 13 Ret 12 16 20 6 Ret 12 8 10 11 16 10 43 14 Meikon Kawakami 10 16 8 16 Ret 18 17 13 13 7 19 11 34 15 Dan Jones 12 14 14 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 9 7 18 33 16 Sasha de Vits 15 13 22 11 7 14 14 15 17 10 18 19 29 17 Gerry Salim 23 19 Ret 14 8 Ret 15 Ret 8 Ret 17 12 23 18 Max Cook 13 20 Ret 15 11 8 NC Ret DNS 16 12 14 23 19 Billy Van Eerde 19 17 15 13 Ret 15 18 9 Ret 14 14 Ret 16 20 Pasquale Alfano 18 21 18 18 12 13 Ret 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 12 21 Matteo Patacca 20 9 17 12 Ret 11 22 21 22 20 Ret 13 17 20 11 14 Ret 20 16 10 23 Simon Jespersen 17 18 19 19 Ret Ret 16 14 16 12 13 17 9 24 Aidan Liebenberg 22 24 21 17 Ret 16 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos. Rider JER MUG ASS SAC RBR MIS ARA Pts

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

Notes and References

1. News: Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race Results From Misano. roadracingworld.com. Roadracing World. 8 September 2018. 23 September 2018.
2. News: Back to Mugello and the twelfth season of Rookies Cup. redbullrookiescup.com. Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. 7 February 2018. 8 February 2018.
3. Web site: Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 May 2018. 7 May 2018.
4. Web site: Gran Premio Red Bull de España – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2018. 7 May 2018.
5. Web site: Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 June 2018. 3 June 2018.
6. Web site: Motul TT Assen – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 June 2018. 30 June 2018.
7. Web site: Motul TT Assen – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 1 July 2018. 1 July 2018.
8. Web site: Pramac Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.1. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2018. 15 July 2018.
9. Web site: Pramac Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 July 2018. 15 July 2018.
10. Web site: Eyetime Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 August 2018. 11 August 2018.
11. Web site: Eyetime Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 August 2018. 12 August 2018.
12. Web site: GP Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 September 2018. 9 September 2018.
13. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Race. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 September 2018. 23 September 2018.
14. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Race Nr.2. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2018. 23 September 2018.
15. Web site: Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup  – Championship Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2018. 23 September 2018.