2022 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup explained

The 2022 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the sixteenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the tenth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 14 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Algarve International Circuit, Portimão on 23 April and ending on 5 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia. The season was marred by the death of Czech rider Jakub Gurecký, who was expected to compete in 2022, but died in a private training accident riding his own bike in February.^[1]

Calendar and results

2022 provisional calendar^[2]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	April 23	Algarve	Ángel Piqueras	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	^[3]
	April 24			Collin Veijer	Collin Veijer	^[4]
2	April 30	Jerez	José Antonio Rueda	Filippo Farioli	José Antonio Rueda	^[5]
	May 1			Casey O'Gorman	Máximo Quiles	^[6]
3	May 28	Mugello	Filippo Farioli	Rico Salmela	Máximo Quiles	^[7]
	May 29			Lorenz Luciano	Collin Veijer	^[8]
4	June 18	Sachsenring	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	José Antonio Rueda	^[9]
	June 19			José Antonio Rueda	Ángel Piqueras	^[10]
5	August 20	Red Bull Ring	Ángel Piqueras	Máximo Quiles	Ángel Piqueras	^[11]
	August 21			Ángel Piqueras	Tatchakorn Buasri
6	September 17	Aragon	José Antonio Rueda	Máximo Quiles	Rico Salmela	^[12]
	September 18			Ángel Piqueras	Collin Veijer	^[13]
7	November 4	Valencia^[14]	Ángel Piqueras	Ángel Piqueras	Luca Lunetta
	November 5			Máximo Quiles	Máximo Quiles

Entry list

2022 entry list
No.	Rider	Rounds
2	Amaury Mizera	1–5
5	Tatchakorn Buasri	1–3, 5–7
8	Eddie O'Shea	1–5
9	Freddie Heinrich	1–2, 4–7
10	Guillermo Moreno	All
11	Ruché Moodley	All
12	Jacob Roulstone	All
14	Cormac Buchanan	2–7
18	Ángel Piqueras	All
21	Demis Mihaila	All
27	Rico Salmela	All
28	Máximo Quiles	All
29	Harrison Voight	1–2, 4–7
42	Soma Görbe	All
48	Gabin Planques	All
55	Alex Venturini	All
57	Danial Shahril	All
58	Luca Lunetta	All
67	Casey O'Gorman	All
69	Marcos Ruda	All
77	Filippo Farioli	1–6
78	Jakob Rosenthaler	All
81	Lorenz Luciano	All
93	Fadillah Aditama	All
95	Collin Veijer	All
99	José Antonio Rueda	All
Source: RedBull.com

Riders' 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 ALG JER MUG SAC RBR ARA VAL Pts 1 José Antonio Rueda 1^F 2 1^P 3^P 11 6 1^PF 4^PF 2 4 2^P 6^P 4 7 224 2 Collin Veijer 3 1 3 4 15 1 4 2 4 5 4 1 7 6 210 3 Máximo Quiles Ret 8 4 1 1 Ret 12 6 9^F 2 3^F 2 3 1^F 189 4 Ángel Piqueras Ret^P DNS^P 2 6 4 8 Ret 1 1^P 3^PF 5 3^F 2^PF 2^P 184 5 Luca Lunetta Ret 10 8 2 8 5 3 8 5 8 Ret 4 1 3 150 6 Tatchakorn Buasri 5 6 Ret 8 2 3 3 1 6 8 Ret 14 126 7 Rico Salmela Ret 5 7 11 3^F 7 8 5 Ret 9 1 Ret 6 5 122 8 Casey O'Gorman 2 3 5 5^F Ret 22 6 10 Ret 10 7 7 5 Ret 109 9 Filippo Farioli Ret DNS 6^F 7 9^P 2^P 7 3 14 7 Ret 5 93 10 Harrison Voight 4 4 Ret 10 2 7 16 12 9 11 10 8 91 11 Marcos Ruda 12 15 14 9 10 9 14 14 8 6 8 9 8 4 85 12 Lorenz Luciano 10 14 17 12 7 12^F 5 11 17 16 12 15 14 12 52 13 Danial Shahril 9 12 9 15 Ret 13 10 13 6 15 Ret 13 15 13 49 14 Fadillah Aditama 11 18 Ret 19 5 10 Ret 22 7 Ret 17 19 11 9 43 15 Jakob Rosenthaler 8 11 Ret 17 6 14 16 17 10 Ret 14 16 12 11 42 16 Eddie O'Shea Ret 9 11 13 13 4 Ret 9 DNS DNS 38 17 Cormac Buchanan 12 20 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret 13 16 12 9 10 34 18 Gabin Planques 6 7 10 18 Ret 17 13 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 32 19 Ruché Moodley 14 13 13 14 Ret 18 21 12 Ret 11 10 10 DNS DNS 31 20 Demis Mihaila 15 20 15 16 Ret 15 9 15 11 14 11 18 16 16 23 21 Jacob Roulstone 7 Ret 20 24 16 20 19 20 15 17 13 17 13 15 17 22 Soma Görbe Ret 16 16 Ret Ret 16 15 16 13 DNS Ret 14 17 17 6 23 Alex Venturini Ret 19 18 21 12 19 17 21 Ret 18 15 20 18 Ret 5 24 Freddie Heinrich 13 17 Ret DNS 20 19 18 19 18 Ret Ret 18 3 25 Amaury Mizera Ret Ret 21 22 14 21 18 18 19 DNS 2 26 Guillermo Moreno 16 21 19 23 17 Ret 22 Ret 20 20 19 21 Ret 19 0 Pos. Rider ALG JER MUG SAC RBR ARA VAL Pts

Bold – Pole position

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jakub Gurecky passes away .
2. Web site: Sensational season 16 for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup . .
3. Web site: RECAP | Rueda wins thrilling Rookies Cup season opener in Portugal . .
4. https://www.redbull.com/int-en/rookiescup/collin-veijer-takes-rookies-race-2-portim%C3%A3o-win-from-jos%C3%A9-rueda Collin Veijer takes Rookies Race 2 Portimão win from José Rueda
5. Peter Clifford. (29 April 2022). Rueda with pole and points in Jerez Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
6. Peter Clifford. (1 May 2022). Quiles quicker to the line than Lunetta & Rueda in Jerez 2 Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
7. Web site: Farioli saves big one and takes Mugello Rookies pole . .
8. Peter Clifford. (29 May 2022). Perfect Veijer takes Farioli on the line for Rookies 2 in Mugello Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
9. Peter Clifford. (17 June 2022). Rueda heads Sachsenring Qualifying Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
10. Peter Clifford. (19 June 2022).Piqueras leads packed finish in Rookies Sachsenring Race 2 Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
11. Oliver Schran. (18 August 2022). Rookies Cup Red Bull Ring 2022 Redbull. Retrieved 24 November 2022
12. Web site: Gran Premia Animoca Brands de Aragon Race nr. 1. RookiesCup.
13. Web site: Gran Premia Animoca Brands de Aragon Race nr. 2. RookiesCup.
14. Web site: Sign up for 2023 – Valencia completes 2022 Rookies Cup season . Red Bull.